Webinar: Life on the line: Reshaping Humanitarian Surgery 31 October, 18:00-19:30 GMT

Access to emergency surgical care is vital in humanitarian health responses where millions of lives are at risk.

A new Call to Action, Life on the line: Reshaping Humanitarian Surgery, highlights the need for surgery as a humanitarian intervention and explores the need to enhance local capacity.

Join us on Thursday 31 October 2024 at the Call to Action webinar to discuss the future of surgery in humanitarian settings.

Chair:

• Miss Rachel Hargest, Co-director, Global Surgery Policy Unit, Royal College of Surgeons England & London School of Economics

Presenters:

• Marc DuBois, Senior Fellow, SOAS University of London & Call To Action Author (UK)
• Professor Darren Walter, Clinical Professor of International Emergency Medicine, Humanitarian & Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester (UK)

Discussants:

• Dr Tigist Belete, Team Leader – Ethiopia Emergency Medical Team, Centre for Public Health Emergency Management (Ethiopia)
• Professor Mohamed Khalife, Professor of Surgery, American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
• Dr Mohana Amirtharajah, Deputy Medical Director, Médecins Sans Frontières (Amsterdam)

This webinar has been organised in partnership with the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub (UKHIH), the Royal College of Surgeons England/ London School of Economics Global Surgery Policy Unit and the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester.