Marthelise Eersel

Marthelise Eersel is a Surinamese civil servant and physician. Previously the director of the Ministry of Health, she was director of the Suriname COVID-19 Crisis Management Team from July 2020 to May 2021.

Eersel in 2020

Education and career

Eersel trained as a physician at the University of Suriname. She also completed a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in 1989.[1] She has taught public health and biostatistics at the Institute for Graduate Studies & Research of the Anton de Kom University in Public Health,[2] and was a director at the Ministry of Health.[3] She represented Suriname on the WHO Executive Board.[4]

In July 2020, Eersel succeeded Cleopatra Jessurun as director of the national COVID-19 Crisis Management Team.[5] She served in this position until May 2021.[6]

In 2020, the Marthelise Eersel Center was established in Nickerie. This medical centre, which specialises in treating chronically-ill patients, is a government agency as part of the One Stop Shop (OSS) Foundation.[7]

References
  1. "Alumni Leaders Take a Bow: Leaders in Global Health Recognized at Centennial". Global Health Magazine. Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. 2013.
  2. "Studium Generale over 'biodiversiteit en gezondheid'". www.starnieuws.com (in Dutch). 16 January 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. "De onderzoeker". Parbode (in Dutch). 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  4. "Where Y'at!". Tulane Magazine. 85 (2): 34. December 2013 – via Issuu.
  5. "Covid-19: Eersel crisismanager; 35 besmet 35 genezen". www.starnieuws.com (in Dutch). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. "Voorzitter Eersel van Outbreak Management Team stopt". Dagblad Suriname (in Dutch). 28 May 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. "Behandeling chronische ziekte dichterbij Nickerianen". www.starnieuws.com (in Dutch). 16 February 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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