WHO CC welcomes two new Honorary Senior Lecturers
The WHO CC is pleased to announce Dr Talha Al-Shawaf and Dr Wieam Ahmad as Honorary Senior Lecturers for the Centre.
WHO CC training course on Advanced Academic Skills
On the 3rd Of February, the WHOCC and the Department of Primary Care and Public Health will be welcoming their next wave of Academic Delegates from around the world, to
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
Visitors from Iraq
On 22 April 2013, the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training, welcomed a group of senior academics from Iraq to Imperial College London. Ranging from medicine, pharmacy,
Medhealth Cairo 2013
Professor Salman Rawaf and Marion Chaix both attended the Medhealth Cairo 2013 Conference to support the healthcare sector in the Middle East. It featured workshops and lectures on various topics
King Saud University (KSU) delegation
June 2013 As the largest Higher Education Centre in Saudi Arabia, KSU, located in the capital city of Riyadh, goes back in history more than fifty years, displaying principal focus
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
Post-Conflict Health in Libya
In November 2012, the WHO Collaborating Centre research team and Director, Professor Salman Rawaf, undertook a 2-week WHO assignment to assess the post-conflict health system in Libya. The WHO Collaborating