Dr. Diego Herrera earned his M.D. at the Central University of Ecuador, and completed a residency in Family Medicine at the Catholic University of Ecuador in Quito. He subsequently studied Medical Anthropology and ultimately earned a Master’s Degree in Pedagogy and Research. He is the Vice President of Saludesa, AHD’s counterpart in Ecuador, professor at two of AHD’s partner universities, the Universidad Luis Vargas Torres de Esmeraldas and the Universidad Católica de Quito. Dr. Herrera has various publications on Health Anthropology topics, Family Medicine, and rural hospital administration.
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In 2010, I spent some time at our hospital in Pedro Vicente Maldonado (PVM), the only one we had at the time. The hospital administrator told me she needed to take a trip to the coast for a meeting at a public hospital. Would I like to come along? We arrived at a rundown clinic