SILVIO PALACIOS FRAIRE, Diplomat, Official. Chief, Malaria Eradication Program(s), World Health Organization/PAHO, Mexico. Caballero, Orden de Isabel la Catolica; Caballero, Orden del Cardenal Cisneros; Species Culex n palaciosi, discovered in Brazilian Amazon area, 1969, named officially. Med College of Madrid; Mexican Public Health Association; Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Education
University of Valladolid, Spain, 1935-1944, Doctor of Medicine. Endocrinology Institute, Institution, Maranon, 1945-1946, Diploma. University of Puerto Rico, 1953-1955, Diploma Public Health & Tropical Medicine.
International School of Malaria, Venezuela, 1957. Spoken languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese, French.
Career
Chief, Malaria Eradication Program(s), World Health Organization/PAHO, Mexico since 1969. Medical Officer, Malaria Control, PAHO/World Health Organization, Sao Paulo, Recife, Amazon, Brazil, 1961-1969. Chief, Malaria Control Project, World Health Organization/PAHO, Guatemala, 1957-1961.
Med Director, Med Inspector & Director, Health Center, Organization(s) of American States/United States Joint Health Mission, Bolivia, 1948-1957. Med Assistant, Endocrinology Institute, Institution, Maranon, Spain, 1945-1947.
Membership
Med College of Madrid. Mexican Public Health Association. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.