Thursday, 5 March 2009

MAP-UK Event in London

MAP-UK Event in London

9AM - 1PM - THURSDAY 05 MARCH 2009

Westminster Central Hall, London

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend our conference 'Health Under Occupation, Health Under Fire', a meeting to be held between 9am - 1pm, on Thursday 05 March 2009, at the Westminster Central Hall in London.

9am

Registration and Coffee

9:30am

Official Welcome

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC

Dr.Graham Watt

9:40
Panel One: Health in the occupied Palestinian territory

Sir Iain Chalmers, chair

Rita Giacaman

Health Status and Services in the occupied Palestinian territory

Hanan Abdul Rahim

Maternal and Child Health

Abdullatif Husseini

Chronic Disease in the occupied Palestinian territory

Rajaie Batniji

Health as Human Security

Awad Mataria

Health Care System: Assessment and Reform Agenda

- Coffee and Tea -
11:40 -Panel Two: Gaza Crisis and the Politics of Health

Dr. Graham Watt, chair

Tony Laurance - World Health Organisation, West Bank and Gaza Strip

Initial Health Needs Assessment

Swee Chai Ang

Gaza's Hospitals: Wounds of War

Miri Weingarten - Physicians for Human Rights Israel

Medical and Humanitarian Violations, and Accountability in Gaza

Kathy al Jubeh - Medical Aid for Palestinians

The Politics of Health: Claiming Humanitarian Space

Building on the forthcoming launch of The Lancet Palestine Health series on health in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) by the Birzeit University Institute of Community and Public Health, this meeting will highlight the key findings of the series, the culmination of over two years of work and research. We will be joined by the authors of the series, a spectrum of the best researchers and epidemiologists from the occupied Palestinian territory, and their international counterparts.

Critically, this meeting will also highlight the health-related aspects and impact of the Israeli assault on Gaza between December 2008- January 2009, as well as the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Please confirm your attendance by emailing march.conference@map-uk.org or by contacting Sophie Charman-Blower at Medical Aid for Palestinians on +44 (0) 207 226 4114.

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