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DESCRIPTION:INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR ON HEALTH CARE AS A HUMAN RIGHT IN WAR 
 ZONES\n\nThursday, 6 June 2024: 5 AM PT (12 noon UTC / 1pm BST / 2pm CEST / 
 8am EDT)\n\nArmed conflict is a leading global source of death, serious 
 injury and disability, placing significant strain on lives, governments, 
 economies, and healthcare systems across the world. The Eastern 
 Mediterranean Region alone has witnessed conflicts and emergencies in 
 Palestine, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Libya and Lebanon in recent 
 years.\n\nAttacks on health systems, including on health workers, 
 facilities, patients and transport, represent serious violations of human 
 rights and international humanitarian law. Airstrikes and ground invasions 
 frequently target healthcare facilities, and healthcare workers are often 
 arrested or killed.\n\nThe burden of conflicts’ escalation is 
 disproportionately placed on women, children and other vulnerable groups, 
 causing casualties, restricting access to healthcare services and 
 exacerbating existing health inequities.\n\nHealth actors, including UN 
 organisations and other international and humanitarian actors, NGOs, 
 medical associations, academics, in addition to governments, play an 
 important role in shaping the health systems’ responses to conflict. They 
 can influence how international humanitarian laws and human rights are used 
 and applied, and play a powerful role in the peace-building process. 
 However, politics and power relations can shape their role during times of 
 war, contributing to further health injustice and inequities.\n\nThe aim of 
 this webinar is to shed light on the role of global health actors in 
 promoting peace in conflict-affected settings and in building just health 
 systems that respond to populations’ conflict-affected health 
 needs.\n\n\n AGENDA\n\nThe session will begin with a presentation from 
 LSTM’s Dr Wesam Mansour – "Beyond equity: Unpacking health justice in 
 health policy and system." \n\nThis will be followed by case study 
 presentations focusing on four conflict-affected contexts:\n\nYemen 
 Speaker: Dr Najla Al-Sonboli – head of the Paediatric Department at 
 Al-Sabeen Hospital for Maternity and Children [open new tabs] in Sana’a, 
 Yemen\n\nPalestine Speaker: Dr Israa Saleh – Medical doctor and sexual 
 and reproductive health focal point for Médecins du Monde in Palestine 
 [open new tabs]. \n\nSudan Speaker: Dr Youssif Kome – Maternal, Newborn 
 and Child Health Advisor for MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience in Sudan 
 [opens new tab] \n \nMyanmar Speaker: Dr Khine Wai Wai Oo – Deputy Chief 
 of Party, Community Partners International, Thailand [open new 
 tabs]\n\nPresentations will be followed by a panel discussion and question 
 and answer session during which the presenters will be joined by:\n\n--Dr 
 Mohammed Alkhaldi, [opens new tab] Assistant Professor, Canadian University 
 Dubai and Scientific Lead from TGHN-MENA network at University of 
 Oxford.\n\n--Professor Fouad Fouad [opens new tab], Professor in Social 
 Science and Global Health at LSTM\n    \n\nTogether the group will 
 consider:\n\nWhat is the role of global health as a driver of peace during 
 armed conflicts?\n\nWhat is the role of health actors in improving the 
 prospects for peace in conflict-affected settings and how do politics and 
 power relations shape this role?\n    \nHow to build a just health system 
 that responds to population needs in conflict-affected 
 settings?\n\n\nReBUILD for Resilience examines health systems in fragile 
 settings experiencing violence, conflict, pandemics and other shocks. Our 
 aim is to produce high-quality, practical, multidisciplinary and scalable 
 health systems research which can be used to build health systems 
 resilience and improve the health and lives of many millions of people.\n\n 
 \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/05/30/18866725.php
SUMMARY:No Health Without Peace: Health Justice in Armed Conflict Settings
LOCATION:Zoom: 
 https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Tu9Qn-dqRYW3zNhFbnr-1A#/registration\n\nOr 
 watch archived recording after event here: 
 https://www.rebuildconsortium.com/webinar-health-justice-armed-conflict/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/05/30/18866725.php
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