The New Dark Age

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)

Thursday, 05 March
9am -1pm
Westminster Central Hall
Storey’s Gate
London

Building on this week’s launch of The Lancet 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.

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
Professor 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

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 Hallis located on Storey’s Gate, across the road from Westminster Abbey and Houses of Parliament. The closest underground stations are Westminster (Jubilee, Circle and District Lines) and St.James’ Park (Circle, District Lines).

Location map: http://tinyurl.com/be4qgr