Orbinski, James

Autor: Orbinski, James
Rok: 1960-
Oblast působnosti: lékaři, humanitární pracovníci

Biogr./Hist. údaje: Kanadský lékař, spisovatel a humanitární pracovník, autor knihy vzpomínek, působil v mezinárodní organizaci Lékaři bez hranic, britského původu.
Zdroj: Autoritní databáze Národní knihovny ČR

James Jude Orbinski, OC, OOnt, MSC (born 1960 in England) is a Canadian physician, writer, and humanitarian activist. He is an associate professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs. In January 2011, he also assumed the Chair of Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, a position he has since resigned from. In 2013 Orbinski became the CIGI Chair in Global Health Governance and Director of the Africa Initiative at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. In 2013 he also joined Wilfrid Laurier University's School of International Policy and Governance, the Health Sciences Program in the Faculty of Science, and the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He was President of the International Council of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, aka Doctors Without Borders) at the time the organization received the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize. James Orbinski also is the co-founder and Chair of the Board of Directors of Dignitas International, a medical humanitarian organization working with communities to increase access to life-saving treatment and prevention in areas overwhelmed by HIV/AIDS. He is a strong advocate for increasing the availability of anti-retroviral drugs to combat AIDS in poor countries.He is closely associated with the University of Toronto's Massey College where he is a Senior Fellow and was the founding Saul Rae Fellow. In 1998, Orbinski received the Governor General's Meritorious Service Cross for his work as the MSF Head of Mission in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. In 2009, Orbinski became an Officer of the Order of Canada and in the citation was recognized by the Governor General of Canada as an advocate for those who have been silenced by war, genocide and mass starvation.