Health academic, lawyer
Rachel Kiddell-Monroe
Born Citizenship Canadian Alma mater McGill University Occupation(s) Lawyer, humanitarian Employer McGill University Organization See Change Initiative
Rachel Kiddell-Monroe LL.M is a Montreal -based academic, activist, and lawyer.[1] [2] She is the General Director of See Change Initiative[3] and faculty at McGill University where she teaches about humanitarian aid .[4]
She has worked globally for Médecins Sans Frontières , including supporting refugees arriving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fleeing the Rwanda genocide .[4]
Early life
Kiddell-Monroe was born and raised in England.[1] As a student she volunteered with Amnesty International in Indonesia .[1]
She studied law at McGill University .[1] [4]
Career
Kiddell-Monroe has worked for Médecins Sans Frontières in Canada , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Djibouti , Somalia and Rwanda before being a regional advisor for Latin America .[4] She was based in Goma during the 1994 Rwanda genocide where she worked to support the influx of refugees fleeing violence.[5]
She was the head of the Médecins Sans Frontières's Access to Essential Medicine campaign before being elected to the organization's international board of directors.[6]
She has previously been the President of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines and is a Professor of Practice at McGill University , where she lectures on international development and humanitarian action.[6] [2]
In her 2017 TEDx Talk she called on people to reject fear and embrace solidarity.[4]
In 2018, Kiddell-Monroe launched See Change Initiative a not-for-profit to tackle tuberculosis in Nunavut .[1] [7] [3] [8]
Academia
She has published papers on access to essential medicine,[9] [10] the decolonization of global health,[8] medical innovation,[11] and tuberculosis in Nunavut.[12]
Awards
She won the 2020 Woman of Distinction award for Social and Environmental Engagement from the Women's Y Foundation.[4]
References
^ a b c d e Morin, Isabelle (2021-03-17). "Prix Femmes de mérite | Ces histoires qui peuvent changer le monde" . La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-12-31 .
^ a b "Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century: Challenges and Dilemmas : McGill Summer Institute" . Retrieved 2021-11-20 .
^ a b "Tuberculosis: The Airborne Disease Displacing Many Inuit | News" . thelinknewspaper.ca . Retrieved 2021-11-20 .
^ a b c d e f "Rachel Kiddell-Monroe - 2020 Woman of Distinction - Social and Environmental Engagement" . Women's Y Foundation . Retrieved 2022-01-17 .
^ Mackrael, Kim (2014-04-06). "Humanitarian worker reflects on experiences during Rwandan genocide" . The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 2022-01-17 .
^ a b "Rachel Kiddell-Monroe" . Global Governance Lab at ISID . Retrieved 2021-11-20 .
^ Deer, Ka’nhehsí:io (10 Nov 2018). "Montreal advocates hope to tackle TB by helping Inuit train as health care aides" . CBC .
^ a b Kiddell-Monroe, Rachel; Farber, Jessica; Devine, Carol; Orbinski, James (2021-08-01). "CommunityFirst solutions for COVID-19: decolonising health crises responses" . The Lancet Planetary Health . 5 (8): e499–e500. doi :10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00177-7 . ISSN 2542-5196 . PMID 34390662 . S2CID 237054885 .
^ Hogerzeil, Hans V; Liberman, Jonathan; Wirtz, Veronika J; Kishore, Sandeep P; Selvaraj, Sakthi; Kiddell-Monroe, Rachel; Mwangi-Powell, Faith N; von Schoen-Angerer, Tido (2013-02-23). "Promotion of access to essential medicines for non-communicable diseases: practical implications of the UN political declaration" . The Lancet . 381 (9867): 680–689. doi :10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62128-X . hdl :10144/279037 . ISSN 0140-6736 . PMID 23410612 . S2CID 3038968 .
^ Kishore, Sandeep P.; Kolappa, Kavitha; Jarvis, Jordan D.; Park, Paul H.; Belt, Rachel; Balasubramaniam, Thirukumaran; Kiddell-Monroe, Rachel (2015-09-01). "Overcoming Obstacles To Enable Access To Medicines For Noncommunicable Diseases In Poor Countries" . Health Affairs . 34 (9): 1569–1577. doi :10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0375 . ISSN 0278-2715 . PMID 26355060 .
^ Mazovetskiĭ, A G; Danilova, N S (1972-03-01). "[Antidiuretic action of chlorpropamide (Diabinese) in a case of combined diabetes mellitus and diabetes insipidus]" . Problemy Endokrinologii . 18 (2): 63–65. ISSN 2308-1430 . PMC 5024495 . PMID 5024495 .
^ Kiddell-Monroe, Rachel; Ranta, Malcolm; Enook, Sheila; Saranchuk, Peter (June 2020). "Inuit communities can beat COVID-19 and tuberculosis" . The Lancet. Public Health . 5 (6): e312. doi :10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30091-8 . ISSN 2468-2667 . PMC 7182513 . PMID 32339479 .
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History
1850s, Creation of the Red Cross Post WWII 21st-century reform attempts
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