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