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José Luis Castro

José Luis Castro is president and CEO at Vital Strategies, where he has led a rapid expansion of its portfolio and worked with governments to tackle the world’s leading killers, primarily in low- and middle-income countries. The organization now reaches into 73 countries and has touched the lives of more than 2 billion people.

Latest Articles

Building Back Health
Building Back Health
Opinion: We need a bolder, more equitable approach to public health
17 May 2021
The millions dead and economies damaged by COVID-19 weren’t inevitable: they were caused by dangerous gaps and lack of investment in our health systems. Vital Strategies’ José Luis Castro weighs in on the rebuild ahead.
UNGA 2020
UNGA 2020
Opinion: Global cooperation tested by the pandemic at UNGA 75
16 Sep 2020
As the 75th session of the U.N. General Assembly begins, José Luis Castro, president and CEO of Vital Strategies, highlights three things to watch at this year's virtual event.
Global health
Global health
Opinion: 7 issues gaining momentum in global health
7 Mar 2019
From air pollution to alcohol control, Vital Strategies President and CEO José Luis Castro outlines the seven issues shaping global health in 2019.
World Tuberculosis Day
World Tuberculosis Day
5 ways to bring about a TB resistance 'paradigm shift'
24 Mar 2016
How can the global health community bring about the "paradigm shift" needed to confront tuberculosis resistance? TB programs must do a much better job treating the disease and providing the quality care that prevents it from becoming drug-resistant in the first place, writes José Luis Castro, executive director of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, in this guest commentary.
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Facing down the TB-diabetes co-epidemic
3 Nov 2014
The world is facing down a global co-epidemic of diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis, with the World Health Organization estimating as many as 1 million people live with the co-infection. The executive director of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease explains the scale of the challenge ahead for the global health community in this exclusive commentary.
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