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.
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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