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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What can objects left behind by conflict teach us about peace? ☮️ As the UN calls on countries to #InvestInPeace this #InternationalDayofPeace, take a closer look at the The University of Manchester's Humanitarian Archive and some of its stories: ow.ly/QkOM50ZPaLX HCRInstitute | #Research
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Join HCRI's Prof Bertrand Taithe for a special online event exploring the importance of preserving humanitarian memory, bearing witness and ensuring that evidence is not lost. 💻 Webinar, 12 Oct, 5pm (UK) 🎟️ Register via luma.com/4zplndyz
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Dr Vicky Taylor has recently joined @hcrinstitute.bsky.social as an ESRC Postdoc Fellow in collaboration with UoM's Department of Criminology. Her research on the increasing #criminalisation of people #crossing the English #Channel on 'small boats' was quoted in this recent Guardian article.
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More than 1,100 people convicted of illegal arrival in UK since 2022
Data shows victims of torture and trafficking among those prosecuted for crossing Channel by irregular means
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Video from our latest event, with author Kate Kelland, is at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ffI...
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DISEASE X: Moving from Global Failure to Global Readiness
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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
We're joining @hcrinstitute.bsky.social for a special lecture, "Navigating Humanitarian Medical Care in Active Conflict" with Dr Natalie Roberts (@docnat.bsky.social) from @msf.ca. A talk focused on her experiences as a medical practitioner working on the front lines in humanitarian zones. 🧵
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Interested in postgraduate study in disaster management? Our latest webinar features: • Course overview by Dr Martin Parham (HCRI) • Alumni working in global humanitarian careers (World Central Kitchen, BNPB Indonesia, LaunchGood)
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Study International Disaster Management MSc at University of Manchester (briefing webinar)
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Join us for @hcrinstitute.bsky.social Technology Ethics Online Seminar (60 minutes), with Magan Naidoo, Chief Data Officer at the World Food Programme. 📅 Date: Tues 3 March ⏰ Time: 10:00 - 11:00 GMT (11:00 – 12:00 CET) 🌐 🔗 Register at: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/049f1f...
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
📅 New Deadline: 1st February 👇
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
🌊 Reducing flood risk by anticipatory governance: Pakistan Floods in Pakistan are worsening with climate change. This brief calls for 🌱 nature-based solutions and 🛡️ anticipatory governance to build lasting resilience. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/2djnsbdx
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
📢 Call for Proposals: Humanitarian Archive Emergency Project Proposals are sought to map at-risk humanitarian archives, records, and datasets and contribute to developing ethical approaches to strengthen their resilience. 📅 Deadline: 25 Jan 🔗https://tinyurl.com/26hy2amy
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Call for Proposals: Humanitarian Archive Emergency Project
As part of the Humanitarian Archive Emergency Project we are seeking proposals to undertake a census of threatened humanitarian archives, records and datasets and to contribute to the development of a...
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Global Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
On Weds 11th Feb join the @hcrinstitute.bsky.social for a film screening and talk on the subject of 'The 2019 Sudanese Revolution till Now' Screening: Documentary ‘Sudan, Remember Us’ Speaker: GDI's Hamid Khalafallah will discuss Sudan's evolution to date Register here: bit.ly/4pI3W7r
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The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · 07/01/2026
What a way to start the new year! 💫 Four members of our University community have been awarded honours, along with alumni and other affiliates. Read about the honours on our newsroom, www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/u...
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🌍 Interested in disaster management or humanitarian response? Join our free online webinar to learn about the International Disaster Management MSc at the University of Manchester. 📅 20 Jan 2026 | ⏰ 09:00 GMT 🎓 Programme insights, alumni voices & live Q&A 🔗 tinyurl.com/5n93e74c
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🎉 Congratulations to Professor Sir Tony Redmond KCMG OBE Co-Founder of @hcrinstitute.bsky.social at @manchester.ac.uk and @uk-med.bsky.social, recognised with a KCMG in the King’s New Year Honours for his leadership in humanitarian medicine. 👏
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
🎓 Congrats to our grads! 🎓 Yesterday, we celebrated our Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute graduates. Wishing you all the best as you tackle global challenges ahead! 🌍✨ 📸 Our academics in graduation attire.
