Symposium Tweets

	Kevin Tripp ‏@kevin_trppi Dec 6 #rescapmed need more local solutions in the region to the #Syria crisis rather than that of the international aid community
	Toronto Art Therapy ‏@TOArtTherapy Dec 5 Dr. Pless Mulloli gives an example of trauma healing using art therapy & creativity in Cambodia. #rescapmed
	Global Health MENA ‏@MEGlobalHealth Dec 4 Follow @NETPHN @DrBalsamAhmad @AdamCoutts @MZeiton for the latest from #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 4 The state of research into major NCDs in MENA countries: the wealth-research correlation #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 4 Are international models of emergency aid sensitive to local population needs? @UN @DFID_UK @USAID #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 #rescapmed ...data on population, and local knowledge to help make smart templates? 2
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 #rescapmed the templates used for emergency #humanitarian #aid can be wasteful, but not having them also can... #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 #rescapmed symposium thread: ability/danger of labels used to apply circumstance to personhood?
	Adam Coutts ‏@AdamCoutts Dec 4 #rescapmed need more local solutions in the region to the #Syria crisis rather than that of the international aid community
	Adam Coutts ‏@AdamCoutts Dec 4 #rescapmed: need to think now about post conflict health reconstruction in #Syria and redefine #refugee status
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 Also featuring in round table are representatives frim Caritas Lebanon Migrant Centre and UNHCR #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Omar Dewachi: stop seeing refugees as victims but individuals who can enrich society i.e. Iraqis in Jordan #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dawn Chatty: aid for refugees should be available to local community as well #rescapmed
	Adam Coutts ‏@AdamCoutts Dec 4 #rescapmed #Syria UNHCR: costs of healthcare biggest barrier to access in #Lebanon
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 Round table discussion featuring Dawn Chatty (Oxford uni); Omar Dewachi (AUB); Zeina Mohanna (Amel Association International).Tbc #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Round table now. Need to think about communicable and non communicable disease in association with each other/not as dichotomy #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Most traffic for NETPH comes from #Jordan #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 #rescapmed prof Critchley is discussing the publications library on NETPH http://www.netph.sgul.ac.uk/publications/ncd_pubs …
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 Professor Julia Critchley on MedCHAMPS aims & outcomes and the e-learning website (NETPH)#rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 .@DrBalsamAhmad : "Habiba Ben Romdhane: there is absence of intersectoral action crucial for NCD prevention and control #rescapmed "
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Ben Romdhane: crucial drivers of NCD change lies outside traditional boundaries of health system #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Ben Romdhane: private sector benefitted middle class, widening regional inequalities (coast/interior), draining staff from public #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Here's a relevant paper by some of the MedCHAMPs team on the #Tunisian health system http://www.netph.sgul.ac.uk/news/health-system-challenges-of-ncds-in-tunisia … #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Habiba Ben Romdhane transforming NCD health care in Tunisia: engaging citizens in health policy making thru t new social dialogue #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr El Chammay: Mental health care most neglected part of public health. Need more funding #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr El Chammay: Community interventions: Life Skills eduction in schools. Suicide prevention, Substance Misuse prevention #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr El Chammay: Need to build community health care and primary care to help cater for those with mental disorders #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Chammay: Private Health insurance often excludes mental health. Some people miss out #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr El Chammay: Not all the Syrian refugees are traumatised, not all those traumatised have PTSD #myths #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr El Chammay appears to acknowledge the dangers of sitting - we are encouraged to stand for a moment :-) #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Rabih El Chammay: Syrian Crisis and Mental Health System Reform in Lebanon #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Coutts: Lessons to be learned from #Iraq in how not to do public health in a crisis #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Coutts: Private healthcare have little interest in public health! (Beware) #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Coutts: Need to think long term re public health system reform post conflict #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Coutts: little funding available in comparison to the scale of the crisis #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 .@AdamCoutts lots of data collected but lack of coordination and knowledge of other research projects. (some duplicate data) #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 .