New Views on Health and Conflict: Mitigating Impact and Rebuilding Health Systems
| Date | Friday, September 25, 2009 |
| Location | Conference Room A, The Stimson Center, 1111 19th Street, NW, Washington DC 20036 |
Dr. Len Rubenstein, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Gloria J. Kim & Marcia D. Fernandez, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University presented findings on the impact of armed conflict on population health and health systems, and the implications for U.S. national security and foreign assistance strategies. Gloria Kim and Marcia Fernandez presented their research for the 3D Security Initiative on health patterns and health delivery in conflict zones. Distinguished discussant Len Rubenstein discussed his work on effective strategies to help states protect population health and promote health reconstruction in post-conflict settings, completed during his recent tenure as a Jennings Randolph Senior Fellow with the U.S. Institute for Peace.
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This event was jointly hosted by the Stimson Center, 3D Security Initiative and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP).
Speakers included:
Gloria J. Kim & Marcia D. Fernandez
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Leonard Rubenstein, JD, LLM
Visiting Scholar
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Author of Post-Conflict Health Reconstruction: New Foundations for a U.S. Policy
In this report, USIP fellow Leonard Rubenstein looks at the impact of armed conflict on health indicators in various hotspots around the world, and the underlying connection between health and U.S. policy towards countries in and emerging from conflict.
Moderator:
Julie Fischer
Global Health Security Program, the Stimson Center