Background
Vaz, Rui Gama was born on March 4, 1957 in Beira, Sofala, Mozambique. Son of Francisco Xavier and Maria Fausta Vaz.
Vaz, Rui Gama was born on March 4, 1957 in Beira, Sofala, Mozambique. Son of Francisco Xavier and Maria Fausta Vaz.
Doctor of Medicine, Faculty Medicine, Mozambique, 1981. Master in Public Health, University Washington, Seattle, 1991.
District medical officer, Ministry of Health, Caia, Mozambique, 1981-1984; provincial health director, Ministry of Health, Nampula, Mozambique, 1986-1988; director, Nampula Control Hospital, 1985-1986; deputy director, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome National Programme, Mozambique, 1988-1989; associate professor epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mozambique, since 1992; director, National Institutes of Health, Maputo, Mozambique. President Mozambican Foundation for Research on Health, since 1992, Inter-Institutional Research Board, Mozambique, 1992-1995.
Member African Foundation for Research and Development (scientific committee), Internat.Coun. for Prison Medical Superior vena cava syndrome (ethical committee).
Married Maria Dominica Ribeiro, August 15, 1961. Children: Marco, Soraia.