Biography

Dr. Allen G.K. Maina is a medical doctor and with a Masters degree in Public Health. He has close to two decades work experience, including as a government clinician in a refugee camp in northern Kenya in the early years and subsequently joining international organizations working in various portfolios. He has coordinated public health responses in various complex humanitarian emergencies primarily in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and has contributed to different publications, some of which have informed key policy and operational reforms in public health. He is currently overseeing UNHCR’s global public health programs as the Chief of Public Health Section.