Jarbas Barbosa

{{short description|Brazilian epidemiologist}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Jarbas Barbosa | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = Barbosa in 2018 |birth_name= Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr. | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | fields = Epidemiology | workplaces = Pan American Health Organization | alma_mater = Federal University of Pernambuco | awards = }} '''Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr.''' is a public health expert from Brazil who is currently serving as the Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Regional Director for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO); his five-year term in this position started on 1 February 2023.<ref name="Etienne-Barbosa">{{cite web |url=https://www.paho.org/en/news/28-9-2022-dr-jarbas-barbosa-da-silva-jr-brazil-elected-paho-director |title=Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr. of Brazil is Elected PAHO Director |publisher=PAHO |date=28 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvn-2.com/nacionales/brasil-le-gana-partida-panama_1_2008868.html |title=Brasil le gana la partida a Panamá en la carrera por la OPS |website=TVN |date=28 September 2022 |language=es}}</ref><ref name="G1">{{cite web |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2022/09/28/brasileiro-jarbas-barbosa-e-eleito-novo-diretor-da-organizacao-pan-americana-de-saude.ghtml |title=Brasileiro Jarbas Barbosa é eleito novo diretor da Organização Pan-americana de Saúde |website=G1 |date=28 September 2022 | language=pt}}</ref> He replaced Carissa Etienne of Dominica, who had served has the PAHO Director since 2013.<ref name="Etienne-Barbosa"/>

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