@AdamCoutts DM and hypertension are less appealing to donors, time consuming and long term #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Change of name! @AdamCoutts "Reflections on conducting health research in humanitarian and conflict settings: The Syria Crisis" #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 interventions for Syrian Refugess and Lebanese Host Communities" 2 #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Adam Coutts "Establishing an evidence base and evaluation framework to assess the effectiveness and costs of NCD 1 #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Where "prevented death" used, consider it "premature death prevented" or postponed. No immortality, sorry #brevity #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Sahan: Up to 32000 #CVD deaths could be prevented with modest changes to reduced #smoking, sat fat and #salt intake, DM prev #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Sahan: With modest changes: 28590 #CVD #deaths #prevented. optimistic scenario 43723 CVD deaths prevented #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Sahan: RF Modelled for: decrease in salt, BMI, sat fat intake, DM, smoking, physical inactivity. Increase fruit and veg intake #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Ceyda Sahan: Impact of Risk Factor Modifications on Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Turkish Adults for 2025 #modelling #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Kishk: improvement in pt knowledge and reported practices. i.e. Reduced oil in cooking, switch from ghee to plant oil #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Kishk: Intervention included Education sessions Healthy cooking sessions Group exercise sessions #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Kishk:# Attendance for Campaign to help #DM pt change #lifestyle over 70% in every group - in Gaza 95%! #impressed #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Nada Abu Kishk: Outcomes of a diabetes campaign for Palestine refugees with Diabetes Mellitus Type II attending UNRWA Health Ctrs #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Najem: Important for all humanitarian actors to cooperate and not "work in silos" #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Q re nurses in intervention:The training results differed dr/nurse-nurses have too many things to multitask (need admin backup?) #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Najem: Cannot always take baseline data particularly in humanitarian setting- difficult to measure outcomes #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Najem:Interventions often fail due to lack of commitment from the care workers (is this because of resource/time poor setting) #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Dr Najem: 54% of #older #refugees surveyed in #Lebanon have chronic disease #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Martine Najem: Impact of a Quality Mgmt NCD intervention tailored for the most vulnerable ppl in a complex humanitarian setting #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 Question time in Professor Dawn Chatty's key note speech #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 'There is no single voice for refugees in the Syrian context but what I hear a lot is the right to work', Prof. Chatty #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 In Ottoman era until 1951 (League of Nation Treaty) there was a model to integrate forced migrants into local communities #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 "Western template" for refugees restricts right to work, which "others" displaced group. Prevents #integration #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Prof Chatty: "Western template" problematic- Ottoman approach: integrate the displaced into smaller communities, not separate grp #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 @mfouad61 suggests adding the question of 'history' to context of studying need of refugees & IDPs and how they are labelled #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Difficulty of managing chronic conditions in mobile pop- patients not given tools to understand conditions by clinicians? #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Prof Chatty: Western diagnoses/treatments for distress & trauma not applicable in displaced pop. Expression through art can help #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 UNHCR estimates that 22.5% of all world refugees are in the MENA region and when Palestinean refugees are added this reaches 45% #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 The classification refugee or IPD affects the support a person receives #ethicalproblem #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 4 Keynote speaker Prof Dawn Chatty (@UniofOxford): after Syria, 45% of the world's refugees are from the MENA region #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Prof Chatty: Young #Syrian refugees in #Gazianteb, Turkey. #Stigma of #refugee status can prevent health seeking behaviour #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 2nd case study presented by Prof. Chatty on pastoralists in Oman & their limited access to formal healthcare #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Prof Chatty: Oman. Hospital in large area with sparse pop. Sophisticated but still focus on children and childbearing women #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Prof Chatty: "#Refugees" not a #homogenous group. represent a wide range of people (#socioeconomic, #ethnicity, profession...) #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 There are ethical problems in categorising. How do we distinguish between 'refugee'; 'forced migrant'; asylum seeker'; 'IDP' #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Prof Chatty: #Mobile populations face #barriers to treatment and continuity of care - problem with #chronic conditions #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 A challenge for delivery of healthcare to mobile populations 'How can we keep track of people?'. Prof. Chatty's keynote #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 Men's health is not taken seriously in humanitarian work in the developing world according to Professor Chatty #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 Professor Chatty starts by giving an autobiography & how she became interested in research on migrant communities and bedouins #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 4 Coming up: Dawn Chatty, When health issues are long-term and chronic: health care in humanitarian emergencies in the ME #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 4 The North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey Public Health Network meeting this morning.#rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 #rescapmed Laila Akhu-Zaheya- some Syrian refugees in Jordan want name brand meds, or have more money. #private seen as best
