Atilio Rivera

Current

• Senior Health Advisor at International Rescue Commitee

Past

• Health Advisor European Commission at Ecuadorian MOH

Education

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London

Connections

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Industry

Hospital & Health Care

Atilio Rivera’s Summary

Primary Health Care Manager and Public Health Systems Development specialist with extensive experience in managing multi-cultural teams in humanitarian, emergency and post-conflict settings.
Interested in conflict-prevention interventions in third world countries especially in Africa and Asia.
Health Systems consultant for UNICEF, WHO, ICRC and other INGOs in several countries in Africa and currently as head of the Health and Nutrition Team in IRC Indonesia.

Atilio Rivera’s Specialties:

Public Health Programme design, implementation and monitoring.
ToT in SPHERE standards and interventions
Emergency and post-conflict Health and Nutrition programmes management
Health financing of public health interventions

Atilio Rivera’s Experience

• Senior Health Advisor

  International Rescue Commitee

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Senior Health Advisor for the Transitional Period of IRC and MOH.
  
  From emergency heath intervention to sustainable systems support in MOHSW Liberia.
  Advisor to IRC and MOHSW on BPHS (Basic Package of Health Services) implementation

• Health Advisor European Commission

  Ecuadorian MOH

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  August 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 8 months)

  Health Advisor of the European Union to a Ecuadorian MOH through the Programa PASSE de Salud to suppoprt the inclusion of indigenous population on health serviuce delivery.
  A big component was to establish and implement a new Modelo de Atencion with gender and cultural issues which will increase access to indigenous population in Ecuador

Atilio Rivera’s Education

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London

  MSc , Clinical Tropical Medicine , 1983 — 1985

  Graduated with Honours in 1984.
  Passed the MRCP examination (Member of Royal College of Physicians)
  Worked as Gastroenterologist at London Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead in 1984-1985

  Activities and Societies:

  Clinical and research work at LSHTM and Saint Pancras Hospital on TB, HIV/AIDS and Malaria