IVI and Ecuador
Member State Relations
On 25 March 1998, The Ambassador of Ecuador to the United Nations, H.E. Luis Valencia Rodríguez, signed the IVI Establishment Agreement
In 1999, The National Congress of Ecuador ratified the IVI Establishment Agreement.
On 24 November 2020, H.E. Luis Gallegos, Foreign Minister of Ecuador made an official visit to IVI. As a result, IVI and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility signed a two-year MOU to explore collaboration.
On 8 November 2021, H.E. Cesar Montaño, Vice Foreign Minister of Ecuador, made an official visit to IVI to discuss ongoing collaboration.
Ecuadorian Leadership at IVI
Institute Support Council
In 2000, Ambassador Patricio Zuquilanda Duque represented Ecuador on the IVI Institute Support Council.
Global Council
In 2024, Ecuador was represented on the IVI Global Council by Dr. Jimmy Daniel Martin Delgado, then National Director of Health Research at the Ministry of Public Health.
Since 2025, Ecuador has been represented by Cristina Anabel Jácome Olivo, National Director of Immunizations at the Ministry of Public Health.
Ongoing Collaboration
In 2020, IVI and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to explore and discuss opportunities for future collaboration and knowledge sharing in the areas of capacity building, infectious disease research, epidemiology, and vaccine research & development.
Since 2021, IVI and Ecuador’s Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) have been engaged in discussions to develop a project proposal to advance vaccine R&D and manufacturing capacity in Ecuador.