The director of the Espriu Foundation, Carlos Zarco, a candidate for the presidency of the International Health Co-operative Organisation
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The director of the Espriu Foundation, Carlos Zarco, a candidate for the presidency of the International Health Co-operative Organisation
The director of the Espriu Foundation, Carlos Zarco, is one of the candidates for the presidency of the International Health Co-operative Organisation (IHCO). Doctor Zarco is currently First Vice-President of the organisation, whose main objective is to promote the development of health co-operatives.
Since it was founded in 1996, the sectoral organisation of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) has brought together co-operatives within the ICA that provide healthcare to their members or employment for health professionals. The IHCO currently consists of 12 organisations, including the Espriu Foundation, which was in fact one of the founding organisations.
On 14th November, the General Assembly of the IHCO will be held in Kuala Lumpur, where the board members and president for the 2018-2021 period will be elected. Zarco has a medical degree from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). In 2002, he was appointed Quality Coordinator at Moncloa University Hospital, a position that was followed by others, such as Admissions Coordinator, Medical Assistant and eventually Medical Director, the position he currently holds.
Attention should also be drawn to his work in the educational field, as Doctor Zarco lectures at postgraduate level at different Spanish universities. Furthermore, Zarco is a member of the Bioethics Committee of ASISA, the Quality Committee of Grupo Hospitalario HLA ASISA, and was a member of the B20 Health Initiative between January and June 2017.
