Developing a Health Protection Strategy for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Focus Group Discussions in Riyadh, Jeddah, Tabuk, Dammam, and Abha In collaboration with the Saudi Health Council (the coordinating body for the integration between the various health authorities in the
Mashael Al Sheikh: Systematic Review on Women and Cardiovascular Risks in KSA
Congratulations to Ms Mashael Al Sheikh, PhD student at the Imperial WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education & Training, for her Systematic Review on Women and Cardiovascular Risks in the Kingdom of
Rethinking primary care’s gatekeeper role – Geva Greenfield
Geva Greenfield, Kimberly Foley and Professor Azeem Majeed ask whether it is time to reconsider the role of the GP as gatekeeper to specialist services, and call for more evidence to
First for Impact: Research Excellence Framework.
The REF’s new impact measure ranks Imperial’s research highest of any major university. Moreover, eight of Imperial’s 14 REF-assessed research areas are top or joint-top for “outstanding” or “very considerable”
1st International Conference of Primary Care and Public Health, 3rd International Congress of Person Centred Medicine
The 1st International Conference of Primary Care and Public Health, 3rd International Congress of Person Centred Medicine, was held at Imperial College London, United Kingdom, from the 29th to 31st
Association of Iraqi Academics UK 2nd Annual Medical Conference 13th of June 2015
Dr Sondus Hassounah and Dr Mays Raheem delivered a presentation discussing their published paper titled “Living Condition Iraq- 10 years after invasion” at the Association of Iraqi Academics UK 2nd
Systematic Literature Review Course
On Thursday 30th April 2015, our PhD students and fellows attended a one-day course on Systematic Reviews, given by Dr Holger Kunz. Through highly interactive and practical sessions, they learnt about
MPH student presentation at the Chevening Conference
What is the link between Ebola outbreaks and Health Systems? This is a question which needs to be asked in order to understand how this virus came to find its
First WHO Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia
Place: Geneva, Switzerland Date: 16–17 March 2015 On 16 and 17 March 2015, WHO will be hosting its first Ministerial Conference on Global Action Against Dementia. Ministers from around the world, as
Conference: Celebrating Primary Care Achievements
The 1st International Conference of Primary Care and Public Health Medicine 3rd International Congress of Person Centred Medicine CELEBRATING PRIMARY CARE ACHIEVEMENTS Seeing the person behind the patient: A life
News bytes: December 2014
The WHO CC was represented at the 7th European Public Health Conference entitled ‘Mind the gap: Reducing inequalities in health and health care’ – Glasgow, UK (19 - 22 Nov
New publication
The WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Training and Education/Department of Primary Care and Public Health are pleased to announce a new publication in Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. The article,
Sample reports now available
During the years the WHO CC has produced reports for different health-related situations abroad. Samples of these reports are now accessible through the website. Click here for more.
The Right to Health
Dr Sondus Hassounah examines the challenge of securing good health in the Arab States: http://cafecommunique.org/health-and-human-rights/item/the-right-to-health
The Lancet Series on “Health in the Arab world: a view from within”
Professor Rawaf, attended the launch of The Lancet Series on “Health in the Arab world: a view from within” at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, on January 20, 2014.
Half-a-Million Iraqi Deaths since 2003
War and occupation directly and indirectly claimed the lives of about a half-million Iraqis from 2003 to 2011, according to a groundbreaking survey of 1,960 Iraqi households. The violence peaked
October 2013
"Strengthening health systems for treating tobacco dependence in primary care": A major publication by WHO Geneva on treating tobacco dependence. The first draft of the four-part training package "Strengthening
Athena SWAN Success: Elizabeth Dubois
June 2013 The British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) holds a ‘Research Presentations Day’ each year where women postgraduate students are invited to give short presentations of their research work.
January 2013
In January, staff from the Centre also successfully published ‘Diabetes or war? Limb amputation in Lebanon 2007’ in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. They welcomed a new member to