Argentina Ministry of Health

Francisco Chesini has a degree in Environmental Health by the Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos and a post-graduate qualification in sanitary engineering by the Buenos Aires University. He is currently studying for a master’s degree in public health at the same university.

He leads the Reduction of Health Risks Associated with Climate Change National Program in the Argentinian Ministry of Health, and is the focal point of this Ministry on the National Climate Change Cabinet.

Chesini has participated in different research about mortality effects of extreme temperature, and he has contributed to the development of the extreme temperature early warning system of the National Meteorological Service of Argentina.

He is a university teacher on epidemiology at the Universidad Nacional de José C. Paz and is member of the Ibero-American Society for Environmental Health (SIBSA) and the Climate and Health Interdisciplinary Laboratory (LIECS).