María del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal
Professor of Health Promotion, University of Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
Dr. María del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal is a Costa Rican doctor from La Salle University, Mexico, D.F. and a public health specialist. Former Executive President of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund 2014-2017 (CCSS). Former Minister of Health of Costa Rica and Coordinator of the Social Council (2002-2006). Member of the PAHO / WHO Health Emergencies Response Team with emphasis on Central America, with main functions related to support and assistance in the restoration of basic health services including water, sanitation and primary health care, and its corresponding evaluation .
Currently Dr. María del Rocío Sáenz Madrigala is a professor of health promotion and in the master's degree in public health at the University of Costa Rica. She coordinates the Patient Navigation Project, the Permanent Forum on Cancer in Women in Costa Rica and the research project on Primary Health Care . Being the first woman Minister of Health and Executive President of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, has allowed her to consolidate a leadership based on public health and advocate for the role of the State in Universal Health Coverage, being able to visualize the role that in this can play the various social actors, especially the role of the NGO group with which I am currently working. President of the Latin American Alliance for Global Health (ALASAG) and the Network for Health Equity in the Americas (HENA / RAES). She have published 42 technical articles and 16 scientific articles, most of them related to health promotion, health policy and health systems.