The Health Impact of the "War on Terror" Lessons for the Future

A LIVE WEBCAST FEATURING:

Victor W. Sidel, MD 

Dr. Sidel is Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College. Trained in internal medicine and public health, he headed the Community Medicine Unit at Massachusetts GeneralHospitaland chaired the Department of Social Medicine at Montefiore and Einstein. Dr. Sidel was a founder of the Physicians for Social Responsibility and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which was the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He has served as President of both organizations, and as President of APHA and the Public Health Association of New York City

Barry  S. Levy , MD, MPH

Dr. Levy is an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at Tufts University School of Medicine and a consultant in occupational and environmental health. Trained in internal medicine and preventive medicine, he served as a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and as a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He worked in Kenya for the Carter Center and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Dr. Levy served as a program director at Management Sciences for Health and as Executive Director of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. Overall, he has worked in more than 20 countries. He served as President of APHA

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To better understand the following:

• Morbidity and mortality caused by wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
• Forced migration as a result of the wars
• Economic costs of the wars
• Violations of human rights by the wars
• Future reductions of military expenditures
• Provision of adequate health services for veterans
• Reintegration of veterans
• Avoidance of future "terrorist" attacks