Alejandro Cravioto (born 1947) is professor of microbiology and public health in the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
He was born in Mexico, the son of physician and nutritional scientist Joaquin Cravioto and Cristina O'Farrill.
Cravioto received his MD degree in 1973 from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He completed a Residency in Pediatrics at the National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, 1973-1976. He also received a Diploma in Tropical Public Health with distinction in 1977 from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. In 1981, Cravioto earned a PhD degree from the University of London.
He is a noted expert on child health and diarrheal diseases.
He has had more than 200 papers published in international journals and has authored two textbooks.
References
- "WHO | Dr Alejandro Cravioto". WHO. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- Arroyo, P.; Mandujano, M. (2000-12-01). "Joaquin Cravioto (1922–1998)". The Journal of Nutrition. 130 (12): 2867–2869. doi:10.1093/jn/130.12.2867. ISSN 0022-3166. PMID 11110838.
- ^ "Alejandro Cravioto | Copenhagen Consensus Center". www.copenhagenconsensus.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- "Child health expert Dr Alejandro Cravioto stresses early interventions - Fogarty International Center @ NIH". Fogarty International Center. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- "WHO | Doctor Alejandro Cravioto". WHO. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
External links
- Alejandro Cravioto talking about COVID19 vaccines
- Food for thought: mainstreaming nutrition to improve child health (13th Annual Lawton Chiles International Lecture on Maternal and Child Health in the Americas, NIH, 2012)
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