Hala Khudari: passion for working in emergencies
Cairo, 8 April 2019 — “When I see the vast number of people trapped in emergency countries in our Region, including children who are severely malnourished, I am more determined to keep doing whatever I can to help save their lives,” says Hala Khudari, technical officer in the WHO Regional Office's health emergencies programme.
Hala joined the WHO country office in Syria a few months after receiving her Masters of Science in Nutrition from the American University of Beirut in 2011. There, she managed regular and emergency nutrition activities. And with the onset of the crisis, she has been fully engaged in supporting WHO’s emergency response operations, with a focus on nutrition. Despite the considerable pressure of work and some “dark moments” she says she has faced, especially while working at field level and near the frontlines, Hala maintains an unending passion for working in emergencies.