Workshop by

Centre for the History of Medicine and the Institute of Advanced Study, Warwick

22nd June 2018, 10.30 to 4.30

Professor Simon Caney will be giving our Annual Lecture on Friday June 15th. He will talk about Poverty, Inequality and Justice: Development in a Climate Constrained World. This lecture will commence after the Postgraduate Conference in Room OC 1.06, Oculus Building, Warwick University from 5PM. We hope to see you there!

We had to reschedule Sir Hilary Beckles' visit to Warwick University until the next academic year. We will publish the new date as soon as we can.

Asma Jahangir died in February 2018. As the world mourns Pakistani social activist and human rights lawyer, Asma Jahangir, Arjumand Bano Kazmi shares her experience of meeting Jahangir in her office in Lahore. This interview reveals Jahangir’s feelings about NGOs, international funding and democratisation in Pakistan, but also highlights the humanist nature of this unforgettable woman.

Professor Franklyn Lisk (Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick) participated at the annual conference of the Afro-European Medical Research Network (AEMRN) at the United Nations, Geneva on 7-8 December 2017. AEMRN is a Swiss-based global Diaspora health professional organisation that is accredited to the WHO and UN ECOSOC.

The theme of the conference, which brought together European and US-based Diaspora health professionals engaged in health sector development projects in Africa as well as representatives of the WHO and UNAIDS, was 'Universal Health Coverage...Leaving no one behind' (programme of the conference). Here is the PPT of his presentation entitled 'Demystifying Universal Health Coverage: Concepts, goals and impact outcomes'.