Swisscross mobilizes specialized medical teams, to provide complex surgical care and hope to victims of wars. All images posted are with permission of patients.
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Under the guidance and supervision of the Office of Mala Mustafa Barzani, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the continuation of the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care Project in Kurdistan has been renewed.
The @SWISSCROSS Foundation established the Centre of Excellence for Complex Care (CECC) in Erbil to provide reconstructive and disability-reversing surgeries for refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and vulnerable locals suffering from war injuries, severe burns, and congenital conditions
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Such a powerful addition to @SWISSCROSS board. Looking forward to working together and building upon humanitarian missions in Iraq and Afghanistan @cfaraj 💯
We’re delighted to welcome @cfaraj to the Swisscross Board of Directors.
An award-winning journalist with over 30 years of experience, Caroline brings powerful insight to our mission of healing through reconstructive surgery in crisis zones.
#HumanitarianAction #Leadership
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Still unsure about enrolling in the #Humanitarian Leadership #Diploma?
🔹Check out this video to hear firsthand from one of our #learners and discover the #skills and benefits that await you! 💻📚
⚠️Register today & benefit from a 20% discount available until August 30, 2024: 🔗 ghi.aub.edu.lb/GHLAD/
ℹ️ Use promocode HLD2024
#HLD #AUBGHI #AUB #GHI #course #OnlineCourse #GlobalHealthInstitute #ActForHumanity
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Enjoying my summer reading, Safer Surgery for Africa. Interesting statistic, 30% of the global burden of disease is surgical, and 0.1% of the #globalhealth funding is directed at surgical care.
What are you learning from your summer reading?
#MercyShips
#Volunteers
#Healthcare
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#PublicHealth systems can't be built overnight. Ignoring surgical care along with a critical third of the global burden of disease, undermines true health access especially for the most vulnerable. #GlobalHealth #humanitarian
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If #publichealth analysis continue to ignore diseases treated by #surgery, health policies will follow that path and we will soon be in serious trouble.
#GlobalHealth #Trauma #StopTheBleeding #Humanitarian
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پشکنین و بینینی چارەسەرخوازان بەم زووانە بڵاو دەکەینەوە
ستكون الفحوصات الطبية والمواعيد مع الأطباء متاحة قريباً.
Examinations and scheduled doctor visits will be available soon.
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پشکنین و بینینی چارەسەرخوازان بەم زووانە بڵاو دەکەینەوە
ستكون الفحوصات الطبية والمواعيد مع الأطباء متاحة قريباً.
Examinations and scheduled doctor visits will be available soon.
Our team arrive in Erbil this week with our Founder and Chair, @EnriqueSteiger and CEO @furst_ian .
Over the coming days we will work with a highly skilled team of specialists internationally & locally. Huge thank you to @UAEAid @Kurdistan @BarzaniCF & all our local partners!
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🔻A call to all #health practitioners working in #conflict settings!
Interested in developing your #research capacity? Here’s your chance to apply for the GHI’s Center for #Research & Education in the Ecology of War (#CREEW) mentored fellowship program, 2025 cohort.
🔎 CREEW is a 12 month program that consists of three phases. Check out this post to know more.
⚠️Deadline to apply: July 30th 2024
🗓️Fellowship start date: September 1st 2024
ℹ️ Learn more about CREEW:ghi.aub.edu.lb/creew/
🔗 Apply for CREEW cohort of 2025: ghi.aub.edu.lb/creew-2025
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The case for greater academic engagement in the humanitarian sphere has never been more important. Humanitarian needs have reached unprecedented levels –
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"Attacks against healthcare are the antithesis of public health."
- @SaleyhaAhsan
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🔻Upcoming Online #Event!
Haven't registered for our upcoming online event yet? Don't miss out on the PrOTeCT #Stakeholder Convention 2024, organized by the Global Health Institute (#GHI) at @AUB_Lebanon in collaboration with the Centre for Injury Studies at @imperialcollege. With over 30 prominent organizations worldwide joining forces, we're tackling the urgent issues of #trauma in #conflict zones.
🗓️ May 20th & 21st, at 10:00 am (UK Time).
Learn more about the event, participating organizations, and esteemed speakers: ghi.aub.edu.lb/protect-stake…
Register to attend online: forms.gle/UwXu9CaQbVbdfdEd6
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🔻Upcoming Online Event!
Join us for the upcoming PrOTeCT #Stakeholder Convention 2024, where global #experts 🌐 unite to tackle #trauma-related challenges in war-affected regions. #Researchers, practitioners, and #policymakers will gather to forge strategies for impactful change.
Organized by the Global Health Institute (GHI) at @AUB_Lebanon, in partnership with the Centre for Injury Studies (CIS) at @imperialcollege , this event will bring together over 30 international organizations.
🗓️ May 20th & 21st, at 10:00 am (UK Time).
Learn more about the event, participating organizations, and speakers: ghi.aub.edu.lb/protect-stake…
Register to attend online: forms.gle/UwXu9CaQbVbdfdEd6
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For every person killed in conflict 4 are injured.
Wounds to the limbs represents 59-79% of all wounds in conflict and war. @SWISSCROSS
Weapons not only cause death and destruction, but also leave vulnerable civilians with horrific injuries.
A 38 year old man suffered debilitating injuries from a bomb explosion, which led to infection.
Our team had no choice but to perform an amputation. #ConflictSurgery #Erbil
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Delighted to meet with HE Sultan Al Shamsi @alshamsi2071, to thank the UAE for its steadfast commitment and support to WFP, and discuss ways to build on our collaboration to provide critical support to the most vulnerable in the region @mofauae.
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What does #Ramadan look like for Syrian refugees and displaced Iraqis in Duhok?
Rather than rolling in with big bulky cameras, we asked two students enrolled in our education programmes to document the past few weeks.
Media colleagues please reach out if interested!
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Registration is open for the #EUClimateAndHealth conference!
Join me and @Emma_L_Lawrance for an exciting 2-day event to discuss the current challenge and needs for research at the interface of climate & health.
Register here by 12 February 👇
europa.eu/!4xjMyN
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👀 SHOULDER & ELBOW SPECIAL ISSUE 💨
#BJJ is calling for original research for a special issue, 'State of the art of shoulder and elbow surgery'! Deadline 31 March 2024.
Check out the instructions for authors!
#Shoulder #Elbow #Surgery #OrthoTwitter
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ALT The Bone & Joint Journal. CALL FOR PAPERS! For a special issue: State of the art in shoulder & elbow surgery. With guest editors Prof Duncan Tennent and Prof Adam Watts. Headshots. Submit your original research by 31 March 2024 for consideration for this special issue. QR code.
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Expectations are high: “I hope you have seen the letter that has just been released, signed by over 1,000 Scientists, CEOs, Indigenous Peoples, Mayors, Governments, Youth, Health Professionals, and Faith Leaders - all urging Parties to come together around a rapid response to the Global Stocktake.”
-COP President, Dr Sultan Al Jaber