André Medici

Born| 28 February 1956

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Occupation| Health Economist
Employer| Inter-American Development Bank
Notable work|

* El desafío de la descentralización

* Financiamiento público de la Salud en Brasil
* Evaluating Social Security Reform in Argentina during the 1990s
* Family Spending on Health in Brazil
* Financing Health Policies in Brazil
* Globalization, Transmissible Diseases and Inequity
* Health Policies and Economic Blocks
* La respuesta del BID a los riesgos de la influenza aviar en América Latina y el Caribe
* Public and Private Health Financing in Latin American and The Caribbean during the Nineties: A Brief Analysis
* Report of the Consultation to Support the Inter-American Development Bank's Health Strategy

* The Political Economy of Reform in Brazil's Civil Servant Pension Scheme
Spouse| Fatima (married 1978)
Children| Camila (born 1982)

André Medici (born 28 February 1956, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian health economist with a background in health strategy, public and private health financing in Latin America and the Caribbean, social security and pensions, economic reform, gender health issues, environmental protection, and globalization. He is currently[when?] a Senior Health Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, in Washington, DC.

## Family

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Medici was born into a well-known family who had migrated to Brazil from Italy. He married his first girlfriend, Fatima, in 1978. In 1982, his only child was born, a daughter, Camila.

## Career

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Medici played a part on the planning, development and implementation of the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS - Unitary System of Health) which allows underprivileged Brazilians to have access to health care and prescription medication. He currently[when?] focuses on drafting and implementing health care reforms in various Latin American countries via the Inter American Development Bank.

Medici is a senior health specialist of the Sustainable Development Department of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB). In Brazil, he occupied several public positions as Deputy Director of Population and Social Indicators of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (1985-1986), Co-ordinator of Post Graduation Courses of the National School of Statistics (1991); Director of Social Policy Studies of the Institute of Public Sector Economy (1992-1994). He was also a professor and researcher at the Department of Economy and Sociology of the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1980-1989) and the National School of Public Health (1981-1991). His current[when?] academic activities include courses in the Latin American Center of Human Economy (CLAEH) in Uruguay and in the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, where he is teaching leading subjects in health economics in post-graduate courses, and special seminars at George Washington University. Medici is also a member in Braudel Institute of World Economics, a São Paulo-based think tank.

## Publications

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Among his published work, including books and hundreds of papers, are:

* El desafío de la descentralización: [1]
* Financiamiento público de la Salud en Brasil;[2]
* Evaluating Social Security Reform in Argentina during the 1990s;
* Family Spending on Health in Brazil;
* Financing Health Policies in Brazil;
* Globalization, Transmissible Diseases and Inequity;
* Health Policies and Economic Blocks;
* La respuesta del BID a los riesgos de la influenza aviar en América Latina y el Caribe;
* Public and Private Health Financing in Latin American and The Caribbean during the Nineties: A Brief Analysis;
* Report of the Consultation to Support the Inter-American Development Bank's Health Strategy;
* The Political Economy of Reform in Brazil's Civil Servant Pension Scheme.[3][4][5]

## References

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1. ^ André Cézar Medici (April 2005). El desafío de la descentralización: financiamiento público de la salud en Brasil. IDB. ISBN 978-1-931003-16-2.
2. ^ Andre Medici (2002). O Desafio da Descentralizao: Financiamiento Público da Saúde no Brasil. IDB. ISBN 978-1-931003-28-5.
3. ^ "Topics in Latin America and the Caribbean - Inter-American Development Bank". Iadb.org. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
4. ^ Medici, Andre C.; Oliveira, Barreto de; Eduardo, Francisco; Novellino, Maria S.; Beltrao, Kaizo I. (June 25, 2002). "Social Security and Gender: Brazilian and World Practices by Kaizo Beltrao, Maria Novellino, Francisco Barreto de Oliveira, Andre Medici :: SSRN". Papers.ssrn.com. doi:10.2139/ssrn.314927. S2CID 153439208. SSRN 314927. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
5. ^ Sindhosp May 23, 2012 "André Medici, economista sênior da Saúde do Banco Mundial"

## External links

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* Disease Control Priorities In Developing Counties
* Employee Benefits, Compensation & Pension Law Vol. 3, No. 22: November 21, 2002
* The IDB Health Strategy and Region 1 Health Projects by André Medici
* presentation
* Private payers of health care in Brazil: characteristics, costs and coverage at Oxford Journals[dead link]
* document[dead link]
* "Most widely held works by André Cézar Médici". WorldCat.

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