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Dr. Pedro Alonso

Title Chief Executive Officer
Organization ISGlobal

Dr. Pedro Alonso is the Chief Executive Officer of ISGlobal and Head of Tropical Medicine and International Health of the Hospital Clinic and Professor at the University of Barcelona. Dr. Alonso started his career in international health 25 years ago as a young physician working in West Africa. Since then his work has focused on key priority health problems in resource poor settings. The development of research partnerships and institutions contributing to capacity strengthening has been at the heart of his activities.  Dr. Alonso holds a PhD from the University of Barcelona and a Master’s Degree from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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Spain’s Commitment to Global Health

Over the last decade, Spain has played an important role in changes that have led to the most dramatic progress ever seen in world development agendas.

Advances in the field of global health in the last ten years have been unprecedented, but there is still a long way to go.

Spain's commitment to these international efforts has been significant and, although it may have faltered, we must remember that this is a global crisis and we can only confront it with global solutions. This is why I firmly believe that the cuts in public sector funding are disappointing, but we can still renew our commitment and should do so as soon as possible.

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