Everold Hosein
Everold Hosein, PhD, a Senior Communication Advisor-Consultant for the World Health Organization and UNICEF, is an international communication specialist (born in Trinidad and Tobago) with over 35 years of experience in strategic communication, integrated marketing communication, advocacy and public relations, communication for development (C4D), health education, and IEC (information-education-communication), related to social development issues and behavioral impact/behavior change. Dr. Hosein is also the Co-Director of the Global Health Communication Research and Resources Center at Indiana University, and an Adjunct Professor and Coordinator of the WHO-NYU Summer Institute on IMC Communication for Behavioral Impact in Health and Social Development at New York University. He is the founder of the strategic communication planning methodology called COMBI - Communication for Behavioral Impact, initiated at New York University in 1994 and refined and used at WHO since 2000 as well as by other international agencies and local governments, including UNICEF, the World Bank, and the German Government. Dr. Hosein was the recipient of the prestigious 2010 Mayhew Derryberry Award of the Public Health Education and Health Promotion (PHEHP) section of the American Public Health Association (APHA).
Dr. Hosein also served from 2008 to 2010 on the U.S. Government’s Health Secretary’s 13-person Advisory Committee established to recommend national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for “Healthy People 2020”. Formerly, Dr. Hosein was Senior Counselor for Social Development at Burson-Marsteller (the largest global public relations and communication consulting company), and before then he worked at the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Dr. Hosein's global professional experience extends from Africa and Asia to the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and North America. He has been a consultant to several United Nations agencies (UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO/PAHO,FAO, UNDP, UNESCO, UNDCP), the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Asia Development Bank, USAID, the German Government, national and international non-governmental organizations, and governments in developing countries.
Dr. Hosein also served from 2008 to 2010 on the U.S. Government’s Health Secretary’s 13-person Advisory Committee established to recommend national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for “Healthy People 2020”. Formerly, Dr. Hosein was Senior Counselor for Social Development at Burson-Marsteller (the largest global public relations and communication consulting company), and before then he worked at the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Dr. Hosein's global professional experience extends from Africa and Asia to the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and North America. He has been a consultant to several United Nations agencies (UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO/PAHO,FAO, UNDP, UNESCO, UNDCP), the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Asia Development Bank, USAID, the German Government, national and international non-governmental organizations, and governments in developing countries.
