Background
Acuña, Héctor R. was born on September 24, 1921 in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. Son of José and Bertha (Monteverde) Acuña.
health organization consultant
Acuña, Héctor R. was born on September 24, 1921 in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. Son of José and Bertha (Monteverde) Acuña.
Doctor of Medicine Faculty of Medicine, University Mexico, 1947. Master of Public Health, Yale University, 1951.
Epidemiologist, then medical director Office for Inter-American Cooperative in Public Health, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Mexico, 1947-1954. Chief medical adviser Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, 1954-1962. Visiting professor preventive medicine and public health University Santo Domingo, 1954-1957, University Puerto Rico, 1955-1956, University El Salvador, 1957-1958, University Guatemala, 1958-1962.
Representative, chief medical advisor World Health Organization, Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean, Pakistan, 1962-1964. Director international affairs Ministry Health and Welfare, Mexico, 1971-1974. Director Pan American Sanitary Bureau, 1975-1983.
Visiting professor School Public Health, John Hopkins University, 1975, Yale University, 1976. Consultant Interam. Development Bank.
Trustee Baylor Research Foundation, Dallas. Member American Public Health Association, International Health Society, Mexico Society Public Health, International Health Resource Consortium, International College Surgeons (honorary), American Dental Association (honorary), Yale University Alumni Association Lodges: Rotary International (polioplus committee).
Married Beatriz Dolores Hallatt de Acuña, October 5, 1946. Children: Beatriz, Bertha, Lourdes, Lidia, Lisette.