HCRI conference
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 M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res (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 玉米视频楴on-Communicable Diseases and Humanitarian Medicine: Current, Critical, and Historical Perspectives on Medical Treatments of Displaced Populations玉米视频� 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 , HCRI玉米视频檚 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 玉米视频榃hat Future for 玉米视频楥hronic玉米视频� Emergencies? Challenges and Possibilities of NCD Management in Humanitarian Contexts玉米视频�.
- Dr Maria Cullen, Dr Costanza Torre and Prof Bertrand Taithe on 玉米视频楥an Humanitarianism Learn from Its Mistakes? Integrating Historical and Critical Perspectives in the Management of NCDs玉米视频�.
- Dr Janelle Winters and Dr Chimwemwe Phiri on 玉米视频�(How) Can humanitarians disrupt NCD drug and diagnostics markets? Drugs, Medical Marketplaces, and Patient Groups玉米视频�.
- Dr Chimwemwe Phiri and Dr Janelle Winters on 玉米视频楤ridging the Divide 玉米视频� Can High-Tech and Low-Tech Solutions Truly Revolutionize NCD Care in Crisis Settings?玉米视频�
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