Ruben del Prado, MD, MPH ’88, is a
global advocate for HIV prevention as an
outcome
of
strategically
chosen
combination prevention activities and
strategies. An MPH graduate of the Johns
Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public
Health, del Prado received his MD from
the University of Suriname and is trained
in advanced epidemiology and in health
systems planning. He worked extensively
as a trainer and consultant for the Pan American Health
Organization (PAHO/WHO), the European Commission, and Johns
Hopkins University, throughout the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific. Del
Prado is the former director of the Suriname National AIDS Programme.
He founded and became the head of the Department of Public Health of
the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Suriname, in
addition to being the Assistant Dean for Medical Education and lecturer
in “Clinical Preventive Medicine” and “Communication for Health.” In
1999, del Prado joined the Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS) as Inter-Country Programme Advisor, covering 24
countries and territories in the Caribbean, based in Port of Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago. Since then, he has spent many years serving in
various capacities within UNAIDS, where he currently serves as the
Country Director for Nepal and Bhutan, based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Each month, “Public Health: On the Inside” takes listeners to the frontlines of public
health to meet interesting people working in the field. Listen here to Dr Ruben del
Prado, “The Risk Taker:” https://youtu.be/ECYgkBhxe5I