- To frame war prevention and reduction as a legitimate area of study and practice for those in the public health and medical fields.
- To advance the understanding among medical and public health students and practitioners of the health consequences of war, and share information and tools on how these groups can contribute to peace building and mitigate the effects of conflict.
- To develop new leaders in the medical and public health fields committed to war prevention and reduction.
Goals of the Conference
News
News article in Real Change: Preventing and curing conflict
Article published in Real Change July 7, 2010 by Robin Lindley. "What if more of us saw war as a ...
Video: Short recap of conference
Eric Becker filmed this 3-minute short of the conference. He interviewed conference organizers, head of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and ...
Video: Kevin Sites on lessons learned as a war correspondent
Kevin Sites discusses the lessons he learned as a war correspondent for major TV networks and Yahoo News. Sites believes ...
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Video: Health Professionals and Torture: Perpetrators, Activists and Healers
Video taped by Mike McCormick with KEXP Public Affairs.