Alejandro Cravioto
Alejandro Cravioto (born 1947) is professor of microbiology and public health in the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.[1]
He was born in Mexico, the son of physician and nutritional scientist Joaquin Cravioto and Cristina O'Farrill.[2]
Cravioto received his MD degree in 1973 from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He completed a Residency in Pediatrics at the National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, 1973-1976. He also received a Diploma in Tropical Public Health with distinction in 1977 from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In 1981, Cravioto earned a PhD degree from the University of London.[3]
He is a noted expert on child health and diarrheal diseases.[3] [4]
He has had more than 200 papers published in international journals and has authored two textbooks.[5]
References
- "WHO | Dr Alejandro Cravioto". WHO. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- Arroyo, P.; Mandujano, M. (2000-12-01). "Joaquin Cravioto (1922–1998)". The Journal of Nutrition. 130 (12): 2867–2869. doi:10.1093/jn/130.12.2867. ISSN 0022-3166.
- "Alejandro Cravioto | Copenhagen Consensus Center". www.copenhagenconsensus.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- "Child health expert Dr Alejandro Cravioto stresses early interventions - Fogarty International Center @ NIH". Fogarty International Center. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- "WHO | Doctor Alejandro Cravioto". WHO. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
External links
- Alejandro Cravioto talking about COVID19 vaccines
- Food for thought: mainstreaming nutrition to improve child health (13th Annual Lawton Chiles International Lecture on Maternal and Child Health in the Americas, NIH, 2012)