Alessandro "Sandro" Demaio is an Australian medical doctor, author,
TV presenter and executive,
with a focus on
Public Health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...
and
Non-communicable diseases
A non-communicable disease (NCD) is a disease that is not transmissible directly from one person to another. NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, most heart diseases, most cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, oste ...
.
Demaio became the CEO of the
Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation is a statutory authority in the Australian state of Victoria, originally funded by hypothecated taxation raised by the ''Victorian Tobacco Act 1987''. It was the first health promotion body in the worl ...
in 2019, having previously worked for the
World Health Organization's Department of Nutrition for Health and Development in
Geneva
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as Medical Officer for non-communicable conditions and nutrition, CEO of
EAT Foundation
References
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Australian public health doctors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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