Jorge Saavedra | Executive Director
AFH Global Public Health Institute

JORGE SAAVEDRA MD, MPH, MSc. Executive Director of the AHF Global Public Health Institute. https://ahfinstitute.org/  Elected by the Mexican Senate as Member of the Consultative Council of the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico. Member of the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention https://www.gphcpanel.org/ and The Global Pandemic Policy Group MD degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); MPH. and MSc in Health Policy and Management, both from Harvard University Former Global Fund To Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Board Member Representing Latin America & Caribbean Former Panelist of The Independent Panel to Evaluate the Global Response to Ebola convened by Harvard Global Health Institute and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Director General of the National AIDS Program of Mexico (CENSIDA 2003-2009). Deputy Director General of Planning and Innovation at the Ministry of Health of Mexico (2001-2003) in charge of planning and managing World Bank grants for basic healthcare. Founding Director of the Mexico City Clinica Condesa, the largest HIV Clinic in Latin America. Jorge Saavedra has several publications on AIDS Economics and global health governance, among the latest ones: “Funding pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response through partnership models”, The Lancet-Public Health , December 6, 2022 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00291-2/fulltext “ A Global Public Health Convention for the XXI Century” The Lancet-Public Health May 5, 2021 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00070-0/fulltext ), Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola, The Lancet Nov 23, 2015 ( https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)00946-0/fulltext ) and Facing forward after Ebola: questions for the next director general of the World Health Organization, BMJ May 19, 2016 ( https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2666 ). Awards: World Bank President’s Award for Excellence 2000. Johnathan Man Memorial Lecture in Health and Human Rights (Mexico City 2008)