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08
July
2025
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12:55
Europe/London

HCRI co-hosts international conference on Non-Communicable Diseases and Humanitarian Medicine

The HCRI collaborated with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and University of Kisii, to bring together healthcare professionals, humanitarian staff, and academics from East Africa and the UK in Kenya.

The Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) co-hosted the conference ÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ˜Non-Communicable Diseases and Humanitarian Medicine: Current, Critical, and Historical Perspectives on Medical Treatments of Displaced PopulationsÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ™ on 25-26 June 2025 in Kisii, Kenya.

This inaugural conference at the University of Kisii was developed with the Anthropology Unit of MSF, the , HCRIÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ™s Developing Humanitarian Medicine project team.

It featured six roundtables over two days with key experts from the humanitarian, academic and medical sectors.

The following HCRI academics contributed to sessions:

  • Prof Bertrand Taithe and Dr Pesh Muwanguzi on ÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ˜What Future for ÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ˜ChronicÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ™ Emergencies? Challenges and Possibilities of NCD Management in Humanitarian ContextsÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ™.
  • Dr Maria Cullen, Dr Costanza Torre and Prof Bertrand Taithe on ÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ˜Can Humanitarianism Learn from Its Mistakes?  Integrating Historical and Critical Perspectives in the Management of NCDsÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ™.
  • Dr Janelle Winters and Dr Chimwemwe Phiri on ÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ˜(How) Can humanitarians disrupt NCD drug and diagnostics markets? Drugs, Medical Marketplaces, and Patient GroupsÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ™.
  • Dr Chimwemwe Phiri and Dr Janelle Winters on ÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ˜Bridging the Divide ÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ“ Can High-Tech and Low-Tech Solutions Truly Revolutionize NCD Care in Crisis Settings?ÓñÃ×ÊÓÆµ™

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