FADING CAUSES

FADING CAUSES ignites debate on issues that impact our humanity. Go beyond the headlines to reflect on what matters with our passionate guests – leaders, dreamers, rebels, doers, and more – challenging the status quo and battling to make a difference. Human lives are impacted by others.

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Mukesh Kapila has extensive experience in humanitarian affairs, conflict and security, global health and international development, human rights and diplomacy. He has qualifications in medicine and public health from the Universities of Oxford and London.

He is Professor Emeritus of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester, Senior Adviser to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, and serves on several international boards.

His work has taken him to 120 countries, including the world’s most devastating disasters, wars, and genocides on all continents. His leadership functions have included senior directorships at the World Health Organization and United Nations, as well as Undersecretary-General at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Previously, he was Head of Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs at what is now the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office.

He was also Special Representative for the Aegis Trust, an international organization working to prevent genocide. He chaired Minority Rights Group International and Nonviolent Peaceforce, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016. He has advised many multilateral institutions, including the World Bank. UN agencies and international NGOs.

His many awards include a CBE from King Charles III, a Global Citizenship Award for “moral courage, personal integrity, and passion...dedicated to solving the most pressing problems facing the world”, the “I Witness!” award for human rights protection, and a special resolution of the California State Legislature for “lifetime achievements and meritorious service to humanity”.

His first memoir, “Against a Tide of Evil,” was shortlisted for the 2013 Best Non-Fiction Book award. His book (2019) is No Stranger to Kindness. He is a public and media speaker, and his writings can be sampled on https://www.mukeshkapila.org. Fading Causes reveals the realities of human needs vs. corporations, exploring their impact through storytelling and sometimes investigative reporting, bridging the gap between perception and reality in humanitarian efforts.