Background
Etienne, Carissa F. was born in Dominica.
international organization administrator
Etienne, Carissa F. was born in Dominica.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University West Indies, Jamaica, 1976. Master of Science in Community Health in Developing Countries, University London School Hygiene and Tropical Health, 1982.
Medical officer, member executive team Princess Margaret Hospital, Dominica, 1977—1986, medical director, 1986—1989. Director primary health care Ministry of Health, Dominica, disaster coordinator, coordinator national Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome program, chief medical officer, national epidemiologist. Chairwoman National Advisory Council Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Dominica.
Assistant director Pan American sanitary bureau, World Health Organization American regional office Secretariat of the Pan American Health Organization, 2003—2008. Assistant director general health systems and services World Health Organization, Geneva, since 2008. Associate professor Ross University School Medicine, since 1996.
Member of Dominica Medical Association, Caribbean Public Health Association.
Married; 3 children.