Born in 1980. Health economist with a PhD in Public Health at the University of Perugia and a Master certificate at King’s college London, Stefano Orlando is currently a researcher at Tor Vergata University in Rome, in the department of Biomedicine and Prevention. Main areas of research are economic issues related to major infectious diseases as HIVand TB, particularly in the african setting, and to the ageing of population in Europe.He has represented Italy, as technical expert, at the High level UN meeting on AIDS in 2011 and 2016 in New York.