Fernando Carbone Campoverde Explained

Fernando Carbone Campoverde
Office:Minister of Health of Peru
Predecessor:Luis Solari
President:Alejandro Toledo
Primeminister:Roberto Dañino Zapata
Successor:Álvaro Vidal Rivadeneyra
Termend:29 June 2003
Termstart:21 January 2002
Office2:Vice Minister of Health of Peru
Termend2:21 January 2002
Termstart2:11 December 2001
Birth Name:Fernando Ignacio Carbone Campoverde
Birth Date:1959 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Residence:Lima, Peru
Alma Mater:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Fernando Ignacio Carbone Campoverde (14 March 1959 – 18 November 2024) was a Peruvian medical surgeon. He was the Minister of Health of Peru from 2002 to 2003.

Background

Fernando Carbone Campoverde was the son of Juan Carbone Fossa and Nelly Campoverde Ayres. He studied at the Colegio San Agustín in Lima, later entering the National University of San Marcos, where he studied medicine.

Between 1995 and 2000, he was a member of the Family Commission of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference. Between 1998 and 1999, he was a member of the Ethics Commission of the Medical College of Peru. He collaborated with the Government Planning Commission of Possible Peru in 2000 and was a member of the Transfer Commission of the Health Sector in 2001. From 1990 he was a consultant and speaker on the themes of poverty, development, family planning, international cooperation, strategic planning and organizational development.

He was the Vice Minister of Health of Peru between 2001 and 2002, and the Minister of Health between 2002 and 2003. Carbone Campoverde later worked as a project coordinator for Medicus Mundi International in Peru.

Carbone Campoverde died on 18 November 2024, at the age of 65.[1]

Minister of Health

Carbone completed a number of large projects as Peruvian Minister of Health. In 2002 Carbone issued a proposal of reforms to replace the General Health Law, limiting various reproductive rights in the process. This included his extending legal rights to fertilized eggs from the moment of conception, a proposal which received much criticism. Another object of criticism was his refraining from the distribution of the Next Day Pill across the country, despite demands from various NGOs.[2]

An official 2002 report by Carbone suggested that the government of Alberto Fujimori had been involved in the forced sterilizations of almost 250,000 people between 1996 and 2000, predominantly indigenous women.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.infobae.com/peru/2024/11/19/murio-fernando-carbone-exministro-de-salud-a-sus-65-anos-el-mejor-salubrista-peruano/ Murió Fernando Carbone, exministro de Salud, a sus 65 años: “El mejor salubrista peruano”
  2. Web site: CARETAS HOME PAGE. www2.caretas.pe. 20 February 2017.
  3. News: Mass sterilisation scandal shocks Peru. 24 July 2002.