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The University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk · 09/12/2025
Impressions of Sam Alex, from Gilbert Common 🖌️ Thanks to the very talented @9000atlas on Instagram for our Picture of the Week 🧑‍🎨
Impression of the Sam Alex building done in oil, viewed from gilbert common - five figures of white lounge variously outside
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
👨‍💻 Join us tomorrow for this webinar with: 💡 Dr. Corinne Bara, ETH Zurich - on 'Early Detection of Humanitarian Crises Using Satellite Night-Time Light Data' 💡 Dr. Kristoffer Lidén, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) on 'Ethics and the Governance of Digital Data in Humanitarian Action' 🔗 in Bio
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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
🏆 Huge congratulations to Dr Omer Aijazi, whose monograph has now received its fifth international award since its release last year, as it continues to shape global conversations on Kashmir. Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/h... @uomsalc.bsky.social @hcrinstitute.bsky.social
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HCRI Anthropologist Recognised with Top Feminist Scholarship Award for Groundbreaking Work on Kashmir
Dr Omer Aijazi, Lecturer in Disasters and Climate Crisis at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), has won the Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize for his monograph, Atmospheric Violence: Dis...
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
🌍 Shape safer futures with the @manchester.ac.uk MSc International Disaster Management. Gain skills in disaster preparedness, emergency response & humanitarian action. Learn more: tinyurl.com/36vaacwb #DisasterManagement #HumanitarianAid
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
📢New brief: “Learning from Impact Bond Pilots in Humanitarian and Displacement Contexts” by Laila Zulkaphil. Impact bonds promise innovation — but do they deliver? Early pilots show added flexibility, yet little new funding and no clear edge over simpler models. Read more: tinyurl.com/yfsad62v
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
📢 Join us for the HCRI Landmark Lecture 2025 with Prof. Marsha Henry: “Intersectional Beginnings and Abolitionist Endings.” 📅 Wed 19 Nov | 🕓 4 – 5:30pm GMT Explore critical theories reshaping humanitarian studies. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/yjr3rhrc
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HCRI Landmark Lecture 2025
This year's Landmark Lecture will be given by Prof. Marsha Henry, Queen's University Belfast.
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
🌍 Shape the future of humanitarian action with the MA Humanitarianism & Conflict Response at @manchester.ac.uk Gain skills to tackle crises, understand conflict & drive global change. Flexible study options 👇 tinyurl.com/2fvnrjtp #Humanitarianism #ConflictResponse #HCRI #Postgrad
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
📚 Why preserve humanitarian archives? Digitisation, funding cuts, and instability are putting vital humanitarian records at risk — this post explores why protecting them matters now more than ever. 👉 blogs.manchester.ac.uk/hcri/2025/11...
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Why preserve humanitarian archives?
This article by Flora Chatt was originally posted on the website of HCRI’s Developing Humanitarian Medicine project.             The theme of this year’s World Digital Preservation Day is Why Preserve...
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Global Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
New call for papers: What is the future for global development? We are pleased to announce that GDI is hosting a conference in April 2026, and we are now accepting abstracts for papers and posters. Please see the full Call for Papers for more info as well as the form to submit: bit.ly/4omBJ6o
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Global Development Institute @globaldevinst.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Don't miss the @hcrinstitute.bsky.social Landmark Lecture 2025, which will be given by Prof Marsha Henry of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social on 19 Nov. Register and learn more about the event here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hcri-landm...
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HCRI Landmark Lecture 2025
This year's Landmark Lecture will be given by Prof. Marsha Henry, Queen's University Belfast.
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Belfast’s murals are changing—from symbols of division to expressions of hope and community. 🌈 HCRI’s @birte-vogel.bsky.social co-authored research showing how these artworks reflect shifting identities and peacebuilding. Read more: tinyurl.com/m2m3pn43
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What Belfast’s changing murals can tell us about peace
By systematically tracking changes in murals over time, we have gained profound insights into the dynamics of peace and conflict.
