Luis Fernando Barraza Araiza

Luis Fernando Barraza Araiza

San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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About

Physician and MSc in International Health Policy with technical and practical experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of programmes and policies directed to improve people's health.

Passionate about social justice, I am interested in working for projects and organisations that aim to reduce health inequities through action on the social determinants of health (including health systems and services).

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Experience

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    San Luis Potosí, México

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    San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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    San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

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    Mexico City Area, Mexico

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

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    San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., México.

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    Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico.

Education

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    Credits: Financing healthcare, Health economics, Pharmaceutical economics and policy, Measuring health system performance, Evidence review and synthesis for decision-making, Social determinants of health, Introduction to health policy and politics.

    Dissertation (Merit Grade): Disparities among English local authorities’ current and future social care costs of dementia and their local tax revenue: implications for policy and an evidence-informed recommendation to reform social care…

    Credits: Financing healthcare, Health economics, Pharmaceutical economics and policy, Measuring health system performance, Evidence review and synthesis for decision-making, Social determinants of health, Introduction to health policy and politics.

    Dissertation (Merit Grade): Disparities among English local authorities’ current and future social care costs of dementia and their local tax revenue: implications for policy and an evidence-informed recommendation to reform social care funding in England.

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    Activities and Societies: President of the Organizing Committee for the XV UASLP National Congress: Cutting Edge Medicine.

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    Activities and Societies: Clinical practice at the Misericordia Hospital (http://www.fundacionhomi.org.co) and El Tunal Hospital (http://www.hospitaleltunal.gov.co).

    Academic exchange.

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

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    Presidente del Comité Organizador del "XV Congreso: Medicina de Vanguardia"

    Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí

    - 5 months

    Lideré y coordiné las actividades para llevar a cabo el Congreso, el cual contó con más de 30 ponentes y 350 asistentes nacionales e internacionales.

  • Volunteer: Medical Student

    MEDspei

    - 1 month

    Health

    Student led program to bring health services and health education to vulnerable populations in rural communities.

Honors & Awards

  • CONACYT/LSE Scholarship

    CONACYT/LSE

    Tuition fees and monthly stipend scholarship for my MSc in International Health Policy at LSE in London, U.K.

  • National first place in the contest "Vive conCiencia 2015" in the "Public Health" category.

    Vive conCiencia

    National first place awarded for the project "ADI: Atención Domiciliaria Integral para fortalecer la Salud Pública de México" (ADI: Integral Home Care to strengthen Mexico's Public Health). We identified the need and theoretical benefits of implementing a nationwide primary health care program based on domiciliary visits by community health care workers. We analyzed and described how a national program with these characteristics would impact Mexico’s Health System and vulnerable populations.

  • International Mobility Scholarship 2013

    Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP)

    El Programa Nacional de Becas en su modalidad de MOVILIDAD INTERNACIONAL tiene el objetivo de contribuir a asegurar mayor cobertura, inclusión y equidad educativa para la construcción de una sociedad más justa, mediante el otorgamiento de becas a estudiantes inscritos en Instituciones Pública de Educación Superior (IPES). Lo anterior permitirá consolidar un México con educación de calidad; e impulsar a los estudiantes a participar en un esquema de movilidad que permita generar nuevos referentes…

    El Programa Nacional de Becas en su modalidad de MOVILIDAD INTERNACIONAL tiene el objetivo de contribuir a asegurar mayor cobertura, inclusión y equidad educativa para la construcción de una sociedad más justa, mediante el otorgamiento de becas a estudiantes inscritos en Instituciones Pública de Educación Superior (IPES). Lo anterior permitirá consolidar un México con educación de calidad; e impulsar a los estudiantes a participar en un esquema de movilidad que permita generar nuevos referentes de calidad académica.

  • Second Honorable Mention in TECMUN 2009

    TECMUN

    Second Honorable Mention in the United Nations Model of the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Palestinian National Authority (PA) delegate in the Human Rights Committee.

Languages

  • Español

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Inglés

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Francés

    Elementary proficiency

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