Crisis and care: Context-driven health solutions for displaced populations
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
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Photo courtesy of GHESKIO
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024 – 10:30-12:30 (EDT)
Milken Institute School of Public Health Auditorium
950 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20052 & live streaming on Zoom
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Exploring health challenges and programs for displaced people in the context of global migration and its trends, providing a view from the ground and discussing successful models to address their needs in situations of conflict and crisis.
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The Mérieux Foundation USA-Milken Institute School of Public Health symposium is next week. Register below to join us in person or via Zoom and learn from an exceptional panel of speakers. We hope you can participate!
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Program
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Welcome
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- Dr. Lynn Goldman, Dean of the Milken Institute School of Public Health
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Introduction
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- Dr. Jon Andrus, Adjunct Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health, former Deputy Director of PAHO
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Keynote
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Migration and the health of migrants and displaced people: A global overview
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- Prof. Karl Blanchet, Director of the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Co-Chair of the Lancet Migration European Region Hub, and Co-Chair of the CHH-Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict and Forced Displacement
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Round Table 1
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Displaced people and related health challenges
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Moderated by Dr. Kevin De Cock, former Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center for Global Health and CDC program in Kenya, Mérieux Foundation USA Board member, featuring:
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- Dr. Yoran Grant-Greene, Director, Caribbean and Central America Regional Office (CCAMRO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- Dr. Lior Miller, Director, Health Policy, International Rescue Committee
- Dr. Jean William Pape, co-founder and director of GHESKIO in Haiti; Howard and Carol Holtzmann Professor of Clinical Medicine, Center for Global Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
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Round Table 2
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How health systems are adapting
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Moderated by Dr. David Heymann, Chairman of Mérieux Foundation USA and professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, featuring:
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- Dr. Jon Andrus, Mérieux Foundation USA Board member, Adjunct Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health, and former Deputy Director of PAHO
- Dr. Ramin Asgary, Professor of Global Health and Director of Humanitarian Health MPH, Milken Institute School of Public Health
- Dr. Stephen Morrison, Senior Vice President and Director, Global Health Policy Center, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- Dr. Josette Najjar-Pellet, Middle East Regional Manager & Lebanon Representative, Mérieux Foundation
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Closing remarks
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- Nidhi Bouri, MPH, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID
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Participation is free
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