Fernando Lavadez is Senior Health Specialist at the World Bank with more than 25 years of experience working in 22 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and South Asia, in areas including health systems strengthening, health policy, governance and public health, service delivery, results-based financing, maternal and child health, public-private partnerships, and Non Communicable Diseases. He has participated in the preparation of 24 health, and multi-sector projects at the World Bank, and others. He worked at the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO), as a health systems advisor, and held several positions in academic institutions as well as in the Government of Bolivia. He was Chief of Cabinet (Vice Minister equivalent) to the Ministry of Health, the General Manager of Health Sector Reform, the General Director of Health Insurance, and the National Director of Hospitals.