Dr. Filippo Ciantia
Filippo Ciantia, now retired, works as a volunteer with the Banco Farmaceutico Foundation as head of the Project Area and a member of the Observatory on Health Poverty (OPSan) research team. Also, as a volunteer, since April 2021, he has worked as a vaccination doctor in the Anti-COVID Vaccination Campaign at the ASST Sette Laghi (Varese). After graduating with a degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Milan, where he specialized in hygiene, preventive medicine, and tropical diseases, he married Luciana. Together, they left in September 1980 for Uganda, where they worked as doctors until 2009. In Uganda, he worked for the NGOs Cuamm, Avsi, and Unicef, promoting and implementing cooperation projects in collaboration with the Italian government, the United Nations, the European Union, and cooperation agencies such as USAID and DFID. From 2009 to 2016, he was director of the Thematic Clusters project at Expo Milano 2015. From May 2016 to March 2017, he directed the Dr. Ambrosoli Memorial Hospital in Kalongo, Uganda. From June 1, 2017, to January 2021, he was Director General of the Banco Farmaceutico Foundation. He is the author of some books dedicated to his experience in Uganda, published by Itaca, namely "La Montagna del Vento," "Padre Tiboni,” and “Elio Croce.” The book "Il Divino Nascosto" compiles stories published from 2017 to 2020, serving as "mission anecdotes" from the weekly publication "Il Risveglio Popolare."