Background
Serpa, Luis Andres de Francisco was born on April 30, 1959 in Bogota, Colombia.
Serpa, Luis Andres de Francisco was born on April 30, 1959 in Bogota, Colombia.
Doctor of Medicine in Medical Practitioner and Surgeon, Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogota, 1983. Master of Science in Clinical Tropical Medicine, London School Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 1986. Diploma in Tropical Medicine&H, Royal College Physicians London, 1986.
Master of Science in Community Health Developin, London School Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1994.
Hospital director Ministry Health, Miraflores, Colombia, 1983—1984. Director field research station & senior science officer Medical Research Council, Fajara, 1988—1990. Project director, matlab maternal & child health and family planning Center Health & Population Research, International Center Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Dhaka -Matlab, Bangladesh, 1990—1996, reproductive health programme coordinator Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1996—1999.
Senior public health specialist, head science operations Global Forum Health Research, Geneva, 1999—2003, deputy executive director, 2004—2008. Team coordinator strategy adviser Partnership Maternal, Newborn & Child Health, World Health Organization, since 2008.
Fellow: Royal Society Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, National Academy Medicine. Member: Child Health & Nutrition Research Initiative, Academia Nacional Medicina Colombia.
Son of Adolfo Luis de Francisco Zea and Gloria Adela Serpa Kolbe. Married Fawzia Nazli Rasheed, November 11, 1988. Children: Juan Zober de Francisco Rasheed, Ricardo Zia de Francisco Rasheed.