Background
BARROS BARRETO, Joáo de was born on December 14, 1891 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
BARROS BARRETO, Joáo de was born on December 14, 1891 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Director of tech, section, secretary general, assistant director and at present director general of the department. Director of sanitation, state of Paraná. Professor, of legal medicine, University do Paraná, 1921-1922.
Director, department, of health, state of Sao Paulo. Professor, of hygiene, medical. school, University do Brasil, since 1925. Professor., Faculdade Fluminense de Medicina.
Commissioned by League of Nations to direct research on infant mortality in Brazil, 1928. Dirs. of Health, Washington, 1936, 1940, 10th Pan American Sanitary Conference, Bogotá, 1938, 8th American Science Conference, Washington, 1940. Assistant, director, Pan American Sanitary Bureau, 1938-1942, pres, since 1942.
President, 11th Pan American Sanitary Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, University do Brasil, 1912. Further studies, Institute Oswaldo Cruz, 1918, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and Harvard School of Public Health, United States of America, 1924-1925.
Member 6th Pan American Child Welfare Congress, Lima, 1930. Member: Academy, de Medicina (Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Lima).