Alejandra Pizarro

Dr. Alejandra Pizarro Ibáñez is the Health Attaché of Permanent Mission of Chile and, since July 2023, the Chilean negotiator of the international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, and of Working Group on Amendments to the International Health Regulations. This year, she also became a member of the WHO Executive Board.

Previously, she was an international advisor to PAHO in the Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment Unit, and before that, during the Covid-19 pandemic, she was head of the Epidemiology Department of the Ministry of Health, coordinating the Chilean response about this emergency. Dr Pizarro Ibáñez also directed the Observatory of Infectious Diseases of the Faculty of Medicine of the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile, where she is also a researcher.

Dr Pizarro Ibáñez is medical doctor with a specialization in public health and a Master of Science in Epidemiology.