21st January 2025
🗓️ Tuesday 21 January 2025
⏰ 12.00 – 14.00 GMT
Join us for our next webinar to gain insights into the public health impacts of conflict on children.
Children are inherently vulnerable to conflict injury and living in conflict areas affects their long-term health, mental health and development. This multisectoral webinar, brought to you by the Humanitarian Leadership Academy and the Paediatric Blast Injury Partnership, will address some of the public health impacts of conflict on children and shares successful approaches from experts in the field.
Confirmed sessions and speakers
Dr Hannah Wild, EXTRACCT, Program for Global and Rural Surgery, University of Washington – Child Casualties of 21st Century Conflict
Dr Paul Reavley / Dr Gavin Wooldridge, PBIP & NHS – Paediatric Blast Injuries and Introduction to the Field Manual
Dr Hans-Joerg Lang, ALIMA, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health; Germany – Essential Critical Care for Malnourished Children
Dr Najwa Al Dheeb, UNICEF – Nutrition Programming for Children during Conflict
Dr Almothana Alessa, Care International – Adolescent Mothers Against All Odds in NW Syria
Dr Alexandra Glos, Centre for Bioethics, Pontifical Catholic University, Chile – “Playing helps you feel at home”: recovery and reintegration of child migrants and refugees in Chile.
Arij Bou Reslan, MA, MBACP, MBPsS, PBIP – Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support considerations for children living in conflict
Available in English and Arabic.
Who should attend
This webinar is suitable for anyone whose work impacts children in conflict zones. It is an important opportunity to join a global conversation on an integrated, child-centred approach to supporting children in conflict zones.