Presentations

Opening and Welcome: Samer Jabbour

A mandate for NCDs in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Opening and Welcome: Peter Phillimore

Peter Phillimore thanks Professor Abla Sibai and the American Univerity of Beirut for making the conference happen, and explains: What is RESCAP-MED?

Jane Gilbert: Issues and controversies in global mental health

Jane Gilbert presents implications for the suffering of war affected populations, and how mental health assessments in conflict and post-conflict areas are unvalidated and inappropriate

Jane Gilbert - notes from presentation

Additional notes to add to powerpoint presentation and video

Nadim Barghuthi: Coverage of care for NCD patients in a West Bank district

Issues faced by researchers assessing the coverage of care for for NCD patients in the West Bank such as the range of health providers - MoH, UNWRA, NGOs and private healthcare. There is an opportunity to utilise the routine data for research

Tanja Pless-Muloli: Preparing for the healing of war trauma in Syria

Preparing for the healing of war trauma in Syria: Thoughts from a psychotherapy, public health, and autobiographical standpoint

Nadia Ben Mansour: treating NCDs in a context of transition

How are health professionals facing the NCDs challenges in the current Tunisian context of transition? Nadia Ben Mansour discusses barriers faced by health care workers, issues with centralised finance and the political changes have affected the health policy debate

Mazen Makarem: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

Mayen Makarem from UNWFP, Lebanon presents on food consumption pattern among Syrian Refugee Population in Lebanon

Shadh Osman: Hypertension and socio-economic disparities among Sudanese Women

Shadh Osman shares her research on hypertension and socio-economic disparities among Sudanese women, and the need for data to drive policy to address the rise in NCDs

Nigel Unwin: creating informed policy for NCDs

Nigel Unwin "Generating evidence and supporting decision making for public policy aimed at the prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases" How epidemiological models are needed to inform effective policy and the need to shift from targeting individuals to population wide intervention

Goran Zangana: Mental health interventions in Kurdistan

A randomized controlled trial of mental health interventions for survivors of systematic violence in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq

Martine Najem: Impact of a quality management NCD intervention in a complex humanitarian setting

Impact of a quality management NCD intervention tailored for the most vulnerable disabled and older people in a complex humanitarian setting

Nada Abu Kishk: A type 2 diabetes campaign for Palestinian refugees in Jordan

Outcomes of a diabetes campaign for Palestine refugees with diabetes mellitus type II attending UNRWA health centers

Ceyda Sahan: Epidemiological modelling to create CHD mortality projections

Impact of risk factor modifications on coronary heart disease mortality in Turkish adults for 2025

Adam Coutts: Reflections on conducting health research in humanitarian and conflict settings: The Syria Crisis

 

Rabih El Chammay: Syrian Crisis and Mental Health System Reform in Lebanon

 

Habiba Ben Romdhane: Transforming NCD health care in Tunisia

Transforming NCD health care in Tunisia: engaging citizens in health policy making through the new social dialogue (in French)

Dawn Chatty: When health issues are long-term and chronic

When health issues are long-term and chronic: Health care in humanitarian emergencies in the Middle East

Laila Akhu-Zaheya

Survey of Syrian Refugees' Access To Health Care In Jordan