Education
Wayne State University.
Wayne State University.
First elected to the legislature in the 2012 election after defeating Education Minister Desmond Bannister by a margin of 24 votes, he was appointed by Prime Minister Perry Christie to be Minister of Health. Doctor Gomez was born on New Providence and graduated from the University of the West Indies with a degree in medicine in 1971. He then attended medical school at Wayne State University where he specialized in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.
Under his direction the Programme had a major impact on decreasing the spread of the disease.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus transmission rates in the Bahamas declined by more than 30 percent and Human Immunodeficiency Virus transmission from mother-to-child also decreased dramatically. 72 percent of all persons with advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus receive requisite treatment, and all persons with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis co-infection receive full treatment for both conditions.