Cristina Alonso

Cristina Alonso

Through community based participatory research, Cristina will create a questionnaire that reflects marginalized Canadians´ experience in childbirth.

Cristina is a Doctor of Public Health specializing in Sexual and Reproductive Health. She worked for 18 years in Latin America improving access to safe abortion and childbirth. She worked with the Mexican Ministry of Health to integrate midwifery into the health care system and is a global leader in expending birth centers to low and middle-income countries.