Open AccessEconomic Packages for COVID-19 Recovery Must Invest in More Resilient Health Systems Cristian Morales PhD PAHO/WHO Permanent Representative, Mexico
Author(s) -
Gail Reed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicc review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1555-7960
pISSN - 1527-3172
DOI - 10.37757/mr2020.v22.n3.5
Subject(s) - covid-19 , equity (law) , healthcare system , political science , health care , economic growth , economics , medicine , virology , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Cristian Morales, an economist by training, has dedicated his career to improving health and health equity in the Americas through his work with PAHO/WHO. This has taken him from hurricanes, earthquakes and epidemics in Haiti to PAHO's Washington DC offi ces, where he was instrumental in achieving consensus on a resolution aiming for universal health-coverage plus access-approved by all governments in the Americas. In 2015, he was appointed PAHO/WHO Permanent Representative in Cuba, and in 2018 to the same post in Mexico.