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Newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday, February 1, 2023, p. eleven
Washington. Brazilian Jarbas Barbosa was sworn in yesterday as director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), with the purpose of helping countries overcome inequalities
, recover from the covid pandemic
Y achieve universal health care
.
This office of the World Health Organization (WHO) is facing to a complex epidemiological landscape
due to the persistence of communicable diseases, the risk of outbreaks and epidemics and the effects of climate change, the new director detailed in his inauguration speech.
face significant inequalities between and within countries
what do you require strong and resilient health systems
he added at PAHO headquarters in Washington.
Barbosa intends to turn the organization into Leader
and has promised to carry out its role without being influenced by any government or authority outside of PAHO or WHO.
OPS will help countries overcome persistent inequalities, build health systems that can respond to emerging threats, recover from the pandemic stronger than before, and achieve universal health care
he emphasized before numerous authorities.
Barbosa, who was deputy director of PAHO, had the support of the government of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for his candidacy.
His election, last September, seems to be liked by his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who praised his commitment to science in a few words read by the Brazilian Minister of Health, Nísia Trinidade Lima.
