Patricia Granja |

Patricia Granja

Patricia Granja is medical doctor with a masters degree in public health. Is an ITM alumni. She worked until last year at the Ministry of Health in Ecuador at the national level. She now is tutor of the Public Health Masters Program of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador and invited professor of the San Simon University in Bolivia.

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“Change comes from the heart of the world”

Once every twenty years the United Nations brings together thousands of participants from member states to garner and secure political commitment, review past commitments, address and identify challenges towards sustainable urban development. This week, Quito (Ecuador) played host to the UN’s third conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban D...

“Cans of tuna not will rebuild the roads” – tackling political and physical fissures in Ecuador post-earthquake

On Sunday 16th of April, the north western coast of Ecuador was struck by an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale. While, the 16million or so people of this South American country are no strangers to earthquakes, this was one of the biggest to have hit the country in recent times. The quake, which according to the UN is “the region´s...