Giten Khwairakpam

Biography

Giten is currently the Community and Policy Program Manager at amfAR’s TREAT Asia program in Bangkok, Thailand.  He is a member of World Health Organization’s Global Guidelines Development Group on hepatitis B and hepatitis C, Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of the WHO South East Asia regional office, and a member of the Access Committee of Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative.

He also served as Expert Advisory Group member with the Medicines Patent Pool, different technical groups on viral hepatitis in WHO WPRO and SEARO region. He has been working on improving HIV, hepatitis B and C diagnosis and treatment access globally with a focus on South and South East Asia. He was also profiled as a Change Maker for hepatitis C by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2017.

Giten Khwairakpam
Position
amfAR, Thailand