SYLVIA PLAZA DE ECHEVERRIA, Diplomat, Official. Medical Officer, Maternal & Child Health Unit, Division of Family Health, World Health Organization.
Education
Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, 1939-1946, Doctor of Medicine. Calvo MacKenna, University Pediatric Hosp, Santiago, 1947-1948, Pediatric Certificate. Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 1952-1953, Master of Public Health.
United States Public Health School, 1953, Diploma Maternal & Child Health. International Children’s Center, Paris, 1965, Diploma Human Growth & Development. Spoken languages: Spanish, English, French.
Career
Medical Officer, Maternal & Child Health Unit, Division of Family Health, World Health Organization since 1973. Professor, Maternal & Child Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, 1970-1973. Visiting Professor, School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, 1969-1970.
Regional Adviser, Regional Office for Americas, World Health Organization/PAHO, Washington, District of Columbia, 1967-1969. Professor, University of Chile, 1958-1967. Special Adviser, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Family Planning, Ministry of Health, Chile, 1963-1967.
Associate Professor, University of Puerto Rico, 1955-1958. Director, Rockefeller Foundation Program(s) on Chilean Coordinated Rural Program(s) for Acomagua Province, Chile, 1949-1952.