Yolani Batres
Minister of Health
Assumed office
27 January 2014
Personal details
Born (1967-01-14) 14 January 1967

Edna Yolani Batres (born 14 January 1967) is a Honduran politician who was the Secretary of State at the Bureau of Health in the government of President Juan Orlando Hernández from January 2014 until December 2016.[1]

Career

Early career roles have included consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank, working on technical capacity building to support the expansion and sustainability of health services delivery within the Unit of Decentralised Management at the Secretariat of Health.[2]

Before her appointment as Secretary of State, Batres served as the Deputy Secretary of Health for Service Networks; Head of the Unit for Coverage Expansion for the Health Region of Gracias, Lempira; and Chief of the Emergency Services at the Departmental Hospital Juan Manuel Gálvez.[3] During her time as Secretary of State, she oversaw the government's response to the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic.[4]

Other activities

References

  1. ↑ "Edna Yolani Batres".
  2. ↑ Edna Yolani Batres Gavi.
  3. ↑ Edna Yolani Batres Gavi.
  4. ↑ Ivan Castro and Gustavo Palencia (February 4, 2016), Honduras, Nicaragua report first cases of Zika in pregnant women Reuters.
  5. ↑ Members of the Board Gavi.
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