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
HCRI's Prof. Larissa Fast contributed to a new open-access volume from @icrc.org, @unhcr.org & Global Privacy Assembly on data protection in humanitarian action. Find out more here: 📖 tinyurl.com/3yy99ssw 🎙️ tinyurl.com/53kvhzyt
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Prof Larissa Fast contributes to new ICRC book on data protection in humanitarian action
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🎓 People, Research & Real-World Impact — The HCRI Blog From conflict response to global health, explore stories of humanitarian action from staff, students & alumni at HCRI. 🔗 blogs.manchester.ac.uk/hcri/ #HCRI #HumanitarianAction #UoM #GlobalHealth
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
In turbulent times, evidence matters. HCRI's Dr Luke Kelly explains why @k4dd.ids.ac.uk Humanitarian Evidence & Discourse Summaries are vital for humanitarian action. Read more 👇 blogs.manchester.ac.uk/hcri/2025/10/13/why-humanitarian-evidence-summaries-are-essential-in-turbulent-times/
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Why Humanitarian Evidence Summaries are Essential in Turbulent Times
This piece by Dr Luke Kelly, Lecturer in Humanitarian Studies at HCRI, was originally published in K4DD.   Humanitarianism is a broad field that has developed considerably since the 1990s. Accompanyin...
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
📢 Join us for the HCRI Landmark Lecture 2025 with Prof. Marsha Henry: “Intersectional Beginnings and Abolitionist Endings.” 📅 Wed 19 Nov | 🕓 4 – 5:30pm GMT Explore critical theories reshaping humanitarian studies. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/yjr3rhrc
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HCRI Landmark Lecture 2025
This year's Landmark Lecture will be given by Prof. Marsha Henry, Queen's University Belfast.
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Proud to share that @leverhulme.ac.uk & @wellcometrust.bsky.social are combining support for our new 12-month Humanitarian Archive Emergency programme. 📚 Aimed at protecting and rescuing endangered archives and datasets 🤝 Establishing ethical triage frameworks & international collaborations
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Leverhulme Trust and Wellcome Trust Combine Support
Leverhulme Trust and Wellcome Trust combine support for the Humanitarian Archive Emergency (HAE) project based at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at The University of Manchester. This...
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
📢New ESRC project HCRI's Dr Antoine Burgard will lead “Who is a child? Determining age in British & French border policing, 1918–present” (2025–28). The project explores how age shapes migration laws, policies & experiences.
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Who is a child? Determining age in British and French border policing, 1918 to the present | Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute | The University of Manchester
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
How can disaster governance be made more democratic? What role do disaster memories play in making future disaster response more just and accountable? HCRI's @nimeshdhungana.bsky.social and Accountability Lab reflect on key lessons learned from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes🇳🇵💡 tinyurl.com/3myk7a99
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🚨 New from RIAH! Two brand-new Conflict & Health publications are here 📄✨ 📰 Explore the latest insights in global health & humanitarian research: 🔗 riah.manchester.ac.uk/articles/rep...
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Our Research – RIAH – Researching the Impact of Attacks on Healthcare
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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Now in its sixth year, #SouthAsianHeritageMonth returns with the theme ‘Roots to Routes’, exploring the journeys and identities of people with South Asian roots. Dr Omer Aijazi from @hcrinstitute.bsky.social explores this year's theme👉 sites.manchester.ac.uk/humanities-b... @manchester.ac.uk
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Routes of Repair
In Kashmir’s fractured valleys, where ancestral lands are stitched together by memory more than maps, Dr. Omer Aijazi traces the quiet power of repair. His journey, rooted in Pakistani heritage and ro...
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🇳🇵 Now also available in Nepali: documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx...
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🌍 Two new edited volumes featuring HCRI's Prof. Bertrand Taithe are set to be published with @manchesterup.bsky.social! 🧵 Humanitarian Handicraft: History, Materiality and Trade. 💉 Medical Care and Intimacy in the Long Second World War, 1931–1953. 🔗 www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...
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Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press is known globally as a publisher of Humanities and Social Sciences research. We currently publish over 170 books each year, as well as seven journals.
