Background
DeFrancisco, Andres was born on April 30, 1959 in Bogota, Colombia. Son of Adolfo Luis and Gloria Adela (Serpa) DeF.
public health specialist researcher
DeFrancisco, Andres was born on April 30, 1959 in Bogota, Colombia. Son of Adolfo Luis and Gloria Adela (Serpa) DeF.
Doctor of Medicine, University Rosario, Bogota, 1983. Master of Science in Clinical Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine, University London, 1994.
Hospital director Ministry of Health, Miraflores, Colombia, 1983-1984. Senior science officer Medical Research Council-United Kingdom, Fajara, The Gambia, 1988-1990. Head reproductive health program ICDDR, B, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1990-1999.
International health specialist Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva, Switzerland, since 1999. Short-term professional World Health Organization, Geneva, 1998. Honorary senior lecturer London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1997.
Associate department international health Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1997.
Fellow Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Member Colombian National Academy Medicine.
Married Fawzia Nazli Rasheed, November 11, 1988. Children: Joan Zober, Ricardo Zia.