Reducing HIV/AIDS Discrimination and Exclusion

Team

Montasser Kamal

Senior Program Officer Cairo

Montasser Kamal serves as senior program officer in the foundation's Middle East and North Africa office in Cairo. His grant making focuses on efforts to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights in the region.

Montasser's work has the goal of empowering people to access knowledge and practical tools that enable them to lead healthy sexual and reproductive lives, with dignity, free of stigma, discrimination or coercion.

Before joining the Ford Foundation in 2007, Montasser headed the Multilateral Health Institutions and Global Partnerships Group at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Ottawa, where his portfolio included HIV/AIDS treatment; prevention technologies such as vaccines and microbicides research; and reproductive health research and training. He previously managed programs focused on women's health.

Montasser earned his M.D. from Cairo University; a Ph.D. in medical anthropology from McGill University, Canada; a master’s degree in medical anthropology from Brunel University, Britain; and a diploma in social development from Coady International Institute, Nova Scotia.

Issues and Initiatives

Montasser Kamal is a member of the following initiative teams:

Issue	Initiative
Human Rights	Reducing HIV/AIDS Discrimination and Exclusion
Sexuality and Reproductive Health and Rights	Youth Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Rights