Event Date: September 27, 2013 - 12:00 pm
Location: FSS4007, 120 Université Privé , Ottawa
Presented by the Canadian Red Cross Society and CIPS.
Free. In English with a bilingual question period. Registration required. To register, click here.
Light Snacks and Refreshments will be provided.
This panel will feature a number of experts working in conflict and emergency situations who will engage in a discussion on the challenges involved in delivering health care to populations safely. Speakers will include experts from the Canadian Red Cross, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), as well as local hospital directors, who will provide direct perspectives from the field. Participants will have an opportunity to ask panelists questions and engage in a discussion on the topic more broadly. The panel discussion will be followed by an optional screening of the film “Access to the Danger Zone.”
The Canadian Red Cross Society is part of the largest humanitarian network in the world, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. This network includes the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation) and 187 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies dedicated to improving the situation of the most vulnerable throughout the world.
MSF is one of the world’s leading independent international medical relief organizations, working in around 80 countries worldwide and with operational centres and national offices in 19 countries.