from Steehen Bezruchka at U Washington.
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The medical students at UBC (University of British Columbia) have
organized a great conference on conflict and health, taking both a broad
perspective and looking at details.  It will be held in Vancouver, Friday
March 19 from 6:30 on, and Saturday until 4 pm.  There will be a variety
of speakers and workshops, including a keynote address by Noam Chomsky on
Saturday morning.

For details on attending, go to their website:
http://www.med.ubc.ca/conflictandhealth/

For students, ten loonies (about 7 US bucks) will get you wine and cheese,
lunch and a coffee break, as well as the program.  So the price is kinda
Canadian, eh?  If you wait until after March 10, prices double and for
faculty they are doubled again.  They (the student organizers) say they
will do their best not to limit participation for financial barriers.  To
register send an email to [log in to unmask]
with registration in the subject line and you will be emailed a
registration form.

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The  conference was organized with the aim of providing a forum for
students, faculty and other interested members of the public to discuss
current and past conflicts and their impact on population health.
Specific objectives include:
1.  To discuss the role of socio-economic and political factors in the
development of conflict and to consider the differences between structural
and behavioural violence. To understand the multiple ways war and conflict
affect human health.

2. To highlight the small-arms trade in central Africa and its impact on
the development of conflict and how this small arms trade has been
detrimental to the population health of the region.

3. To discuss the role of physicians and other health care professionals
in the promotion of peace and health in conflict situations. To discuss
and begin to understand the complexity of delivering humanitarian efforts
in conflict situations.

4. To highlight the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda through
discussion and workshops.

5. To discuss the unique harms that war and conflict inflict on children
throughout the world and how these harms reverberate through societies.

6. To highlight issues pertinent to refugee health including the
definitions of internally and externally displaced populations. To hear
the personal stories of some refugees and to understand how health care
professionals approach the issues pertinent to refugee health.

7. To discuss post-traumatic stress disorder and to provide some practical
information for health care professionals working with those with PTSD.
To learn about approaches medical schools have taken to include
international health in their curricula.

8. To compare these approaches and develop a plan for the incorporation of
the knowledge gained from this and previous conferences in the UBC medical
school curriculum.

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The conference organizers have told me they may be able to billet some
students coming from afar.

See you there,

Stephen

Stephen Bezruchka
Department of Health Services
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Box 357660
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-7660
USA
 (206)616-2901, Fax (206)685-4184

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