Happy to share personal news today: I was promoted to lead health specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean @WorldBank_Health @BancoMundialLAC. Delighted to commit another four years to a region of the world like no other in opportunities and challenges #UHC #climatechange.

RT @GERMANESCOBARM: Profundizamos el protagonismo de Cali y nuestra administración del alcalde @alejoeder. Nos reunimos con el @BancoMundia….

RT @opsoms: ¡Celebrando 122 años de compromiso con la salud pública en las Américas!. Desde 1902, hemos trabajado incansablemente para gara….

RT @zoerobledo: “Van a gastar poquito bronce porque soy muy chiquita” esa fue la respuesta que me dio la Doctora Margarita Dehesa Violante….

RT @globalhlthtwit: Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Dow….

RT @OPSOMS_Col: Este evento se realizó en el marco del proyecto PROTECT que cuenta con el apoyo del @Pandemic_Fund. Conoce más en: Pandemic….

RT @OPSOMS_Col: Expertos de diez países de las Américas se reunieron en Cartagena, Colombia, para el proceso de consulta sobre la elaboraci….

RT @jayvanbavel: In a new paper in @NatureMedicine we argue that polarization is a serious—and overlooked—determinant of health. #Polariza….

RT @WBG_Health: For every $1 invested in nutrition, we get $23 back. The cost of inaction? A staggering $41T over 10 years. Let's #InvestI….

RT @zoerobledo: Nos reunimos con el equipo de @UNICEFMexico para trabajar en estrategias de colaboración para promover la vida saludable en….

RT @UofTCompSci: The @UofTCompSci community is thrilled to celebrate University Professor Emeritus @geoffreyhinton’s @NobelPrize in Physics….

RT @Ananyo: In case you're still confused, today's Nobel in physics is actually for mathematics and was awarded to a molecular biologist an….

RT @TheLocal_TO: In collaboration with researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital, The Local has produced the first-ever neighbourhood-level ana….

RT @zoerobledo: Esta mañana, en conferencia matutina con la presidenta @Claudiashein, presentamos el programa “Salud Casa por Casa”, que ti….

I am happy to share that I became a Canadian citizen yesterday. Canada has become home over the years and I am proud of being able to contribute as a citizen to a country that brings so much to the world. #Canada #Migrant #Toronto

Implementing the pro-active policies outlined in our report to support healthy longevity could save 150 million lives in low- and middle-income countries and also extend the lifespan of millions of others by 2050. via @worldbank.

My research is available on @ResearchGate:

Aside from improving individual lives, the right policies for healthy longevity can save health care costs, lower public expenditure in social protection, and protect countries’ essential human capital. # via @worldbank.

Investing in health and wellbeing throughout people’s lives starting with maternal, child, and adolescent health services to ongoing control of non-communicable diseases, is key to creating longer, healthier, productive lifespans. @WorldBank #HealthyLongevityInitiative.

Investing in healthy longevity could save millions of lives in low and middle income countries and extend millions more lives by 2050, resulting in enormous economic benefits. #InvestinPeople via @worldbank.