Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr. succeeds Dr. Carissa Etienne as PAHO Director
(PAHO/WHO Press Release) – Dr. Barbosa da Silva Jr., a national of Brazil, will be the new Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). He was elected (Wednesday 28 September 2022) by PAHO Member States during the 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference.
Dr. Barbosa da Silva Jr will begin his five-year term on 1 February 2023, succeeding Dr. Carissa F. Etienne of Dominica, who has led PAHO since 2012.
On behalf of the people and govt of Dominica, I thank @DirOPSPAHO for her outstanding service as the Director of @pahowho for the last 10 years. We appreciate her commitment to service and her contribution to the development of health systems in the region. pic.twitter.com/k9WfVozTxz
— Roosevelt Skerrit (@SkerritR) September 29, 2022
A national of Brazil, Dr. Barbosa da Silva Jr. is currently the Assistant Director at PAHO where he has led the Organization’s efforts to increase equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and to enhance regional capacities to produce medicines and other health technologies.
At the 43rd #COHSOD (Health) in Washington DC, CARICOM Health Ministers congratulated outgoing @DirOPSPAHO, Dr. Carrisa Etienne, for her sterling leadership of PAHO over the past 10 years. pic.twitter.com/IKkCqonncK
— CARICOM Secretariat (@CARICOMorg) September 24, 2022
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr. received his medical degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, and specialized in public health and epidemiology at the National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) in Rio de Janeiro. He holds a master’s degree in medical sciences and a PhD in public health from the University of Campinas in São Paulo. Earlier in his career, he was Municipal Secretary of Health of Olinda, State Secretary of Health in Pernambuco, and Director of the National Center for Epidemiology (CENEPI) in Brasília.
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Source: CARICOM TODAY