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🇪🇸 Now also available in Spanish: documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx...
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🎓 Celebrating Outstanding Student Citizenship at HCRI! This grad season, we’re honouring 3 amazing students who’ve gone above & beyond in making a difference 💫 👏 Maisy Wood 👏 Selim Iyidirli 👏 Bradley Williams Read their stories + staff tributes 👉 tinyurl.com/39k8z7xp
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
New study shows nearly half of hospital patients in Malawi and Tanzania have multiple health conditions, highlighting a major under-recognised health burden. @hcrinstitute.bsky.social Prof Paul Dark is contributing to this vital research as part of the Multilink consortium. 🔗 tinyurl.com/m7p2rnat
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New study shows almost half of hospital patients in Malawi and Tanzania have multiple health conditions
The Multilink Consortium, a NIHR-funded partnership between the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences and
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Northern Heart, Global Reach “Families are torn apart; lives and livelihoods are lost.” — Nika Kokareva, MAG Ukraine At Global Manchester, powerful stories from Ukraine to Gaza revealed the human cost of war — and the urgent need for humanitarian support. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...
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Pedro Silva Rocha Lima @pedrosrlima.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Bittersweet farewell to my job at @hcrinstitute.bsky.social this month, especially after seeing some of my students graduate today! A sincere thanks to great colleagues, and to Manchester, where I did my PhD and where I got my first lecturer role. Exciting new things coming in October! 👀
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🎓 Happy Graduation Day to all the incredible HCRI students! 🌍✨ Today, we celebrate your achievements and the amazing impact you'll continue to make in the world. Congratulations, graduates! 🎉 #HCRIGraduates #ClassOf2025
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
📣 New policy brief: The Ethics of Research Collaborations in Conflict and Disaster Settings ❓Researchers in Nepal, Colombia & the Balkans reveal gaps between formal ethics & lived realities in the field, shaped by colonial legacies & unequal power. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2xhbd5pw
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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
@minesadvisorygroup.bsky.social @hopeforjustice.bsky.social @hcrinstitute.bsky.social
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Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) @k4dd.ids.ac.uk · 30/06/2025
Many donors are increasingly including restrictions on aid financing. In this report, Kristina Tschunkert from @hcrinstitute.bsky.social explores how aid conditionality is evolving. Download here: k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/shi...
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Shifting Sands: The Evolving Landscape of Aid Conditionality and its Effects
This report examines how aid conditionality has evolved since 2010, and explores the rise of new donors like China, who offer fewer conditions.
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HCRInstitute @hcrinstitute.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
📢 UoM experts are cited in the latest @houseofcommons.parliament.uk IDC report on humanitarian access & international law. Featuring academics from @milcmanchester.bsky.social & ‪@hcrinstitute.bsky.social‬. 🔗 tinyurl.com/46mf4shk #HumanitarianLaw #UoMResearch #IDCReport
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Humanitarian access and adherence to international humanitarian law - Committees - UK Parliament
International humanitarian law includes important rules to facilitate the passage of humanitarian relief such as food, clothing and medical supplies as well as rules on the protection of humanitarian ...
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Developing Humanitarian Medicine (DHM) @dhm-manchester.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Starting off the second day with Roundtable 4: (How) Can humanitarians disrupt NCD drug and diagnostics markets? Drugs, Medical Marketplaces, and Patient Groups, chaired by Dr Janelle Winters and Dr Chimwemwe Phiri.
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Developing Humanitarian Medicine (DHM) @dhm-manchester.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Kicking off Roundtable 2: The Pragmatics of Chronicity: Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Challenges of Managing NCDs in Displacement Contexts (chaired by Dr. Peter Gutwa). Key questions: How do NCDs manifest uniquely in displacement settings? How do interrupted systems affect chronic care?
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Developing Humanitarian Medicine (DHM) @dhm-manchester.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Dr. Pesh Muwanguzi ( @hcrinstitute.bsky.social ) : mental health and NCD care suffered because units and 'star' healthcare staff were redeployed for Covid treatment in Uganda. In the future, Pesh called for NCDs to be integrated into emergency preparedness within its own planning pillar.
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