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Date: Wednesday聽June聽2nd, 2021聽聽
Time: 12-1PM EDT
Topic: "Health justice and quality of care"

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According to the WHO (2018), "PHC is rooted in a commitment to social justice, equity and participation."聽Drs. Lynda Redwood-Campbell and Sabina Faiz Rashid will reflect on the adaptability of PHC models to fulfill this aspiration by drawing upon their experiences in working with and listening to underserved populations in the context of humanitarian crises and ethnographic research.聽How can PHC services can be聽delivered聽and scaled up to respond to the health and development needs of people in聽precarious or emergency settings, all while ensuring equity in accessibility and quality? How can聽we reimagine聽and build more resilient health systems in people-centred, context-specific and sustainable ways?聽Join us as we聽discuss lessons learned and innovative examples of PHC delivery models around the world.

Dr. Lynda Redwood-Campbell MD, FCFP, DTM&H, MPH聽is a family physician with research, scholarly and international expertise in global health, immigrant/refugee health and humanitarian response. Her interest is how to integrate PHC into disaster preparedness/response in policy and action. She has worked in many resource-poor countries and as part of several emergency responses including with the ICRC Red Cross field hospital in Indonesia after the December 2004 Tsunami and the Kashmir 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, the 2010 Haiti earthquake and cholera outbreak. She continues to lead global capacity-building initiatives聽focused on health human resources and primary care delivery.聽聽She has also chaired the global health committee of the Canadian College of Family Physicians and served on various international editorial boards including the Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Journal.聽

Dr. Sabina Faiz Rashid PhD聽is Dean & Professor at BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University. She specializes in ethnographic and qualitative research聽that explores the impact of structural and intersectional factors on the ability of marginalized populations (i.e.聽sexual minorities, refugee populations, adolescents, slum dwellers) to realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights.聽In 2008, she founded the Centre for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and co-founded the Centre for Urban Equity and Health in 2013.聽Professor Rashid has led/co-led numerous local and multi-country research and capacity building initiatives and serves on several national and global boards and committees.聽