Daniel Salas

Daniel Salas served as health minister for Costa Rica from 2018 to 2022 and joined the Pan American Health Organization as head of its Comprehensive Family Immunization Unit in May 2022. A physician and epidemiologist, he has served as director of health surveillance management in Costa Rica, surveillance coordinator of non-communicable diseases and director of social health marketing management. He was the national coordinator for surveillance on vaccine-preventable diseases and for the Preparation Commission for Influenza Pandemics and technical secretary of the National Vaccination Commission, and has held various positions at the subnational level.