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 is aMontreal -based academic, activist, and lawyer.[ 1] [ 2] General Director of See Change Initiative[ 3] McGill University where she teaches abouthumanitarian aid .[ 4]
She has worked globally forMédecins Sans Frontières , including supporting refugees arriving in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo fleeing theRwanda genocide .[ 4]
Kiddell-Monroe was born and raised in England.[ 1] Amnesty International inIndonesia .[ 1]
She studied law atMcGill University .[ 1] [ 4]
Kiddell-Monroe has worked forMédecins Sans Frontières inCanada , theDemocratic Republic of the Congo ,Djibouti ,Somalia andRwanda before being a regional advisor forLatin America .[ 4] Goma during the 1994Rwanda genocide where she worked to support the influx of refugees fleeing violence.[ 5]
She was the head of the Médecins Sans Frontières'sAccess to Essential Medicine campaign before being elected to the organization's international board of directors.[ 6]
She has previously been the President ofUniversities Allied for Essential Medicines and is a Professor of Practice atMcGill University , where she lectures on international development and humanitarian action.[ 6] [ 2]
In her 2017TEDx 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 tackletuberculosis inNunavut .[ 1] [ 7] [ 3] [ 8]
She has published papers on access to essential medicine,[ 9] [ 10] [ 8] [ 11] tuberculosis in Nunavut.[ 12]
She won the 2020 Woman of Distinction award for Social and Environmental Engagement from the Women's Y Foundation. She became a lifetime Ashoka Fellow in 2023.[ 4]
^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). Retrieved2021-12-31 . ^a b "Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century: Challenges and Dilemmas : McGill Summer Institute" . Retrieved2021-11-20 .^a b "Tuberculosis: The Airborne Disease Displacing Many Inuit | News" .thelinknewspaper.ca . Retrieved2021-11-20 .^a b c d e f "Rachel Kiddell-Monroe - 2020 Woman of Distinction - Social and Environmental Engagement" .Women's Y Foundation . Retrieved2022-01-17 .^ Mackrael, Kim (2014-04-06)."Humanitarian worker reflects on experiences during Rwandan genocide" .The Globe and Mail . Retrieved2022-01-17 . ^a b "Rachel Kiddell-Monroe" .Global Governance Lab at ISID . Retrieved2021-11-20 .^ 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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