Fernando Sacoto

Fernando Sacoto, MD, MPH, is a health systems and policy consultant with experience in Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras and Ecuador. He is the president of the Ecuadorian Society of Public Health. 

Soldiers on the Ecuadoran side of the border with Colombia, in Tufino, Ecuador, after their government announced the closure of borders to all foreign travelers due to coronavirus on March 15, 2020. The photo shows a border crossing with a large sign reading, Ecuador, and several soldiers in the frame. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia
Governance

Coronavirus in Ecuador

by Fernando Sacoto, Irene Torres

Pandemic highlights need for a future broad, multidisciplinary, independent commission to inform science-based decisions