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 Rita Giacaman: Socio-political Challenges in the region cannot be decontextualised from post WW2 colonialism/drawing of borders #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 #rescapmed Rita Giovanna: need to investigate mechanism behind seeking private healthcare
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Jane Gibson: #community -and #religion- play a vital role in wellbeing and health post conflict #support #family #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 #rescapmed Hamid Hussein: women and children continue to suffer from the negative health consequences, direct and indirect, of war in iraq
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 Hamid Hussein: Iraq mortality estimates (2006) was 645,000 excess deaths as a direct consequence of war - sombre reading #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Hamid Hussein primary cause of death in pre invasion is disease, post invasion is conflict related injury #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 Hamid Hussein: risk of death estimated to be 58 times higher than in period before the war #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 Hamid Hussein: incidence of childhood cancer in Iraq 10x more than other industrialised nations. Birth defects increased 17 fold #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 Hamid Hussein: 40% of Iraqi children burdened with fear, insomnia, nightmares, helplessness and detachment #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 Hamid Hussein - Epidemiology of conflict in Iraq, human cost, morbidities and civilian sufferers: A systematic review #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Hamid Hussein epidemiology of conflict in Iraq: human cost, morbidities and civilian suffering #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Laila Akhu-Zaheya financial barriers to Syrian refugees seeking healthcare, but private providers still preferred #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 Laila Akhu-Zaheya: Survey of Syrian refugees access to healthcare in Jordan #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Laila Akhu-Zaheya: survey of #Syrian refugees #access to #healthcare #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Goran Zangana: A randomized controlled trial of mental health interventions for survivors of systematic violence in Kurdistan #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Jane Gilbert: no more #mentalhealth assessments. Not validated for during/post conflict. Rage is natural #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 Jane Gilbert on her experiences in Palestinian mental health in Gaza post "Operation Protective Edge" 2014 #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Jane Gilbert - Issues and controversies in global #mentalhealth: implications for the suffering of #war affected populations #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Nigel Unwin: Where majority pop at risk, most effective #policies shift an entire pop toward a "healthy" measure i.e. waist circ #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Nigel Unwin: #Improved care for DM patients can lead reduced #diabetes related #mortality and thus higher prevalence of DM #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Nigel Unwin: There is a need for policy research, and #epidemiological models to evaluate the impact of a potential #policy #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 I will not be tweeting from this afternoon as will be chairing the final session of the day on the health costs of war. #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Population based approaches are the way forward to managing and controlling type II diabetes. #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Numbers need to treat (over 3-6 years for DM II for lifestyle is 6.4 and pharmacological interventions is 10.8. #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Nigel Unwin - 1 in 8 deaths in N. America and Caribbean and MENA are #diabetes related- RR of DM related death higher in #women #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 MENA is top in prevalence of diabetes with 6 out of the "top" 10 countries worldwide hailing from region #rescapmed Embedded image permalink
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 RESCAPMED is looking at the Implications for NCD Prevention and Control - follow the conversation using hashtag #rescapmed
	Moez Zeiton ‏@MZeiton Dec 3 Great to be in Beirut again at RESCAPMED conference looking at Socio-Political Challenges in the Mediterranean Region #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Prof. Nigel Unwin keynote "generating evidence &supporting decision making for public policy aimed at prevention of chronic NCDs" #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Dr Osman: focus is still on communicable diseases, ncds underfunded. Need data to push policy #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Dr Osman: hypertension prevalence increases with wealth in Sudan. But maybe confounded with access to health #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Dr Shahd Osman is talking about hypertension and socio-economic disparities along Sudanese women #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Mazen Makarem: 43% Syrian refugees in Lebanon did not consume any iron rich food in last week. #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Mayen Makarem from UNWFP, Lebanon presents on food consumption pattern among Syrian Refugee Population in Lebanon #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Dr Katharine Allen Population distribution in UAE, grey =nationals, blue outline=migrants, left is male #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Dr. Katharine Allan on burden of NCD in UAE & understanding health differentials by nationality status (expats & indiginous) #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Dr Ben Mansour. Reason for optimism : revolution has opened up debate on healthcare policy. #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Barriers 2: lack of resources, budgeting highly centralised, administrators do not appreciate importance of measures #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Dr Nadia Ben Mansour: barriers to good diabetes care- nurses time taken by administrative tasks, cannot support doctors. #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Nadia Ben Mansour talks about the way health professionals in Tunisia are facing the NCDs challenges in a context of transition #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Dr. Pless Mulloli gives an example of trauma healing using art therapy & creativity in Cambodia. #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Dr Pless-Mulloli: causes of trauma may be universal but healing requires a "cultural embeddedness" #rescapmed
