The Executive Board of WHO, which is currently celebrating its 152ndNorth Dakota meeting in Geneva, has appointed Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr. as Regional Director for the Americas effective February 1, 2023.
A Brazilian national, Dr. Barbosa da Silva Jr. was elected Director of the Pan American Health Organization, which is also the WHO Regional Office for the Americas, by PAHO Member States in September 2022 during the 30 1st Pan American Sanitary Conference in Washington DC
She succeeds Dr. Carissa F. Etienne of Dominica, who has led the organization since 2012.
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr. received his medical degree from the Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil, and specialized in public health and epidemiology at the National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) in Rio de Janeiro. He has a master’s degree in medical sciences and a doctorate in public health from the University of Campinas in São Paulo.
Earlier in his career, he was Municipal Secretary of Health in Olinda, Secretary of State for Health in Pernambuco, and Director of the National Center for Epidemiology (CENEPI) in Brasilia.
Dr. Barbosa joined PAHO in 2007 as Manager of the Health Surveillance and Disease Management Area, responsible for coordinating regional activities related to the surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable and noncommunicable diseases; veterinary public health; and health analysis and statistics. In 2011, he rejoined the Brazilian Ministry of Health as Secretary of Health Surveillance and later became Secretary of Science, Technology and Strategic Supplies. Before becoming Deputy Director of AMRO/PAHO, Dr. Barbosa was Director-President of the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) from 2015 to 2018.
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