Unni Karunakara

Karunakara (left), 2011 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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    Detention, denial, and death: migration hazards for refugee children

    Detention, denial, and death: migration hazards for refugee children by Mina Fazel, Unni Karunakara, Elizabeth A Newnham

    Published 2014
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    Accuracy of five algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis.

    Accuracy of five algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis. by Francesco Checchi, François Chappuis, Unni Karunakara, Gerardo Priotto, Daniel Chandramohan

    Published 2011
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    Treatment outcomes and risk factors for relapse in patients with early-stage human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the Republic of the Congo

    Treatment outcomes and risk factors for relapse in patients with early-stage human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the Republic of the Congo by Manica Balasegaram, Steve Harris, Francesco Checchi, Catherine Hamel, Unni Karunakara

    Published 2006
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    Melarsoprol versus eflornithine for treating late-stage Gambian trypanosomiasis in the Republic of the Congo

    Melarsoprol versus eflornithine for treating late-stage Gambian trypanosomiasis in the Republic of the Congo by Manica Balasegaram, Steve Harris, Francesco Checchi, Sara Ghorashian, Catherine Hamel, Unni Karunakara

    Published 2006
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    An unfolding tragedy of Chagas disease in North America.

    An unfolding tragedy of Chagas disease in North America. by Peter J Hotez, Eric Dumonteil, Miguel Betancourt Cravioto, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Sheba Meymandi, Unni Karunakara, Isabela Ribeiro, Rachel M Cohen, Bernard Pecoul

    Published 2013
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