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Eric Baranick
Regional Health Coordinator
Where you are living: San Salvador, El Salvador
What is your hometown: Silver Spring, MD
American Red Cross role:
Eric is a Regional Health Advisor working for the American Red Cross office in El Salvador. Based in San Salvador he provides technical assistance in community health, water and sanitation and disaster preparedness and prevention initiatives to the Red Cross National Societies in the region – particularly El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua. As a technical resource he has been working on a Voluntary Counseling and Testing project focusing on decreasing vulnerability to HIV/AIDS of youth and deferred blood donors in Honduras.
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His assignment at Red Cross involves working with the Red Cross Society in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua to produce projects and interventions which reduce vulnerability of populations affected by disasters.
American Red Cross international disaster response and development jobs:
- Nicaragua, Dec 1999 – Jan 2003, Health Delegate
- Armenia, Jan 2003 – Dec 2003, Country Representative
- India, Jan 2004- Jan 2005, Health Delegate
- NHQ, Jan 2005 – May 2006, Health Advisor
- Central America, May 2006 – present, Regional Health Advisor
Areas of expertise:
- Maternal and Child Health
- Central America
Education and Professional background:
- M.P.H., The George Washington University
- B.A., University of Dayton
Publications, media, awards:
"Community Mobilization within a Multi-Channel Behavior Change C-IMCI Framework Has Rapid Impact in Diverse Settings." Accepted for APHA annual meeting in Philadelphia; December 2005.
"A Community-Based Interpersonal Behavior Change Strategy Achieves Change in Key C-IMCI Behaviors at Scale: The Indian / American Red Cross Experience in Gujarat." Accepted for Tracking Progress in Child Survival meeting in London; December 2005.
"A Community-Based Interpersonal Behavior Change Strategy Achieves Change in Key C-IMCI Behaviors in Armenia." Presented to 11th World Congress on Public Health, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; August 2006
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