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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

Online Program

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Targeting Health Care in Armed Conflicts and Emergencies: Is It Underestimated


Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Dilshad Jaff, MBChB, MPH, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Carrboro,, NC
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
The presentation will elaborate on violence against health care systems, sharing experience from the field, and arguing that the incidence of violence is greatly underestimated.

Learning Areas:

Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Define the problem of violence against health care. List the main the characteristic of current armed conflicts and emergencies. Define the initiatives and organizational responses. Discuss the challenges and obstacles to understand and tackle attacks on health care.

Keyword(s): War, Violence & Injury Prevention

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have engaged in research in the field
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.

Back to: 4144.0: Practicing Health Care in Situations of Violence