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Richard Garfield, RN, DrPH, Clinical International Nursing, Columbia University School of Public Health, 617 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, 212-305-3248, garfier@cuson-sph.cpmc.columbia.edu and Lynn L Amowitz, MD, MSPH, MSc, Senior Medical Researcher and Director, Initiative in Global Women's Health, Physicians for Human Rights, Harvard Medical School, 100 Boylston St, Suite 702, Boston, MA 02116.
Post-war reconstruction in the 21st Century requires public health efforts. In this session we will examine the opportunities and realities of public health in these environments. Large-scale funding and a systematic approach to assessment, training, and program development in each country will be reviewed. The role of bilateral assistance, NGOs and UN organizations, and US policy toward each country will be detailed. Reports from people active in reconstruction in each country will focus on the next steps ahead. This session will:
-summarize the health situation by the end of the war
-present various views of health priorities for post-war reconstruction
-provide field reports on the conditions of some of these priority programs, including hospital supply community health programs allied health training repatriation of overseas Iraqi health professionals public health education international collaboration
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Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.