Maria Guardado, MD

Senior Epidemiologist
TEPHINET
Central America Technical Director
Boulevard Rafael Landivar 16-02
Vista Hermosa 3 Zona 15
Guatemala City Guatemala mguardado@taskforce.org

Biographical Sketch:
9/30/11 to date TEPHINET/ Global AIDS Program Guatemala Regional Office Employee Regional Director Office/Epidemiologist Senior 9/09-9/29/11 TEPHINET/ Global AIDS Program Guatemala Regional Office Consultant • National coordinator for behavioral surveillance survey for El Salvador • Coordinating development of workshops for dissemination of data ECVC with health care workers and NGO • Technical assistance for comprehensive care and sentinel surveillance of STI in El Salvador  Speaker: Providers Specializing in Health of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): A Strategy to Improve Health Services of MSM´s - San Salvador, 2011-2012 (7a. Global Conference TEPHINET, Amman Jordan November 2012).  Poster: "Epidemia del VIH: Un fuerte impacto para las trabajadoras sexuales - El Salvador 2008" (7ª. Conferencia Latinoamericana- TEPHINET San Pedro Sula, Noviembre de 2011).  Poster: Population size estimates for men who have sex with men and female sex workers in El Salvador (XVIII International AIDS Conference 18-23 July 2010 Vienna, Austria)  Poster: Population size estimates for men who have sex with men and female sex workers in El Salvador (CONCASIDA San José, Costa Rica March 3-5, 2010)  Speaker: STD and HIV in men who have sex with men and female sex workers in El Salvador (CONCASIDA San José, Costa Rica March 3-5, 2010)  Speaker: Summary of methods of the survey of sexual behavior and prevalence of HIV/STD in vulnerable populations of the Salvador, 2008 (ECVC) (CONCASIDA San José, Costa Rica March 3-5, 2010)  Poster: Population size estimates for men who have sex with men and female sex workers in El Salvador (Foro Internacional de VIH/SIDA Lima, Peru November 19-23, 2010)  Poster: Population size estimates for men who have sex with men and female sex workers in El Salvador (ISSTDR London, United Kingdom June 28- July 1st., 2009)  Reports 1. Guardado ME, Creswell J, Paz-Bailey G. Encuesta Centroamericana de Vigilancia de Comportamiento Sexual y Prevalencia de VIH/ITS en Poblaciones Vulnerables (ECVC) -Hombres que tienen sexo con hombres Trabajadoras sexuales y Personas con VIH. San Salvador, El Salvador, 2010. 2. Hernández Ayala FM, Guardado ME, Paz-Bailey G. Encuesta Centroamericana de Vigilancia de Comportamiento Sexual y Prevalencia de VIH/ITS en Poblaciones Vulnerables (ECVC) -Hombres que tienen sexo con hombres subpoblacion Trans. San Salvador, El Salvador, 2010.