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- What first attracted you to the field of public health and what keeps you motivated in the face of so many challenges and barriers to improving people’s health worldwide?
- What are your top public health priorities as the new director of PAHO? Also, what are the top health issues the residents of the Americas face as you close in on your first year as director?
- You began your career as a medical officer at Princess Margaret Hospital in Dominica. What lessons and experiences from your work in the medical field have you found particularly helpful and applicable to your public health work?
- How important is it that the countries of the Americas work together to solve health problems rather than just focusing within their own borders?
- You’ve spent a lot of your career working to improve health systems and primary care models. How significant are these issues to improving public health in the Americas?
- You’ve said that one of your proudest moments was helping your home country of Dominica achieve universal health care. How will that experience shape your tenure as PAHO director?