3327.0 Displaced Populations & Refugee Health

Monday, November 8, 2010: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
This panel addresse health issues related to refugee health and the importance of displaced populations from a variety of international settings
Session Objectives: Discuss health issues related to refugee health Identify the importance of displaced populations

2:30pm
Incidence, cost and sources of treatment of malaria episodes across life stages in a population of internally displaced peoples in the Eastern Kasai Province (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Ngoyi K. Zacharie Bukonda, PhD, MPH, Tumba G. Disashi, PhD, MD and Mavis Mashingaidze, MBA, MSPH, PhD Candidate
2:50pm
Community-based tuberculosis care in Eastern Myanmar's chronic conflict zone: Challenges and solutions in meeting program objectives
Katherine Robsky, MPH, Nicolas Forget, MD, Matt Richard, MD, Wah Wah Paw, Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, Allison Richard, MD, Jennifer Leigh, MPH and Thomas J. Lee, MD, MHS
     
3:10pm
Caring for the caregivers of refugees: The quality of work environment at the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) health facilities in Lebanon
Mohamad Alameddine, MPH, PhD, Wissam Doudar, MPH, Hani Dimassi, MPH, PhD and Bassel Molaeb, MPH (candidate)
3:30pm
Mortality, Morbidity and Displacement in Haiti: A Random Survey of Port-au-Prince Households Before and After the January 2010 Earthquake
Athena Kolbe, MSW, Robert Muggah, PhD, Naomi Levitz, MSW, Bart Miles, PhD, MSW, Royce Hutson, PhD, Eileen Trzcinski, PhD, Sergio Balistra, PhD and Dave Jean, BS

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Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Social Work, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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