CONFERENCE SUMMARY ONLINE

Conference Proceedings Summary Report now available.

CONFERENCE GOALS

Building on the momentum of the first Canadian Refugee Health Conference held in 2009, health professionals and experts from many disciplines will meet to discuss the best health practices, challenges for optimal care, research and advocacy for the refugee patient population.

We hope to see you in Toronto in June 2011!

Dr. Anna Banerji, Course Director

On behalf of the Conference Committee

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Elizabeth Barnett, MD
Professor
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Boston University School of Medicine
Visiting Speaker of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Region 3 Advisory Committee

David Butler-Jones, MD
Chief Public Health Officer
Public Health Agency of Canada

Paul Spiegel, MD
Chief, Public Health and HIV Section,
Division of Programme Support and Management
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference: June 1-3, 2011

TARGET AUDIENCE

Family Physicians
Specialists
Nurses
Nurse Practitioners
Allied Health Workers
Mental Health Workers
Policy and Public Health Specialists

MAJOR THEMES

Screening of Refugees
Vaccination
Malaria
Tuberculosis
HIV
Nutrition
Evidence Based Guidelines
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Women’s Reproductive and Obstetrical Health Issues
Youth Mental Health
Refugee Health Perspectives
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