Edna Yolani Batres (born 14 January 1967) is a Honduran politician who was the Secretary of State at the Bureau of Health in the government of President Juan Orlando Hernández from January 2014 until December 2016.[1]
Yolani Batres | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Health | |
| Assumed office 27 January 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1967 |
Career
Early career roles have included consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank, working on technical capacity building to support the expansion and sustainability of health services delivery within the Unit of Decentralised Management at the Secretariat of Health.[2]
Before her appointment as Secretary of State, Batres served as the Deputy Secretary of Health for Service Networks; Head of the Unit for Coverage Expansion for the Health Region of Gracias, Lempira; and Chief of the Emergency Services at the Departmental Hospital Juan Manuel Gálvez.[3] During her time as Secretary of State, she oversaw the government's response to the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic.[4]