Viridiana Martínez Miranda. Surgeon, National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM. Master’s student in Health Systems and Policies at the National Institute of Public Health, Mexico, she is currently doing a research internship at the Department of Public Health of the Industrial University of Santander.
Dr. Martinez’s research project, “Inequality in the utilization of outpatient services in adults with diabetes in Mexico,” aims to decompose inequality into the socioeconomic, geographic and demographic factors that contribute to this.
“I am conducting a scientific article for degree and deepening in the theoretical models of health services utilization and the methodology that supports these models. Professor Miryam Ruíz’s guidance has been valuable for the development of the research,” said the master’s student.
During her stay in Colombia, she hopes to learn how the General Social Security Health System (SGSSS) works in Colombia in order to carry out a comparative study of the two systems (Colombia-Mexico), because both are in the process of being reformed.
Regarding her experience in Colombia, Dr. Martinez said “I have been received very well, very warmly, I have received support, I have known many places, the University, and the gastronomy of this country”.
