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Unni Karunakara, MB, BS, DrPH
Dr. Unni Karunakara is the President of the International Council of MSF, based in Geneva. He joined MSF in 1995 and has worked in Angola, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Colombia, Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. He worked in the medical department of MSF's Amsterdam office for several years and was the medical director for MSF's Access to Essential Medicines Campaign. Dr. Karunakara was previously an assistant professor in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health. He also served as the deputy director of health for the Millennium Villages Project at the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
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