Mukesh Kapila
Mukesh Kapila M.D. CBE (born 1955) is an author, medical doctor, professor, and senior humanitarian.
Mukesh Kapila | |
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| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Oxford University (M.D.) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (post-grad) |
| Notable work | Against a Tide of Evil (2013 memoir) |
| Website | www |
He is a specialist in crisis and conflict management, humanitarian affairs, post-conflict and development, and HIV/AIDS. He has worked for the UK National Health Service, the British government and the United Nations (UN). He witnessed genocides in Rwanda, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Darfur, the latter while being the head of the United Nations in Sudan. He lost his job after becoming a whistleblower regarding UN inaction in Darfur.
Kapila is the author of two books about genocide: Against a Tide of Evil (2013) and No Stranger to Kindness (2019). He currently works as a professor of global health and humanitarian affairs at the University of Manchester, and is a Special Representative of the Aegis Trust for the prevention of crimes against humanity.