Throughout my professional career, I have collaborated with international organizations, governments, NGOs, and the private sector in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies aimed at strengthening health systems and ensuring equitable access to essential services. My experience spans four main areas: health systems, sexual and reproductive health, access to medicines, and gender-based violence. Below, I share some of the projects I have worked on:
Health systems
- ◆ Analysis of Latin America Health systems pos-COVID-19 (Argentina, Brazil and México)
- ◆ Analysis of healthcare ecosystem dynamics in Latin America to enhance public-private collaboration strategies (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico).
- ◆ Assess of access to health services and medicines in Madrid, enhancing pathways for equitable care delivery.
- ◆ Assess of South-South cooperation between Brazil and Portuguese-speaking African countries in the field of professional health education (Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe).
- ◆ Assess of the relationship between government programs of elected mayors in 2012 with the principles and guidelines of the National Unified Health System (SUS) in Brazil.
- ◆ Delivered technical analysis on health systems, policies, and intergovernmental collaboration for improving relationship between different levels of government.
Sexual and Reproductive health
- ◆ Cross-country analysis of sexual and reproductive health programs to improve access to contraceptives.
- ◆ Support investment case development projects for family planning needs in Paraguay, Dominican Republic, and Brazil.
- ◆ Support investment case development projects for improving the role of midwifery and reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in Brazil and Guatemala.
- ◆ Develop evidence-based policy recommendations to reduce adolescent´s pregnancy in 12 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Rep. and Uruguay).
- ◆ Systematize policy evidence on gender-based violence and child marriage in Latin America.
- ◆ Analysis of COVID-19’s impact on adolescent pregnancy, producing actionable insights for regional stakeholders.
Access to medicines
- ◆ Develop evidence-based policy recommendations for national health systems transformation and optimized essential medicine policies in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay.
- ◆ Coordinate policy analysis on access to medicines in Spain.
- ◆ Advise pharmaceutical companies on the introduction of new products to the market in accordance with the countries’ national regulatory standards, and HTA process.
- ◆ Conduct comprehensive assessments of regional pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity across South America to inform strategic planning and investment. Provided technical input for health systems policy development, focusing on equitable access to essential medicines.
Gender-based violence
- ◆ Conduct project final evaluation on addressing sexual harassment in public Transportation in El Salvador. Developed evidence-based good practices and strategy recommendations. Conduced in person and virtual technical capacity.
- ◆ Assess Gender-based violence in emergency contexts: the response to the COVID-19 crisis in Spain (focus in migrant women)
