Dr César Antonio Núñez, Director, UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Latin America
Dr César Antonio Núñez joined UNAIDS in January 2007 as Director of the Regional Support Team for Latin America. He brings over twenty years of experience in management of sexually transmitted infections and HIV programmes with extensive knowledge of regional epidemiological trends of HIV and the Latin America and Caribbean response.
Dr Núñez is a former Director of the Honduras National AIDS Control Program. Working with the Ministry of Health Dr Núñez engaged with affected communities and peers throughout the region and beyond and was working in the AIDS response when antiretroviral therapy was not yet available in Honduras.
Dr Núñez also served as Deputy Chief of Party at USAID Program for strengthening the Central American response to HIV (PASCA) where he was responsible for the implementation of the policy dialogue component of the program in seven countries. Dr Núñez also contributed to improved country surveillance systems, utilization of epidemiological estimates and projections, advocacy for a multisectoral response, improved access to care, and preparation of strategic plans, including successful proposals to the Global Fund. In addition, Dr Núñez made important contributions to regional and UNAIDS efforts and contributed to the application of National AIDS Spending Assessments in the region.
In his present role, Dr Núñez works to strengthen the ability of the joint UN country teams on AIDS’ to support the AIDS response in the Latin American countries. Dr Núñez also works with regional partners from civil society, donor countries and technical cooperation agencies, offering leadership, coordination and support to the development and operation of technical cooperation clusters.
Dr Núñez received his Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.