166758 Jewish Voice for Peace Health and Human Rights Project

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 1:15 PM

Alan F. Meyers, MD, MPH , Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
        
Jewish Voice for Peace (www.jvp.org) is a national membership organization dedicated to a resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflict based on principles of democracy, human rights and respect for international law. JVP's Health and Human Rights Project (HaHRP) sends delegations of health professionals and human rights activists to Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories (oPT) to work with their counterparts in Palestinian civil society and Israeli human rights organizations. Major partner organizations include the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (www.pmrs.ps) and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (www.phr.org.il). This presentation will summarize the findings of the most recent HaHRP delegation, scheduled for October 2007, with a focus on the impact of Israeli Occupation on health status and access to health care for the population of the oPT.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this presentation participants will: Recognize the impacts of Israeli Occupation on health status and access to health care for the population of the occupied Palestinian Territories; and Describe efforts to improve health outcomes for impacted populations through the resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflict based on principles of democracy, human rights and respect for international law.

Keywords: Human Rights, International Public Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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