The COVID-19 crisis revealed structural weaknesses in the region's capacity to prevent and respond to emergencies. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was the most affected by the health emergency worldwide. With only 8.2% of the population, it accounted for 25.5% of the world's total COVID-19 deaths. Additionally, the economic contraction of 6.7% of GDP in 2020 made it … [Read more...] about How Do We in the Region Prepare for the Next Pandemic?
Ramiro Guerrero Carvajal
Ramiro Guerrero is a Sector Principal Specialist of the Social Protection and Health Division at the IDB. Is PhD in economics with experience in research, consultancy, policy making, health, education, journalism. Ramiro worked in Colombia as research associate at Fedesarrollo, and as editor of the business and economics section at Revista Semana. Between 2004 and 2007 he served as Deputy Minister of Social Protection in Colombia, in charge of social sector financing, information systems and planning. He joined the Harvard Initiative for Global Health in 2007 as research fellow, working on health metrics and health system performance evaluation. In August 2010 Ramiro assumed the role of founding Director of PROESA – Research Center for Social Protection and Health Economics at Universidad Icesi in Colombia. In 2016-2017 he was Takemi Fellow in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, and in July 2019 was appointed Dean of the School of Economics at Icesi, and has participated in university administration, consultancy and teaching. In the past decade has also served as board member of organizations in the microfinance, social and technology sectors. He has served as Technical Advisor at PAHO and at the Board of WWB Colombia, a foundation that promotes microfinance with a gender perspective.