Mario Roberto Dal Poz

Who is Mario Roberto Dal Poz?

Mário Roberto Dal Poz is a Brazilian physician and researcher, that worked as coordinator of the "Health Workforce Information and Governance" program at the World Health Organization in Switzerland from 2002 to September 2012. He holds the position of associate professor at the Social Medicine Institute of the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. He is also currently editor-in-chief of the Human Resources for Health journal, and a member of the editorial board of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization and Revista Espaço para a Saude.

Dr Dal Poz obtained his medical degree with specialization in paediatrics in 1975, followed by a Master's in social medicine in 1981, and a doctorate in public health in 1996 from the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Since 2000, Dr Dal Poz has worked with the WHO in health systems development, co-authoring among others the World Health Report 2006, which brought worldwide attention to the global health workforce crisis, and numerous references on health workforce information systems.