October 2013
"Strengthening health systems for treating tobacco dependence in primary care": A major publication by WHO Geneva on treating tobacco dependence. The first draft of the four-part training package "Strengthening
Visitors from Iraq
On 22 April 2013, the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training, welcomed a group of senior academics from Iraq to Imperial College London. Ranging from medicine, pharmacy,
Medhealth Cairo 2013
Professor Salman Rawaf and Marion Chaix both attended the Medhealth Cairo 2013 Conference to support the healthcare sector in the Middle East. It featured workshops and lectures on various topics
King Saud University (KSU) delegation
June 2013 As the largest Higher Education Centre in Saudi Arabia, KSU, located in the capital city of Riyadh, goes back in history more than fifty years, displaying principal focus
Athena SWAN Success: Elizabeth Dubois
June 2013 The British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) holds a ‘Research Presentations Day’ each year where women postgraduate students are invited to give short presentations of their research work.
January 2013
In January, staff from the Centre also successfully published ‘Diabetes or war? Limb amputation in Lebanon 2007’ in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. They welcomed a new member to
Post-Conflict Health in Libya
In November 2012, the WHO Collaborating Centre research team and Director, Professor Salman Rawaf, undertook a 2-week WHO assignment to assess the post-conflict health system in Libya. The WHO Collaborating