	Mariam Bhacker ‏@maz_rb Dec 3 Great news! MT @NETPHN: we are filming #rescapmed and will put videos online. Will be a brilliant resource cc: @MEGlobalHealth
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Routine collected data from clinics such as the NCD register and monthly aggregated data are underutilised in Palestine #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Dr. Nadim Barghuthi from Palestine on coverage of care for NCD patients in a health district #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 @maz_rb @MEGlobalHealth @DrBalsamAhmad we are filming so will be putting videos online #rescapmed
	Mariam Bhacker ‏@maz_rb Dec 3 Ah! Wish I was there! MT @MEGlobalHealth: Follow @NETPHN @DrBalsamAhmad for the latest from #rescapmed Symposium #ArabNCDs #healthsystems
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 capacity to resist is a fluid concept.The glue that kept people together diminished and impacted on endurance & resilience #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Prof Giacaman: your grandmother was right- stress increases the risk of NCDs along the life course. Ease/dis-ease as continuum #rescapmed
	Global Health MENA ‏@MEGlobalHealth Dec 3 Follow @NETPHN @DrBalsamAhmad for the latest on #Rescapmed #EMRO regional Symposium "Socio-political challenges: Implications for #NCDs"
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Prof Giacaman: well being indices for measuring negative health consequences of conflict require political domain #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Prof Giacaman: how do you measure ambiguity and uncertainty? #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Prof Giacaman: western scales do not capture this need for justice- creation of humiliation scale #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Medicalising the negative effects of conflict driven health ignores and silences need for justice #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 An inspiring 1st keynote from Professor Giacaman from Birzeit University, Palestine encapsulated all the themes of the symposium.#rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Inspiring keynote from prof Giacaman. Post-conflict does not apply to Palestine #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Jennifer Leaning conceptualisation of Human Security describes, explains and measures social suffering. Giacaman keynote #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Internationally developed instruments could not capture the causes & psychosocial and ill health related consequences & meanings.#Rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Prof. Giacaman as public health researchers we need to measure social suffering & link war to social suffering in a causal chain #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Silencing is a powerful form of violence which negatively affects health says prof. Giacaman #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Prof. Giacaman. Wars #EMR are changing from those between nation states to those between communities #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Prof Giacaman: political violence has major effects on health of society #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Prof. Giacaman is one of the editors of Public Health in the Arab World, one of the 1st key text books #EMR #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Dr Ammar. Highly priced pharmaceutical treatments for #NCDs take large part of budget rather than ncd prevention (ie change this) #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 1st keynote speech is from Prof. Rita Giacaman, Birzeit University, Palestine #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Dr. Ammar. The health system in Lebanon is showing a great deal of resilience in dealing with the needs of Syrian refugees #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Dr. Nuwayhid: networks such as rescap-med are so much needed, especially in taking risks to advance new ideas #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Dr Nuwayhid: the research, teaching and practice of public health during political transition offers opportunities for learning #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Dr. Iman Nuwayhid, Dean Faculty of Health Sciences,#AUB #Lebanon. Integrating NCDs in humanitarian actions is new #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Dr. Jabbour: Strong partnerships and research are needed for NCD prevention & control. There is a move from commitments to action #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 If we reach risk factor targets between 2010-2025, can prevent 2.2m premature says #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Progress on #ncd prevention has been insufficient and uneven #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Samer Jabbour : the mandate for action on #ncd prevention and control in #EMR #rescapmed
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Symposium themes include epidemiological transitions & health systems fragility in a context of social &political crises. #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Keynote themes: epidemiological transitions, health systems analysis (and fragility), in context of social and political crisis #rescapmed
	NETPH ‏@NETPHN Dec 3 Prof Peter Phillimore: focus of #rescapmed capacity building project is on the social determinants of health
	Balsam Ahmad ‏@DrBalsamAhmad Dec 3 Prof. Peter Phillimore: RESCAPMED is a network of 11 partners, 6 academic institutions in the region, 4 in the EU and WHO #rescapmed
	NETPH @NETPHN Dec 3 We'll be live tweeting the #rescapmed symposium shortly!

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