Catastrophes & Conflict Forum

Aims

• to create an international forum for humanitarian aid workers of all skills and specialities.
• to provide a platform for meeting, networking and exchanging experiences in a neutral environment.
• to facilitate teaching, training and education in the humanitarian field.
• to raise the awareness and profile of humanitarian aid
• to facilitate and encourage research and publication of humanitarian activities in open and peer review literature.

Members include

The events are open to all aid workers and all those interested in humanitarian aid activities whether independent or with non-governmental organisations. This includes doctors and nurses of all specialities, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, psychologists, sociologists, medical students, paramedics, engineers, communication specialists, logisticians, and all humanitarian personnel.

Mainstreaming disability into humanitarian assistance: how far have we come?

Friday 24 June 2011

An overview of work in disaster response – Dorothy Boggs, OT, MScPH, HI Knowledge Management Unit
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Responding to and preventing disability in conflict & disasters: examples for Haiti – Pete Skelton BSc, MSc, MCSP
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Health information & climate change: getting the message across

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Professor Hugh Montgomery - The predicted consequences for health
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Dr Judith Anderson – Absorbing the implications of climate change for health; too much to bear?
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