Dr. Jean-Patrick Alfred has been honored with the PAHO Award for Administration and Management in Well being Providers 2024, recognizing his important contributions to Haiti’s healthcare system. The award was introduced by María Teresa Barán, the President of PAHO’s 61st Directing Council and Minister of Well being of Paraguay. Dr. Alfred’s management within the Unified Well being Data System (SISNU) and his position in strengthening Haiti’s Ministry of Public Well being and Inhabitants (MSPP) had been highlighted in the course of the ceremony.
In his acceptance speech, Dr. Alfred mirrored on Haiti’s resilience amidst ongoing challenges, emphasizing the significance of collective efforts to construct a extra resilient, people-centered healthcare system. “This prize not solely jogs my memory of the immense obstacles we proceed to face but in addition of the progress and victories we now have fought so laborious to attain,” he acknowledged, reinforcing his dedication to the well being and well-being of the Haitian folks.
The award highlights Alfred’s management in creating essential coverage initiatives all through his skilled profession, notably Haiti’s 2012-2022 well being plan, which targeted on a major care strategy to strengthen the nation’s well being system, making it extra resilient and people-centered.
Alfred is a number one doctor, holding a level in drugs and postgraduate levels in well being techniques and companies and well being coverage. As well as, since 2015 he has been the Director of the Research and Programming Unit (UEP) of the Haitian Ministry of Public Well being and Inhabitants (MSPP).
His profession has been largely in well being administration and instructing, and he has contributed to a number of analysis research.
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By this award, established in 1969, the governments of the Americas acknowledge excellent contributions to enhancing well being techniques and companies, and to packages, tasks, and initiatives with confirmed influence on entry to well being care on the nationwide or regional ranges.
Earlier recipients embody Dr Alfredo Espinosa Brito, from Cuba; Dr Carla Romero, from Bolivia; Dr Joanne Liu, from Canada; Dr Reina Roa Rodríguez, from Panama; and Dr Natalia Largaespada, from Belize.
