Elvira Beracochea M. D.

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ABOUT ELVIRA BERACOCHEA M. D.

Founder, president and CEO of Realizing Global Health, a health systems management consulting company. Dr. Beracochea is a global health leader that delivers solutions to pressing health system performance problems. She works with clients from donor agencies, foundations, development banks and local and international organizations in developing countries and low-income settings. She works with clients that want to improve aid effectiveness, solve problems and achieve tangible results in global health through sustainable and self-reliant health systems. She has developed RGH\'s unique tele-consulting methodology that allows client to access her consulting services just by clicking on the RGH website. Dr. Beracochea\'s consulting services are sought out by other health managers because she has improved the management of hospitals, primary health care facilities and programs, and managed numerous global health projects. She is a successful health systems manager that knows how to simplify, integrate and streamline healthcare delivery processes in facilities and community-based programs. She ensures her clients implement effective standard operating procedures that consistently deliver life saving and high impact interventions and achieve healthcare delivery targets and outcomes. She is also the creator of RGH\'s career development program and tele-consulting and coaching programs that help global health professionals and healthcare providers achieve higher degrees of influence, performance and impact. In short, she is a pioneer in health system strengthening, professional development, and a visionary global health leader with more than two decades of experience as a physician, international healthcare delivery expert, hospital manager, health policy advisor, teacher, and researcher. She is the editor and author of \"Aid Effectiveness in Global Health,\" which is the cornerstone of effective global health interventions that achieve lasting global health results.Dr. Beracochea was honored with the 2009 Distinguished Section Service Award for her outstanding contributions to the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association. In November 2014, she was presented with the 2014 Mid-Career Award of the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association.