RT @DirOPSPAHO: Thank you, Minister @ChrisTufton🇯🇲 for a constructive meeting yesterday at PAHO's HQ.
We agreed to strengthen our joint wo…
RT @DirOPSPAHO: Pleased to join @WHO’s Executive Board #EB152 discussions today on many important issues for our region, including infectio…
.@TheLancet published a profile of Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, new @Diropspaho.
Learn more about his career and his vision for the future of public health in the Americas:
thelancet.com/journals/lance…
What is in a vaccine?
🔎 Each ingredient accomplishes a specific purpose, so vaccines undergo various tests during manufacturing, including their safety.
Learn more: who.int/news-room/feat…
“You begin your work as @DirOPSPAHO at a difficult time. But also, you begin at an important time – as the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, and we seek to jump-start progress towards the sustainable development goals.” – @DrTedros
"I am confident that the future of the organization will be in good hands as you, Dr. Jarbas, will bring to your new role exceptional technical expertise and astute policy-making skills, together with pragmatism and wisdom." – Carissa F Etienne"
“You assume the leadership @pahowho at a crucial juncture for the hemisphere, the moment in which the lessons learned from COVID-19 in the region & in the world must be applied so that in the future, we can best face similar situations." @Almagro_OEA2015
“Dr. Barbosa, you have the great task of leading this organization at a particularly challenging time. We must put into practice all that we have learned from COVID-19.” – @SecBecerra
“Dr. Barbosa is a thinker as well as a builder, somebody who transforms ideas into lasting intuitional practices. Throughout his extensive career, he has worn many hats at different levels within the single health system.” – @Nisia_Trinidade
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa was sworn in today as the new @DirOPSOMS pledging to work in partnership with member states to end the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that the region’s health systems recover stronger than before.
🔗 Read more: paho.org/en/news/31-1-2…
