Lic. Cintia Cejas

Graduate in Political Science and Master in Social Sciences and Health. She is a specialist in healthcare project management. She currently works as coordinator of the Center for Implementation and Innovation in Health Policies (CIIPS).

She was Undersecretary of Public Health Coverage in the Ministry of Health of the Nation, in charge of the implementation of Universal Health Coverage at the national level (2017/2019). She also served as General Coordinator of the National Proteger Program (BIRF Loan 8505) at the National Ministry of Health.

Provided advice on planning and project management to the Medical Technical Secretary at the National Institute of Social Services for Retirees and Pensioners (INSSJP). She was responsible for the technical assistance of the REDES Program (IDB Loan 1903/2788) at the National Ministry of Health and served as Project Coordinator at the Center for the Implementation of Public Policies for Equity and Growth (CIPPEC).

He received training grants on monitoring, evaluation and evidence-based policies (Alliance for Health Policy and Systems), management by results (BID), Communication of research results for decision making (Population Reference Boureau and Centro Centroamericano de Población de the University of Costa Rica). She participated as a speaker in numerous national and international dissertations and published several working documents for the implementation of health policies.