Elvira Beracochea

As founder, president, and CEO, Dr. Beracochea leads RGH’s work and inspires her colleagues to achieve more in global health by designing innovative solutions to global health care delivery problems. Guided by the vision that every person has the right to equitable services which protect, promote and restore health, Dr. Beracochea believes that rights-based approaches (RBAs) to public health are the solution to achieving more in global health. Known to her peers as a coach and mentor, Dr. Beracochea has more than two decades of experience as a physician, international health care consultant, hospital manager, health policy advisor, lecturer, researcher, and mentor. She is a writer and coach and is available for speaking engagements. Dr. Beracochea represents RGH at domestic and international forums as an advocate for innovative responses to global health challenges. She serves on the board of Christian Connections for International Health (CCIH) and was honored with the 2009 Distinguished Section Service Award for her outstanding contributions to the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Beracochea has worked in over 30 different countries. Before establishing MIDEGO, she was a Principal Associate in the Center for Pharmaceutical Management and Center for Health Services at Management Sciences for Health (MSH). Her early career included serving as a hospital manager at the University Hospital in Uruguay and lecturing in epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Papua New Guinea. Dr. Beracochea also served as a Health Policy Advisor in the Department of Health in Papua New Guinea. She currently teaches epidemiology at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Dr. Beracochea received her MD from the Medical Faculty of the University of the Republic of Uruguay and her MPH from the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at Hadassah Hebrew University in Israel.