School of Social and Political Science

Description

Restoring healthcare in Palestine: Scottish and Palestinian partnerships for global and local health and wellbeing

Including the Runa Mackay Annual Lecture which this year will be given by Professor Ghassan Abu-Sitta, Rector of the University of Glasgow: "The Gaza Strip and Ecology of War"

During her long life Edinburgh medical graduate Dr Runa Mackay campaigned for peace and justice. She worked in the West Bank and Nazareth in northern Israel, and actively supported healthcare for all through Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Agenda:

• 12:30 - 13:00 - Gathering
• 13:00 - 13:10 - Welcome (Professor Liz Grant)
• 13:10 - 13:20 - Introduction (Professor Graham Watt)
• 13:20 - 13:40 - 120 Days in Gaza (Dr Ihab Saleh)
• 13:40 - 14:00 - Reporting from Gaza on the non-communicable disease (NCDs) burden (Dr Mhoira Leng)
• 14:00 - 14:45 - Runa Mackay Lecture 2024 (Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah)
• 15:15 - 15:30 - Scene Setting for a Future Together (David Pratt, Journalist and Documentary Film Maker)
• 15:30 - 16:00 - Health Professionals and Advocacy (Gerry O' Hare, specialist cancer nurse)
• 16:00 - 16:30 - Scottish - Palestinian Health Partnership - Forward Look (Philippa Whitford, MP)