{"id":112357,"date":"2024-06-12T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=112357"},"modified":"2024-06-11T12:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T17:33:04","slug":"public-health-discussion-series-reaches-out-to-frontlines-of-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/06\/12\/public-health-discussion-series-reaches-out-to-frontlines-of-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Public health discussion series reaches out to ‘frontlines of conflict’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With conflicts around the globe subjecting millions of people to displacement, suffering and devastating health consequences, the UNMC College of Public Health has started a new webinar series to help frontline health professionals navigate the health emergencies of conflict zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussion series, “From the Frontlines of Conflict,\u201d is meant to empower emergency health care workers and public health responders with knowledge, preparedness and empathy for operating in a volatile setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UNMC College of Public Health and its Center for Global Health and Development are partnering with a number of global organizations in the initiative: the International Centre for Migration, Health and Development; Birzeit University, located in the West Bank, and its Institute of Community and Public Health; and Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThrough this international collaboration, we can enhance our collective capacity to respond to the dire health needs arising from global conflicts, ultimately minimizing lives lost and fostering a more ready and resilient global response corps,\u201d said Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH, dean of the UNMC College of Public Health and Richard Holland Presidential Chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second in the five-part series will be today (June 12) at 11 a.m. CST on the topic of emergency medical response, \u201cUrgent Care Under Fire: Emergency Medicine in Conflicts.\u201d Among the presenters is UNMC\u2019s Nada Fadul, MD, professor in the UNMC Division of Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Fadul, who is from Sudan, completed her medical degree from the University of Khartoum-Faculty of Medicine in Sudan and has carried on her health care outreach in the war-torn country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussion\u2019s moderator will be Ahmed Al-Mandhari, MD, PhD, of the ministry of health in Oman and former director of the World Health Organization\u2019s Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO). Other panelists are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n