Spiegel's career took him to refugee camps in Kenya in 1992 and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire at the time) in 1995 where he worked as a medical coordinator for both Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde, respectively.[1][3][4] He has worked at the Centers for Disease Control in the international emergency and refugee health branch as an epidemiologist,[3] where he won the Charles C. Shepard award outstanding contribution to public health.[5] In 2002, he joined United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees where he started the HIV unit. He then became the Chief of the Public Health and HIV section in 2006. In 2011, he became the Deputy Director of the Department of Programme Support and Management where he oversaw four sections: public health; cash programming, shelter and settlements; and operations, solutions and transitions.[6][7] He has also worked as a consultant with the Pan American Health Organization and the Canadian Red Cross.[4]
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