When the Shooting Stops: Post-Conflict Health in the Developing World (When the Shooting St)
Venue: Stanford University
Location: Stanford, California, United States
Event Date/Time: Feb 20, 2010 | End Date/Time: Feb 20, 2010 |
Description
The links between conflict and elevated non-combat death tolls are varied, but include the destruction of sanitary infrastructure, the stress of mass refugee movements, and the psychological and physical damage from rape and forced conscription. This year’s conference will show how these factors combine to create deadly conditions during and after conflict. Undergraduates and graduates alike will benefit from this one-day conference intended to inform, inspire, and involve students from diverse academic backgrounds.
Join us in exploring these issues with Andrew Natsios, the Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from 2001-2005, and four expert panels of academics, NGO organizers, and government officials. Focused on different areas of conflict, these panels include:
1) Humanitarian Intervention: The Question of Sovereignty in Sudan
2) The Spread of Infectious Disease in the Wake of Conflict in Democratic Rep. of Congo
3) The Psychological Scars of War in Chechnya
4) Refuges and Refugees: Children in Conflict Zones in Burma