Emilia Caro
In Argentina, depending on the province where they are born, a baby is almost three times more likely to die before their first birthday. And a woman, almost four times more likely to die of cervical cancer, one of the most preventable deaths there is. Biology does not explain that distance: access, prevention and the way we organize health systems do.
Global Chair Women in Global Health
Perspective
Inequality is not a social issue that affects health: it is a cause of death, measurable and avoidable.
The gap between Argentina's provinces is wider than the gap between the country and the most developed nations. Some provinces have figures like the least developed countries; others come close to the most developed. That is not biology: it is organization.
Preventing costs less than arriving late. But it is only equity if it also reaches those it does not reach today.
Areas of work
How health systems are steered: who decides, with what criteria, and how authority and accountability are distributed across institutions.
In practicePushed for the colorectal cancer prevention laws of Misiones (Law XVII-146) and the City of Buenos Aires (Law 6891, 2025).
Health understood as social infrastructure: designed, sustained and reformed with the same seriousness as any system a society depends on.
In practiceLeads the Marzo Azul Consortium, driven by Fundación GEDYT: more than 100 organizations for colorectal cancer prevention and early detection.
Who sits at the tables where health is decided, and what changes when those tables reflect the populations they serve.
In practiceGlobal Chair of Women in Global Health; took part in the 80th UN General Assembly with the organization.
The conditions under which new tools and evidence actually improve care, rather than adding complexity to systems already under strain.
In practiceShe is a data scientist: she applies data analysis to decisions about health systems.
Equity treated as a design property of systems, not an aspiration: built into how access, financing and governance are structured.
In practiceThrough WGH Argentina, drives the Alliance for Women's Health, which brings together 15 organizations.
Bio
Emilia Caro works at the intersection of science, management and public policy in health. Trained in molecular biology and human genetics, with an MBA in health management, she has spent over two decades in the governance and transformation of health systems.
She serves as Global Chair of Women in Global Health, President of its Argentine chapter, and Executive Director of Fundación GEDYT, and sits on the Board of GEDYT. Her work spans health equity, the design of care models, and the strengthening of institutions that decide how health is governed.
From the global table to the territory
Public–private collaboration: bringing governments, industry and civil society to the same table.
Speaking
A selection of conferences, panels and publications. Updated periodically.
Writing
Notes and opinion pieces on health governance, systems and equity. Occasional, and written to be argued with.
Press
Interviews, panels and coverage. Selected appearances in national media.
Community
On Instagram she shares, week after week, clear information about women's health and health systems: data, context and what can be done.
The gap, in numbers
Tools
Two short exercises built from published evidence. Answers are stored anonymously, with no personal data, to better understand what we know about women's health.
Eight questions where the intuitive answer is usually the wrong one. Each result comes with the data and its source.
Start 4 fields · instantEnter four numbers from your organisation and see its representation gap against the sector benchmark, plus what it would take to close it.
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