Eudes Aquino

Eudes Aquino, a great leader of Brazilian health cooperativism

Dr. Eudes de Freitas Aquino, who died on the 9th of March, was a great international reference for Brazilian healthcare cooperativism. In addition to working as a nephrologist, Dr. Aquino presided over the Brazilian medical cooperative, Unimed from 2009 to 2017. In 2015, Forbes magazine chose him as one of the 100 most influential people in Brazil.

In the international field, Doctor Aquino was a member of the board of the International Cooperative Alliance, vice-chairman of the regional ACI-Americas and chairman of the International Health Cooperative Organisation.

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