Patricia García Funegra

**Patricia Jannet García Funegra**  ye médicu salubrista, Catedráticu d'universidá docente y investigadora peruana. Foi Ministra de Salú de Perú dende'l  hasta'l .

## Biografía
Los sos padres son Olga Funegra Marcellini y Humberto García Taylor. Estudió nel Colexu María Alvarado rematando ende la so secundaria. Graduada en medicina na Universidá Peruana Cayetano Heredia en 1988. Tien un Magíster en Salú Pública con mención en Epidemioloxía de la Universidá de Washington n'Estaos Xuníos mientres 1996-1998, un Doctoráu en Medicina pola Universidá Peruana Cayetano Heredia nel 2011. 

Foi becaria del IARTP (International AIDS Research Program), con especial entrenamientu d'enfermedaes de tresmisión sexual y sida. Foi reconocida en 1981 col Premiu Cecilia Giribaldi a la meyor investigación. En 1997 destacó col premiu Marco A. Aguayo de la Organización Mundial de la Salú (OMS). Foi Xefa del Institutu Nacional de Salú ente 2006-2008. 

Desempeñóse como Decana de la Facultá de Salú Pública y Alministración (FASPA) de la Universidá Peruana Cayetano Heredia mientres el 2011-2016. Mientres el decanatu, nel añu 2011, ganó un financiamiento de US$ 1 millón de dólares de la organización Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) y de la Fundación Bill y Melinda Gates, pa la implementación del proyeutu Futuros Brillantes. Nel 2014, tuvo a cargu del llanzamientu del primer programa de Llicenciatura en Salú Pública y Salú Global nel Perú, na sede de la Organización Panamericana de la Salú.

Foi Vicedecana Académicu y d'Investigación de la FASPA ente 1999 y 2004. Na OMS en Xinebra, Suiza foi miembru del Comité Consultivu d'Espertos de Salú Reproductiva y Presidenta del Comité d'Espertos Internacionales pa vacunes contra'l virus del papiloma humanu ente'l 2007-2008.

Na parte académica ye docente ya investigadora de la Universidá Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Profesora Principal n'investigación n'Infeiciones de Tresmisión Sexual, adxunta de Salú Global na Universidá de Washington y d'Epidemioloxía de la Universidá Tulane. Forma parte de l'Academia Nacional de Ciencies d'Estaos Xuníos - Institutu de Medicina.

Nel 2016, foi escoyida pol Presidente de la República Pedro Pablo Kuczynski como Ministra de Salú de Perú.

## Publicaciones
La Dra. Patricia García publicó investigaciones en revistes científiques y llibros rellacionaos a infeiciones de tresmisión sexual y VIH/sida, virus del papiloma humanu, salú pública, informática médica, salú móvil y pruebes diagnóstica.

