Margaret Parlato

Margaret Parlato serves as Vice President and Director of the Global Health, Population and Nutrition Group, overseeing AED's health programs in 23 countries. Over the last three decades, Ms. Parlato has been a leader in designing and implementing social marketing and communications programs for a range of health, nutrition, and reproductive health issues. She was instrumental in launching PROFILES, an advocacy approach for creating nutrition awareness among decision makers and interest in policy issues of national importance. Ms. Parlato has extensive field experience. She was Director of AED's Nutrition Communication Project, with programs in 12 countries; and served as Resident Advisor to UNDP communication programs in Ecuador and Thailand and to PAHO's communications programs in Bolivia. Her areas of interest include the use of popular media to promote health care practices and the intersection of consumer research and strategy in designing effective programming.

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