Christos Christou is a Greek physician who is the outgoing international president ofMédecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).^[1][2]

Christou is from Greece where he studied medicine before working as a doctor in the United Kingdom. He joined MSF and worked as a surgeon in Cameroon, Iraq, and South Sudan before becoming elected as the Vice President, then President of MSF Greece and later succeedingJoanne Liu as the International President of MSF international.

Christou was born inTrikala, Greece.^[3]

Christou has a degree in medicine fromAristotle University, aPh.D in surgery from theNational and Kapodistrian University, and a Master's degree in International Health and Health Crisis Management from theUniversity of Athens.^[4][5]

As an emergency surgery specialist, Christou worked atNorth Middlesex University Hospital andKing’s College Hospital inLondon, UK.^[5]

He joined MSF in 2002 as a volunteer surgeon,^[4] working on refugee health issues, andHIV inCameroon,Iraq,South Sudan andZambia.^[5]

He worked as the General Secretary, and then as the vice president before being elected as the president of MSF Greece in 2005.^[5]

Christou was elected to be the international president of MSF in June 2019.^[4] Later in 2019, he wrote an open letter toEuropean Union leaders advocating that they cease their policy of stopping the journey ofasylum seekers in the Greek islands.^[6]

In 2020, responding to an open letter from MSF staff aboutinstitutional racism, he welcomed the critique, but also questioned how widespread racism was within MSF.^[7][8][9] He also criticized governments for failing to put in place efficient healthcare plans at the beginning of thecoronavirus pandemic, especially in low income countries.^[10]

In 2021, Christou spoke about the importance of addressingclimate change, criticized pharmaceutical companies for not sharing COVID-19 vaccineintellectual property, and spoke of increasing humanitarian needs in Afghanistan.^[3]

In 2021, he was critical of Brazilian PresidentJair Bolsonaro's management of theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[11][12]

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