* *The Changing face of HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean*. 2014
* *Perceptions and Acceptability of Short Message Services Technology to Improve Treatment Adherence amongst Tuberculosis Patients in Peru: A Focus Group Study*. 2014
* *Potential point of care tests (POCTs) for maternal health in Peru, perspectives of pregnant women and their partners*. 2014
* *Just getting by: a cross-sectional study of male sex workers as a key population for HIV/STIs among men who have sex with men in Peru*. 2014
* *When Sex Work Becomes Your Everything: The Complex Linkages Between Economy and Affection Among Male Sex Workers in Peru*. 2013
* *Dried blood spots for qPCR diagnosis of acute Bartonella bacilliformis infection*. 2013
* *High prevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus infection in indigenous women from the peruvian Amazon*. 2013
* *Structural factors that increase HIV/STI vulnerability among indigenous people in the Peruvian amazon*. 2013
* *Rapid Syphilis Tests as Catalysts for Health Systems Strengthening: A Case Study from Peru*. 2013
* *Chapter 92: Congenital Syphilis.In: Somesh Gupta, Bhushan Kumar and eds*. 2012
* *Chapter 14: Information and Communication Technologies to Support HIV and STI Care in Developing Countries*. 2012
* *Capitulo: La Hestoria de les ITS nel Peru*. 2010
* *Tuberculin skin test conversion among health sciences students: A retrospective cohort study*. 2012
* *Improved STD syndrome management by a network of clinicians and pharmacy workers in Peru: The PREVEN Network*. 2012
* *HTLV-1 and -2 infections among 10 indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon*. 2012
* *Toward greater inclusion: lessons from Peru in confronting challenges of multi-sector collaboration*. 2012
* *Association between human papillomavirus and human T-lymphotropic virus in indigenous women from the Peruvian Amazon*. 2012
* *Peru PREVEN study team. Prevalences of sexually transmitted infections in young adults and female sex workers in Peru: a national population-based survey*. 2012
* *Tuberculosis and public health: individual rights or collective rights? *. 2012
* *Peeling RW. Point-of-care tests to strengthen health systems and save newborn lives: the case of syphilis*. 2012
* *Application of rapid tests for syphilis diagnosis in rural areas*. 2012
* *Prevention of sexually transmitted infections in urban communities (Peru PREVEN): a multicomponent community-randomised controlled trial*. 2012
* *STI management and control in Latin America: where do we stand and where do we go from here? *. 2011
* *Strong association between polycythemia and glucose intolerance in older adults living at high altitúes in the Andes*. 2011
* *Training the biomedical informatics workforce in Latin America: results of a needs assessment*. 2011
* *HBV infection in relation to consistent condom use: a population-based study in Peru*. 2011
* *Design of the National Surveillance of Nutritional Indicators (MONIN), Peru 2007-2010*. 2011
* *Profesionales de la salú pal nuevu sieglu: Tresformando la educación pa fortalecer los sistemes de salú nun mundu interdependiente*. 2011
* *Repensando la educación de los profesionales de salú del Sieglu XXI: Cambeos y aiciones nun mundu global*. 2011
* *Global health training--one way street?*. 2011
* *An Interactive Internet-Based Continuing Education Course on Sexually Transmitted Diseases for Physicians and Midwives in Peru*. 2011
* *Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world*. 2010
* *Non-monogamy and risk of infection with Chlamydia trachomatis and Trichomonas vaginalis among young adults and their cohabiting partners in Peru*. 2010
* *Research training needs in Peruvian national TB/HIV programs*. 2010
* *Ameyorando los Sistemes d'Información en Salú Materna: Validación d'Hestories Clíniques Electróniques en Callao*. 2010
* *Reforzando les capacidaes n'investigación n'informática pa la salú global na rexón andina al traviés de la collaboración internacional*. 2010
* *Studying complex interactions among determinants of healthcare-seeking behaviours: self-medication for sexually transmitted infection symptoms in female sex workers*. 2010
* *Ten Years of International Collaboration in Biomedical Informatics and Beyond: The AMAUTA Program in Peru*. 2010
* *Education of health professionals for the 21st century: a global independent Commission*. 2010
* *Historical perspective of sexually transmitted infections and their control in Peru*. 2010
* *Knowledge and attitudes of adult peruvian women vis-à-vis Human Papillomavirus (HPV), cervical cancer, and the HPV vaccine*. 2010
* *Education of health professionals for the 21st century: a global independent Commission. *2010
* *Impact of Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-6/11/16/18 Vaccine on All HPV-Associated Xenital Diseases in Young Women*. 2010
* *Sex, Information and Condom use among peruvian adolescents*. 2009
* *An y-health driven laboratory information system to support HIV treatment in Peru: Y-quity for laboratory personnel, health providers and people living with HIV/AIDS*. 2009
* *Retroviral infection in Peruvian men who have sex with men*. 2009
* *Lack of evidence of hepatitis C and HIV co-infection among men who have sex with men in Peru*. 2009
* *Developing capacity in health informatics in a resource poor setting: lessons from Peru*. 2009
* *Global Health training is not only a developed-country duty*. 2009
* *The Impact of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus (HPV; Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) L1 Virus-Like Particle Vaccine on Infection and Disease Due to Oncogenic Nonvaccine HPV Types in Sexually Active Women Aged 16-26 Years*. 2009
* *Clandestine induced abortion: prevalence, incidence and risk factors among women in a Latin American country*. 2009
* *Summary of proceedings of the IUSTI Global Challenges Symposium (ISSTDR 2007/10th IUSTI World Congress)*. 2009
* *"Its time for your life": How should we remind patients to take medicines using short text messages?*. 2009
* *Sex Information and condom use among Peruvian adolescents*. 2012
* *Who is getting Pap smears in urban Peru?*. 2008
* *Prevalence and correlates of human herpesvirus 8 infection among Peruvian men who have sex with men*. 2008
