Walter Flores Centro de Estudios para la Equidad y Gobernanza en Sistemas de Salud

Walter Flores is a Social Scientist and the Director of the Centro de Estudios para la Equidad y Gobernanza en Sistemas de Salud, a Guatemalan organization specializing in research, capacity building, and advocacy around issues affecting indigenous and other marginalized populations. He has more than 20 years of experience spanning at least 25 countries in the areas of health policy analysis, health systems, right to health, democratic governance of public policies, and community participation. Flores is also the global coordinator of the Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health, a network of civil society organizations from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America working towards improving healthcare services for marginalized populations through human rights, accountability, and social mobilization. Flores received a Ph.D. and a Master’s of Community Health from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK.