ISSOP.org

An international NGO aiming at improving the health and well-being of children.

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

@WHO @UNICEF @HelenClarkNZ @ABanerjeeWHO @DrTedros @unicefchief @Sarah_Dlish @DinaBalabanova @richardhorton1 @ashageorge72 @sunitanar @globalhlthtwit @markskeptic @KarinEEStenberg @MariamClaeson @MagaliRomedenne 📢Publishing tonight at 2330 h GMT and launching tomorrow at @WHO! A major new report from @WHO @unicef & @TheLancet detailing critical, emerging risks to #childhealth & calling for urgent action

📹Watch live from 1pm GMT/1400 CET https://t.co/I966xIHhMI

💻#FutureChild

[Dr. Olaf @DevPeds]

Interesting numbers about the ecological impact of formula feeding via @IssopOrg @UNICEF

[ISSOP.org @IssopOrg]

ISSOP2019 presentations are now available https://t.co/ciclhTauoy

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

#FHS Professor @mfouad61 sharing his experience as a researcher from the Middle East on the #challenges and barriers to conducting #research in conflict zones.
#ISSOP2019 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @AUB_Lebanon @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Dr. @achiumento @LivUni explores the ethical issues in #research involving #children in #conflict settings
#ISSOP2019
@AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Dr. Freeman: empirical studies support views that arms trade increase the risk but not necessarily cause conflict. Regardless of evidence on “causation”, the role of #arms production and #trade as an enabler of #conflict is hard to deny.
#ISSOP2019
@smhwpf @CAATuk @IssopOrg

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Prof. Tilman Ruff @tilmanaruff, ICAN’s co-founder, presenting on the planetary health imperative to eliminate nuclear #weapons.
#ISSOP2019 #nuclearban #nuclearweapons @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @nuclearban @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Dr. Özmert: “the #challenges faced while conducting research include legislations, language, forced #migration, #war crimes, #culture and beliefs, difficulty of access to countries for independent investigators”
#ISSOP2019 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @AUB_Lebanon @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

#HappeningNow: parallel sessions on research methods, #publichealth response, and identifying #torture and abuse among #children in #conflict zones, as well as a pilot study in #Yemen by @save_children
#ISSOP2019

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

.@Dima_Bteddini: The main problematic issues we have been facing in our #research include: confidentiality and security, factors of distrust and fear, recruitment, stakeholders, and #communication difficulties due to language or illiteracy...
#ISSOP2019
@AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg

[ISSOP - Anna Battersby @ISSOP_Trainees]

@lizWWyld @doctorsanjay @PHE_uk @LSHTM @BSACandJAC @bpaiig @HelenEBedford Vaccine hesitancy discussions here at #ISSOP2019 : hesitancy can’t be addressed through education & training alone-what we say as health professionals really matters. Communication is key! IPA have a fab training programme for HCPs @IssopOrg @IPAWorldorg

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Dr. Sam-Perlo Freeman @smhwpf of @caatuk joining #live to address the role of global arms trade in fueling #conflict.
“The size of international arms trade is uncertain due to limited data. However, it’s probably around $100billion per year.”
#ISSOP2019 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Kicking off day 2 of #ISSOP2019 meeting with a presentation by Dr. Motee Ashhab on his personal and professional reflections on living and practicing paediatrics in a #conflict zone
@AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

#FHS professor @DrSamarHajj presenting on paediatric burns among #refugee communities in #Lebanon.
#ISSOP2019 @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Health professionals and practitioners concluding day 1 of #ISSOP2019 meeting with parallel oral presentation sessions addressing different topics on the #children #rights, #health and #wellbeing in armed #conflict.
#ISSOP2019 @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Marit Sijbrandij and Kelly McBride @save_children present on “Psychological assessments as innovative global tools for #health professionals”
#ISSOP2019 @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees @ISPCAN @lebpedsoc

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Parallel session is held by Daniel Martinez and Nikola Morton @MSF on #humanitarian responses in #conflict zones:
Humanitarian paediatrics goes beyond health. It’s about education, protection, childcare, welfare, stimulation and integration.
#ISSOP2019 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

Be part of the @IssopOrg 2019 Annual Meeting at #AUB in collaboration with @ISPCAN and @lebpedsoc, and contribute to discussions over a strategy for the protection of children impacted by wars, occupations, and armed conficts
More about the conference https://t.co/wqDXSX4Dpu
#FHS

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

“I am free but I don���t feel free”
Dr. @JassiSandhar presenting experiences of #child #soldiers in Northern #Uganda.
#ISSOP2019 #childsoldiers @AUB_Lebanon @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees

[Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB @FHS_AUB]

#HappeningNow session on “engaging the voice of #children- generating resilience and resistance” youth are sharing their experience at the peer educators for Beit Atfal Assumoud @MedicalAidPal program in #Lebanon #ISSOP2019
@AUB_Lebanon @JeffreyGoldhag1 @IssopOrg @ISSOP_Trainees