13: New Wars – New Epidemics
Curated with Médecins Sans Frontières
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Paul-Flora-Saal
Breakout
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in englischer SpracheTraditional ways of health interventions in conflict-prone regions seem not to work anymore. Increasing violence against health workers reveals a distrust towards traditional health care measures, especially in conflict-prone regions. Based on cases from the Democratic Republic of the Congo we aim to get a better understanding of 21st century conflicts and on how to tackle them.
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Vinh-Kim NGUYEN
Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology of Development, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
| Vinh-Kim Nguyen is a medical anthropologist and physician who works in infectious diseases and emergency care. Over the past five years he has been involved conflict medicine in the Middle East and in the response to Ebola epidemics in Africa. He continues to practice acute care medicine in Canada and with Médecins sans Frontières, teaches Anthropology and Global Health in Geneva, and conducts research on barriers to the elimination of infectious diseases. He is Vice President of MSF Switzerland and incoming Director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. |
Micaela SERAFINI
Medical Director, MSF - Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva
| Micaela Serafini, an Argentinean medical doctor specialized in Internal Medicine, started working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in 2004. Since then she worked in many different countries, in a variety of diseases such HIV/AIDS, TB, Cholera, Malaria, Ebola, Meningitis and Measles and in different contexts, from long term programmes to outbreak response. She complemented her practical experiences with formal training and obtained first the Diploma in Tropical Medicine and later the master’s in public health in Developing Countries at the LSHTM. In 2014, Micaela became medical director for MSF Switzerland. |
Mag. Thomas SEIFERT
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Wiener Zeitung, Vienna
| 1987-1991 | Bachelor degree course, Biology, University of Salzburg |
| 1991-1998 | Master degree course, Botany, University of Vienna |
| Staff writer, Falter, Vienna | |
| 1999-2005 | Member of the Editorial Staff, Foreign Affairs Section, News, Vienna |
| 1999 | International Media Fellowship, Duke University, Durham, NC |
| 2001 | International Visitors Program, The State Department |
| Lecturer, Danube University, Krems | |
| 2006-2012 | Member of the Editorial Staff, Foreign Affairs Section, Die Presse, Vienna |
| 2009 | Lecturer, University of Vienna |
| since 2012 | Deputy Editor in Chief, Wiener Zeitung, Vienna |
