Global Disability Summit 2022: Commit to Change
Complex Care & Disability-Inclusive Humanitarian Action in War and Conflict.
Around one billion people live with disabilities worldwide. 16 per cent of which are attributable to armed conflict.
War does not just destroy communities, it destroys hope. This is especially true for war wounded, unable to access high quality healthcare in conflict zones, and facing the prospect of living a lifetime with an acquired disability, lack of economic empowerment and stigma.
For every one person killed in conflict, 4 are injured. Those who require surgery to restore function and form (reconstructive surgery) have longer hospital stays, more operations, and need more support once they return home.
Persons with disabilities due to injuries as a result of war and conflict have the daunting task of seeking complex medical assistance and protection in the face of catastrophe. With additional risks facing women and girls injured in conflict and war, including gender-based violence.
Swisscross Foundation is honoured to be joining the Global Disability Summit 2022 this year hosting a side event discussion on Complex Care & Disability-Inclusive Humanitarian Action in War and Conflict.
During this panel we hope to better understand how persons with disabilities are often victims twice over in conflict settings – injured, isolated, socially excluded, and marginalized. We hope to share insights on the importance of accessibility of complex care for persons with disabilities in war affected areas - with a particular focus on the most vulnerable populations of women, children, refugees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
As a provider of complex care through reconstructive surgery, Swisscross will share the challenges facing persons with disabilities in accessing complex care in war affected areas and how Regional Centres for Complex Care can help local healthcare systems recover from conflict, looking at surgery, nursing, anaesthesia, rehabilitation, mental health, home care and long-term economic stability for the most vulnerable communities.
The panel discussion will look at how the humanitarian sector can achieve sustainable and holistic solutions in disability-inclusive humanitarian needs, working alongside local groups committed to providing healthcare for persons with disabilities.
The panel will be moderated by Kimberly Gire, the Founder of Global Women Leaders Strategic Philanthropy and Co-chair of the Centre for Disaster Protection.
She will be joined by Dr Ian Furst, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and CEO of Swisscross Foundation. Abid Shamdeen, the Executive Director of Nadia’s Initiative, dedicated to rebuilding communities in crisis and advocating globally for survivors of sexual violence. And Dr Manuel Saenz, General Surgeon with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who was the lead surgeon at the ICRC-run Weapon Traumatology Training Centre (WTTC) in Lebanon, which delivered comprehensive clinical treatment of weapon wounded individuals.
We hope you can join in the conversation and commit to change - making humanitarian complex care more inclusive.
ABOUT EVENT:
DATE: February 16th 2022
TIME: 10AM – 11.15AM (CET)
EVENT TYPE: Virtual Zoom Panel Discussion
TO ATTEND THIS EVENT PLEASE REGISTER HERE: http://bit.ly/3ri0lBX
