273174 Predicting the health impacts of the invasion of Iraq in 2002

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Marion Birch, RN, RM, MSc , Medact, London, England
We will use as a case example the health impact assessment prepared by the British group, Medact, which predicted the costs of the impending 2003 invasion of Iraq to both lives and treasury, “Collateral Damage: the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq – 2002.” http://www.medact.org/article_health.php?articleID=620

Learning Objectives:
Assessing evidence for predicting the health effects of a military invasion. Weighing the public response to publications of health impact assessments on politically-charged issues. Interacting with public officials on the evidence for measuring the costs of lives and treasury of an invasion.

Keywords: War, Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As Director of Medact I have managed and taken part in research and related advocacy on the health impacts of actual conflicts, as well as the potential for the prediction of these effects to contribute to conflict prevention. I have written on this subject for a number of publications, and witnessed and gathered information on the health impacts of conflict while working in Angola, Mozambique, Sudan and NE Sri Lanka.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

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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