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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,〔http://www.phs.utoronto.ca/Information/Combined%20DLSPH%20Chairs%20Announcement.pdf〕 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.〔http://www.balsillieschool.ca/people/james-orbinski〕 In 2013 he also joined Wilfrid Laurier University's School of International Policy and Governance,〔https://www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=12912〕 the Health Sciences Program〔http://www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=12032〕 in the Faculty of Science, and the Balsillie School of International Affairs.〔http://www.balsillieschool.ca/〕〔https://www.wlu.ca/news_detail.php?grp_id=28&nws_id=9917&filter_type=release〕 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.〔Orbinski, James. An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century. New York, N.Y.: Walker & Company, 2008.〕 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.〔http://www.msf.org.uk/custompage.aspx?id=orbinski_an_imperfect_offering.aspx&gclid=CKmgv8_-8ZMCFQcmIgodRifrVA〕 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. ==Education and career== Orbinski received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Trent University in 1984, an MD from McMaster University Medical School in 1990, and a master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Toronto in 1998. Orbinski's first MSF mission was in Peru in 1992. He then served as MSF’s Medical Coordinator in Baidoa, Somalia during the Somali Civil War and famine of 1992-93, and in Jalalabad, Afghanistan during the winter of 1994. He was subsequently MSF’s Head of Mission in Kigali during the Rwandan genocide of 1994, and as MSF’s Head of Mission in Goma, Zaire in 1996-97 during the refugee crisis there.〔(Dr. James Orbinski ), Dignitas website.〕 He was president of the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International Council from 1998 to 2001. On September 11, 2001, Orbinski was coincidentally in Lower Manhattan and witnessed the attacks on the World Trade Center. He participated in relief efforts for injured people at the site of the disaster. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Orbinski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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