Mexican Health Official to Run Gates Foundation HIV Program

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has named one of Mexico’s top health officials to run its HIV program, reports The Seattle Times.

Stefano Bertozzi, a health-economics expert at Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health, also chairs the steering committee of the international anti-HIV/AIDS consortium AIDS2031.

Another article in The Times says that Charles “Chip” Lyons announced he is leaving his post as director of special initiatives at the foundation’s Global Development program to take over the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, in Washington.