Tuesday, January 24, 2006

PHR's John Heffernan to Speak on Genocide in Darfur

Health, Human Rights and State Obligations:
Glimpses From Around the World
2nd Annual International Emergency Medicine Conference
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center

At a conference presented by the Program on International Emergency Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, PHR Senior Investigator John Heffernan, will speak about genocide in Darfur. His talk, entitled "Assault on Survival: The Darfur Way of Life Destroyed," will be heard as part of a day-long program that will focus on issues of health and human rights facing physicians, relief workers, and policy makers in times of complex humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters.

For more information and to register, visit the conference Web site.

source www.phrusa.org

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