Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar, Global Health & Humanitarianism
Graduate Student Scholar
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With over a decade of experience in the field in Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, Raphael started working in international development as a project manager for the international NGO Humanity and Inclusion (Handicap International). There, he led projects in both humanitarian and development settings. Working with rights-based and field-based approaches, he advanced health and disability equity through primary healthcare delivery as well as adoption and implementation of international conventions and national policies.
Raphael then joined the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, where he led units focused on knowledge and information management of serious crimes, human rights violations, and administrative issues. Most recently, he worked in crisis risk management at the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordination Office in Cameroon.
Raphael has a bachelor's degree in physiotherapy from Brazil and an MSc with honours in social and cultural anthropology from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. He is currently a PhD candidate in the Health Policy and Equity program at York University. His interests revolve around the design and management of global health programs and interventions and the global health impact of recent patterns of urbanization, the climate crisis, and accelerated human activity. His current research focuses on urban political ecologies of One Health and the governance of antimicrobial resistance and other emerging global health threats.
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism, Planetary Health |
Status | Alum |
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Related Work |
Addressing structural racism and violence within global health | Library, Research
One Health Network for Global Governance of Infectious Diseases and AMR | Project, Research |
Updates |
Recap – Highlights from the Planetary Health Council Launch | January 19, 2024
Ten Exceptional Scholars Awarded 2023-2024 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships | September 7, 2023 Hot off the Press — Global Governance for Pandemic Prevention and the Wildlife Trade | April 4, 2023 Recap – How Urban Political Ecology Scholarship can Contribute to Efforts to Address Antimicrobial Resistance | October 31, 2022 2022-2023 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships Awarded to Eight Outstanding Scholars | September 9, 2022 Recap – Fall 2020 PhD Research Presented by Dahdaleh Global Health Scholars | December 20, 2020 |
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