Graça Freitas
Maria da Graça Gregório de Freitas (born 26 August 1957) is a Portuguese physician and public health specialist who is the current Director-General of Health and inherently the chief medical officer and leading spokesperson on matters of public health in Portugal, since 2018.[2] She has work published in the fields of vaccination, prevention and control of communicable diseases, public health emergencies, and health communication.[3]
Graça Freitas | |
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| Director-General of Health | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Adalberto Campos Fernandes, Minister of Health |
| Preceded by | Francisco George |
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| Born | Maria da Graça Gregório de Freitas 26 August 1957 Nova Lisboa, Portuguese Angola[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Lisbon |
Before her appointment to the Directorate-General, she served as Deputy Director under her predecessor Francisco George, and coordinated several public health programs, most notably, since 1996, the Portuguese National Vaccination Programme.[3] She is also a member of the Management Board of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, of the World Health Organization Expanded Program on Immunization, among other international groups.[3]
References
- Barbosa, Fernando; Carvalho, Durão; Ribeiro, Abraão; Vilaça, Cátia (3 June 2019). "Entrevista a Graça Freitas, Diretora-Geral de Saúde" [Interview with Graça Freitas, Director-General of Health]. TecnoHospital (in Portuguese) (91). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- Alvarez, Luciano (2 January 2018). "Graça Freitas nomeada directora-geral da Saúde" [Graça Freitas named Director-General of Health]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- "Despacho n.º 11460/2017 - Diário da República n.º 249/2017, Série II de 2017-12-29". Diário da República Eletrónico. Retrieved 9 March 2020.