{"id":1017,"date":"2025-03-28T12:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prezode-initiative.org\/en\/?post_type=member&#038;p=1017"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T16:44:29","slug":"magda-robalo","status":"publish","type":"member","link":"https:\/\/prezode-initiative.org\/es\/miembros\/magda-robalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Magda Robalo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">President and co-founder of the Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD). <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2022.com\/speaker\/magda-robalo-correia-silva-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Magda Robalo<\/a> is a public health physician and infectious disease expert, whose career spans over 30 years in the global health ecosystem. She held senior leadership positions at the domestic and international levels in various professional settings, working with Governments, multilateral and civil society organizations. She has a track record in promoting gender equality and equitable access to quality health care, social justice, ethics, and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has solid knowledge and experience on a broad range of public health issues, gender equality, ethics, and governance. She spearheaded various successful initiatives as former Minister of Health, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/about\/accountability\/results\/who-results-report-2020-2021\/country-profile\/2021\/guinea-bissau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">High Commissioner<\/a> for the COVID-19 response in Guinea-Bissau, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO<\/a> Representative and Director of Communicable Diseases, Global Managing Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/womeningh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women in Global Health<\/a>. She serves on several Boards and Councils, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobalfund.org\/en\/board\/members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Fund<\/a>. She relies on a vast network of experts in the areas of public health (HIV\/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Hepatitis, Health, and Environment, Climate Change, Maternal and Child health, Gender, Ethics, Governance, Women Empowerment, International Relations, and Political Sciences).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Magda Robalo is a medical doctor (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.up.pt\/portal\/pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universidade do Porto, Portugal<\/a>) with a Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health and Tropical Medicine (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unl.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universidade Nova de Lisboa<\/a>) and a Master of Sciences degree in Epidemiology (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulaval.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/a>, Canada) and is concluding her Ph.D. on Political Science and International Relations (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucp.pt\/pt-pt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universidade Cat\u00f3lica<\/a>, Portugal).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magda is a member of the Civil Society College of the Steering Committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"member-group":[],"member-type":[25,139],"class_list":["post-1017","member","type-member","status-publish","hentry","member-type-sc","member-type-sc-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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