Former Full Professor at the National School of Public Health at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. He is a member of the National Public Health Council and the Advisory Council for the National Health Plan, as well as both the Board of Directors and the General Council of the Foundation for Health – SNS.
He was Director-General of Health between 1997 and 1999 and a doctor and health delegate in Bárue (Mozambique). He has also lived in Copenhagen, where he was Director for Health Policies and Services of the European Region of the World Health Organisation.
He has won countless distinctions, including the Gold Medal for Distinguished Service in 2006 from the Portuguese Ministry of Health and the National Health Award in 2019.

Last updated: April 2024