Dear MPW students and friends:
Currently, we are working hard on six Audio-Visual-Cases, which will be launched this summer. We also invite you to come to Nuremberg, Germany, in October to the IPPNW Congress "Medicine & Conscience". The Medical Peace Work Award will be given at the Congress. IPPNW Germany and the MPW Partnership are accepting nominations for possible recipients of the Award 2016 until March 31st 2016.
Best regards and Happy Easter from the MPW team,
Dr. Klaus Melf, MPW Education Coordinator
Content:
1. PEGASUS Conference, Toronto, May 13-15, 2016
2. Intensive Course: Health Systems through Conflict & Recovery
3. International Medical Peace Award 2016: Call for nominations
4. MPW Workshop at IPPNW Western Balkan Meeting, May 6-8, 2016
5. Congress "Medicine & Conscience", Nuremberg, October 14-15, 2016
1. PEGASUS Conference, Toronto, May 13-15, 2016
Pegasus is an acronym built from the first letters Peace, Global Health and Sustainability. It stands also for a thought stimulating conference, convening leaders, change-makers, and participants from multiple disciplines to engage in discourse about actions and policies to improve unacceptable levels of poor health. If you're planning on join PEGASUS, don't delay - register today and enjoy discounted rates! Come out and be part of the conversation with Naomi Klein, Izzeldin Abuelaish, Peter Donnelly, and a line-up of other amazing speakers! Bruce Cockburn also scheduled to perform live!
Spread the news about this exciting conference widely. Early bird registration deadline is March 19th. www.pegasusconference.ca
2. Intensive Course: Health Systems through Conflict & Recovery
The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy, is offering the intensive training course Health Systems through Conflict & Recovery from April 4-15th, 2016. The training is directed to anyone working in the area of health care in conflict zones. The volatility and complexity of conflict and post-conflict contexts pose daunting challenges to health workers – both national and international– who are called to rehabilitate derelict health structures. Lack of properly prepared professionals in this field has often resulted in reconstruction efforts characterized by weak analysis, little understanding, inadequate planning and poor implementation. This training programme intends to alleviate this gap.
Applications must be received no later than 21 March 2016, 12:00 noon (CET). www.itpcm.dirpolis.sssup.it/in-agenda/health-systems-through-conflict-and-recovery/
3. International Medical Peace Award 2016: Call for nominations
The German affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War/ Physicians for Social responsibility (IPPNW) and the Medical Peace Work Network (MPW) ask for nominations to the International Medical Peace Award 2016. The award is designed to "honour the work of health workers who continue in the promotion of peace, the prevention of violence, and the protection of human rights, despite challenging circumstances."
Please do get in touch with Anne Jurema, if you wish to nominate an individual or an organisation (jurema@ippnw.de) until March 31st 2016. www.medicalpeacework.org/mpw-award.html
4. MPW Workshop at IPPNW Western Balkan Meeting, May 6-8, 2016
We are happy to announce a Medical Peace Work Workshop at the next IPPNW Western Balkan meeting, May 6-8, in Belgrade, Serbia. Since summer 1998, medical students, doctors, representatives of local IPPNW groups and alumni of the student exchange programme Bridges for Understanding from Western Balkan countries and Germany come together in annual meetings to learn and discuss together about peace and conflict transformation. The aim of the project is to contribute to bridge building on the difficult road to reconciliation.
5. Congress "Medicine & Conscience", Nuremberg, October 14-15, 2016
The German affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War/ Physicians for Social responsibility (IPPNW) invites for the fifth time to the International Conference "Medicine and Conscience". It will be held in Nuremberg, Germany on 14th and 15th of October 2016. During this congress, the International Medical Peace Award will be presented. www.medizinundgewissen.de