Andre Medici

Dr. Andre Medici is an internationally-known Brazilian health economist with extensive background in health strategy, public and private health financing in Latin America and the Caribbean, social security and pensions, economic reform, gender health issues, environmental protection, and globalization. He is currently a Senior Health Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, in Washington, DC. His published work, including books and hundreds of papers, has been well utilized by educational institutions, international organizations, and political spheres. Some of his recent works include: El desafío de la descentralización: Financiamiento público de la Salud en Brasil; Evaluating Social Security Reform in Argentina during the 1990s; Family Spending on Health in Brazil; Financing Health Policies in Brazil; Globalization, Transmissible Diseases and Inequity; Health Policies and Economic Blocks; La respuesta del BID a los riesgos de la influenza aviar en América Latina y el Caribe; Public and Private Health Financing in Latin American and The Caribbean during the Ninities: A Brief Analysis; Report of the Consultation to Support the Inter-American Development Bank's Health Strategy; The Political Economy of Reform in Brazil's Civil Servant Pension Scheme. {http://www.iadb.org/sds/SOC/publication/gen_58_2966_e.htm]

(More information about his work in health care strategy and reform can be obtained by visiting the IDB's website at http://www.iadb.org)

BIOGRAPHY:
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 28th, 1956 into a well known family who had immigrated to Brazil from Italy. He married his first girlfriend, Fatima, in 1978. In 1982 his first and only child, daughter Camila, was born.

Highlights
Andre Medici played a part on the planning, development and implementation of the SUS (Unitary System of Health) which allows underpriviledged Brazilians to have access to health care and prescription medication. He currently focuses on drafting and implementing health care reforms to various Latin American countries via the Inter American Development Bank.

Background
Andre Medici is a senior health specialist of the Sustainable Development Department of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB). In Brazil, he occupied several public positions as Deputy Director of Population and Social Indicators of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (1985-1986), Coordinator of Post Graduation Courses of the National School of Statistics (1991); Director of the Social Policy Studies of the Institute of Public Sector Economy (1992-1994). He was also professor and researcher of the Department of Economy and Sociology of the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1980-1989) and the National School of Public Health (1981-1991). His current academic activities include courses in the Latin American Center of Human Economy - CLAEH (Uruguay) and in the São Paulo State University (USP, Brazil), where he is teaching leading subjects in health economics in post-graduation courses, and special seminars atGeorge Washington University.

Overview
* Age: 51 * Gender: Male * Occupation: Social Development Specialist * Location: Bethesda : Maryland : United States

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