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A Public Health Doctor (Harvard, UCLA) for 45 years in low income countries on social surveys, nutrition, health and emergencies, with several agencies, including UNICEF.
Returned to Melbourne and started documentary shorts on social and health concerns (see links to youtube under alfredzerfas).
These include “The Tree” about the point of view of a magnificent golden elm tree on humans and traffic; me being operated in Hospital – “Being Pacemakered”. Others include promotional for developmental agencies “Creating the Light” for health “Hooked on Hookworm” and “Preventing Mental Retardation due to Iodine Deficiency” for the ecology “Why Plant Millions of Trees?” for books “Murderous Medicine” and in problems of population (with Prof. Roger Short, Melbourne University) “Population Growth in Tomorrow's World”, distributed at the Copenhagen Conference and the Australian Academy of Science “Australia 2050: Population Challenges”.
Interests: Films, science and media, data management, graphics, innovations, ideas and concepts, analyzing different points of view, recording conference meetings.
Keen to dialogue for shared interests on making docs that help change attitudes.
Contact - azerfas@gmail.com, 1-510-610-6364
61432073205 or 61398268192 (Australia).