* *Male midwives: preferred managers of sexually transmitted infections in men in developing countries?*. 2008
* *Human papillomavirus vaccine policy and delivery in Latin America and the Caribbean*. 2008
* *Risk factors for human papillomavirus exposure and co-factors for cervical cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean*. 2008
* *Strategies for aspiring biomedical researchers in resource-limited environments*. 2008
* *Baseline demographic characteristics of subjects enrolled in international quadrivalent HPV (types 6/11/16/18) vaccine clinical trials*. 2008
* *Handheld computers for self-administered sensitive data collection: a comparative study in Peru*. 2008
* *Safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of quadrivalent human papillomavirus (types 6, 11, 16, 18) L1 virus-like-particle vaccine in Latin American women*. 2008
* *Evaluation of a joint Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics international course in Peru*. 2008
* *Prophylactic efficacy of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in women with virological evidence of HPV infection*. 2007
* *Training biomedical and health informatics professionals in Peru: towards the development of the first graduate diploma program in the country*. 2011
* *Internet as a tool to access high-risk men who have sex with men from a resource-constrained setting: a study from Peru*. 2007
* *Effect of prophylactic human papillomavirus L1 virus-like-particle vaccine on risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2, grade 3, and adenocarcinoma in situ: a combined analysis of four randomised clinical trials*. 2007
* *Quadrivalent vaccine against human papillomavirus to prevent high-grade cervical lesions*. 2007
* *Sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections in symptomatic clients of pharmacies in Lima, Peru*. 2006
* *Utility of the Determine Syphilis TP rapid test in commercial sex venues in Peru*. 2006
* *Sexually transmitted infections and private physicians in Peru, 2003*. 2006
* *Why do different criteria for cure yield different conclusions in comparing two treatments for bacterial vaginosis?*. 2005
* *Intravaginal metronidazole xel versus metronidazole plus nystatin ovules for bacterial vaginosis: a randomized controlled trial*. 2004
* *Reproductive tract infections in rural women from the highlands, jungle, and coastal regions of Peru*. 2004
* *Training pharmacy workers recognition, management and prevention of STD. District-Randomized Controlled Trial*. 2003
* *STD trends and patterns of treatment for STD by physicians in private practice in Peru*. 2003
* *The cost-effectiveness of syndromic management in pharmacies in Lima, Peru*. 2003
* *Informatics for Peru in the new millennium*. 2001
* *Bartonellosis (Carrións disease) in the modern yera*. 2001
* *Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: characteristics of respiratory and catheter-related infections*. 2000
* *Syndromic management of STDs in pharmacies: evaluation and randomised intervention trial*. 1998
* *Fulminant hepatic failure from a sía anemone sting*. 1994
* *Evaluation of Bone Marrow in Patients with Brucellosis. Clinicopathological Correlation*. 1990
* *Abcesos tuberculosos hepaticos en pacientes con sindrome d'inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA)*. 1997
* *Sexually transmitted infections and HIV: the epidemic from a local and a global vision*. 2007
* *Factors associated to cervical lesions or presence of human papilloma virus in two populations of students from Lima*. 2007
* *Risk and benefits of Internet use among people living with HIV/AIDS in Lima, Peru*. 2007
* *Information systems: Internet, access and use by health workers and people living with HIV/AIDS*. 2007
* *Whats in the horizon about human papilloma virus, vaccines and cervical cancer control*. 2007
* *NETLAB: un sistema d'información pa tomar de decisiones basaes nel llaboratoriu*. 2007
* *Entrenando a la nueva xeneración d'estudiantes en Salú Global nuna Universidá Peruana*. 2008
* *Carauterístiques bioquímiques y evaluación preclínica d'un antiveneno botrópico liofilizado contra'l venenu de la culiebra Bothrops atrox*. 2008
* *Sexually Transmitted Infections 2nd ed*. 2012
* *Chronic Mountain Sickness*. 2010
* *Les Infeiciones de Tresmisión Sexual*. 2009
* *Analís del Procesamientu de pruebes de llaboratoriu d'enfermedaes con impautu sobre la salú pública nel INS. Al primer añu de la implementación del Nuevu sistema d'información NETLAB*. 2008
* *10. Sexo Prevención y Riesgu. Adolescentes y les sos madres frente al VIH y les ITS nel Perú*. 2008
* *Infeiciones del Tracto Reproductivu en muyeres de zones rurales de Perú: Un enemigu Silenciosu. Perú, 2004*. 2004
* *Guía Nacional pal Manexu de VIH-SIDA Pediátricu*. 1999
* *Manual de los Centros de Referencia d'Enfermedaes de Tresmisión Sexual (CERETS)*. 1999
* *Manual Autoinstructivo pa la Prevención de Sífilis Conxénita*. 1999
* *Guía Nacional pal Manexu de VIH-SIDA*. 1999
* *Guía Nacional pal manexu de les Enfermedaes de Tresmisión Sexual*. 1998
* *Guía Nacional de Conseyería en ETS-VIH*. 1998
* *Planificación Familiar, ETS y SIDA. Manual pal Docente*. 1996
* *Manual de Manexu y Conseyería en ETS y VIH pa Trabayadores de Botiques y Farmacies*. 1996

## Reconocencies
* Health Clark Lectureship de la Escuela d'Hixene y Medicina Tropical de Londres - Inglaterra (2014)
* Reconocencia a la Muyer Innovadora - Canadá (2012)
* Premiu a les Bones Práutiques en Xestión Pública de Ciudadanos al Día (2008)
* Condecoración de la Orde Cayetano Heredia nel Grau d'Oficial de la Universidá Peruana Cayetano Heredia (2004)
* Premiu Marco A. Aguayo de la Organización Mundial de la Salú (1997)
* Premiu Vignette Paper Competition - Estaos Xuníos (1994)
* Premiu al meyor casu presentáu del American College of Physicians - Estaos Xuníos (1993)
* Premiu al meyor casu presentáu del American College of Physicians - Estaos Xuníos (1992)
* Premiu Contenta de la Universidá Peruana Cayetano Heredia (1988)
* Premiu Cecilia Garibaldi de la Universidá Peruana Cayetano Heredia (1982)

## Referencies

## Ver tamién
* Alministración en salú
* Epidemioloxía
* Infeiciones de tresmisión sexual
* Salú pública

## Enllaces esternos
* Facultá de Salú Pública y Alministración "Carlos Vidal Layseca"