Carlos Navarro
Associate Director, Public Health Emergencies
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Carlos Navarro , Associate Director, Public Health Emergencies
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Dr. Carlos Navarro (MD, MSc, PhD) is the Associate Director for Public Health Emergencies for UNICEF. As the global lead for public health emergencies preparedness and response in UNICEF he is guided by a strong believe on the central role of equity and the need for a whole-of-society approach to prepare and respond to health emergencies and their impact on children, families and communities.
Dr. Navarro has previously worked at CDC as an emergency epidemiologist (2010-2017), as an independent consultant on health and nutrition in emergencies (2005 -2010), and in a number of field assignments and coordination positions for ACF and MSF (1994-2004). He has completed dozens of field emergency and outbreak assignments in field and leadership positions. His research work in emergency response has focused on outbreak response and on the treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition. He has been involved in the design and implementation of operational research and response in health emergencies settings since 1994, obtaining MSc in Tropical Medicine (Universidad de Barcelona), Epidemiology (LSHTM) and a PhD (Aberdeen University).
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