Globalization and Health Inequities in Latin America

Ligia de Salazar holds a PhD in Evaluation Research from McGill University, Canada; a Master in Public Health from Liverpool University, England; and a Master in Health Administration from Universidad del Valle, Colombia. She is senior professor and researcher of Universidad del Valle's School of Public Health, and president of the NGO Foundation for Public Health Development, FUNDESALUD; former director of the WHO/PAHO collaborative Center for Evaluation of Public Health Policy Programs and Technology, CEDETES, at Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. She was Leader and Regional Coordinator of the Latin American Regional Project of Health Promotion Effectiveness, of the International Union for Health Promotion, IUHPE. Dr. Salazar has been principal investigator and coordinator of national and international projects and consultant for several institutions, as well as visiting professor in several Latin American Universities. She has been member of various committees and scientific associations such as the Advisory Committee on Health Research, CAIS, PAHO; and member of the Expert Reference Group for NCD Surveillance of World Health Organization; Scientific Committees for several International Conferences in Public Health and Health Promotion. She has served as consultant of international institutions (UNICEF, World Bank, Health Ministries and NGOs, Universities). Dr. Salazar has authored six books and several scientific articles on local development, public health and health promotion theory and evaluation. Her research and academic interest are oriented to evaluation research, surveillance of behavioral risk factors for NCD and social determinants of health inequities, articulation of science, politics and society. Roberto Carlos Luján holds a B.A. in sociology from the Universidad del Valle, Colombia, and is an associate researcher in various projects of the Foundation for the Development of Public Health (FUNDESALUD) and the Center for the Development and Evaluation of Policies and Technology in Public Health (CEDETES).