HERNAN DURAN, Diplomat, Official. Medical Officer, Team Leader, Health Planning Project(s), World Health Organization, Nigeria. Distinguished Award, Sindicato Médico del Uruguay, 58; Honorary Member: Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos, Costa Rica. American Public Health Association; Sociedad Chilena de Salubridad.
Education
Med School, University of Chile, 1934-1942, Doctor of Medicine. Brompton Hospital, London, 1947-1948, Specialist in Tuberculosis. School of Public Health & Hospital Administration 1952-1953, Master of Public Health.
Spoken languages: Spanish, English, French, German.
Career
Medical Officer, Team Leader, Health Planning Project(s), World Health Organization, Nigeria since 1974. Professor of Public Health Administration University of Chile, 1972-1974. Director, Health Planning Courses, PAHO/Economic Commission for Latin America, 1963-1972.
Chief, Health Planning Unit, World Health Organization/PAHO, 6163. Health Planning Adviser, PAHO, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, 1963-1967. Acting Resident Representative, United Nations Development Program, Uruguay, 1960-1961.
Team Leader, Public Health Development Service, PAHO, Uruguay, 1955-1961.
Membership
American Public Health Association. Sociedad Chilena de Salubridad.