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Amir Attaran is a Canadian lawyer, immunologist, and law professor.
Currently, Attaran is Associate Professor of Law and Population Health and the holder of the Canada Research Chair in Law, Population Health and Global Development Policy at the University of Ottawa. For the university in Ottawa, Kansas, see Ottawa University. ...
Early life and education
Attaran was born in California [1] to immigrants from Iran. Though his parents were Iranian, Attaran said that he has never been Muslim. [2] Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
He earned a law degree from the University of British Columbia, and a D.Phil in immunology from the University of Oxford. The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public university with its main campus located at Point Grey in the unincorporated Electoral Area A, immediately west of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ...
Attaran is a naturalized Canadian.
Advocacy Attaran is extensively involved with the organization Africa Fighting Malaria, and has argued publicly for the renewed use of DDT in sub-Saharan Africa to eradicate mosquito populations and combat malaria. Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM) is an NGO based in South Africa which states it seeks to educate people about the scourge of Malaria and the political economy of malaria control. ...
DDT or Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane is the first modern pesticide and is one of the best known synthetic pesticides. ...
Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa. ...
In 2004, Attaran wrote an opinion piece with Shirin Ebadi, published in the New York Times, arguing that the World Bank should incorporate democratic principles in its funding criteria, and avoid funding dictatorships. Image:Shirin Ebade Ngs Tunis. ...
The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means...
On September 9, 2005, he wrote another opinion piece in the Times criticizing the United Nations for not adopting quantifiable metrics for its Millennium Development Goals. The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...
The Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that 192 United Nations member states have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. ...
In February 2007, he received significant media coverage in Canada when he brought forward testimony by Afghan prisoners captured by Canadians and handed to the custody of the Afghan National Army, who said they had later been abused by the ANA. [2] [1] [3] (See also Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal.) Afghan National Army (ANA) is the army of Afghanistan that is being trained by the coalition forces to ultimately take the lead in land-based military operations. ...
The Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal is a series of claims regarding detainees captured in Afghanistan by the Canadian Forces and given into the custody of the Afghan National Army (ANA) or the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS). ...
References - ^ a b "Amir Attaran on the treatment of Afghan detainees", Globe and Mail, 9 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
- ^ a b Oziewicz, Estanislao. "Activist swamped by abusive messages", Globe and Mail, 9 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
- ^ "Latest Afghan abuse claims spark cries for O'Connor to resign", CBC News, 23 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ...
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