Unni Karunakara
Unni Karunakara is an Indian-born public health physician, an academic, and was the international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) from 2010 to 2013.Karunakara has worked in humanitarian emergencies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and held leadership roles at MSF headquarters in the Netherlands and Switzerland. He has held fellowships and has been faculty at universities in Africa, Asia, and Europe. After his three years leading MSF, he cycled 5,637 kilometres to raise funds to pay back his salary.
He has served on the board of directors of MSF Netherlands, MSF India, and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Francesco Checchi, François Chappuis, Unni Karunakara, Gerardo Priotto, Daniel ChandramohanGet access
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2by Peter J Hotez, Eric Dumonteil, Miguel Betancourt Cravioto, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Sheba Meymandi, Unni Karunakara, Isabela Ribeiro, Rachel M Cohen, Bernard PecoulGet access
Published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2013)
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