Humanitarian's Manifesto: Gaza charity chat with Dr. Akihiro Seita (UNRWA) part 4
Channel: FSmanifesto
Date: 2014-07-29

Dr. Seita started the 'Family Health' program in Gaza. In this video, he explains how the health program operates in conflict zone for improving the lives of refugees.

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A brief bio of Dr. Akihiro Seita: he serves as the Director of Health Programs for the United Nations #Relief and Works Agency for #Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Jordan. He is also the WHO Special Representative at UNRWA, where he manages UNRWA #health services that include 3,000 staff at 139 health centers, with annual expenditures of USD 100 million.

Dr. Seita has initiated and expanded UNRWA’s health reform efforts with the ''Family Health Team Initiative", the engagement of key #stakeholders, and the eHealth innovative monitoring system for diabetes and hypertension. He has extensive experience in the Middle East and has worked with institutions such as the Regional Office in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (WHO/EMRO), Egypt where he was responsible for TB, AIDS and Malaria programs, covering 22 countries in North Africa and the Middle East. With the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, he helped to expand the global #Tuberculosis control strategy known as #DOTS.

Dr. Seita received his medical degree from Kochi Medical School in Japan and was a Research Fellow at the Takemi Program for International Health at the #Harvard University School of Public Health.