[act-ma] 10/18 Meeting the Unique Medical Needs of Migrants and Refugees

[Charlie Welch]

The /Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors without Borders/  Force from Home 
exhibit on refugees / displacement is now in Boston at LongWharf - 
October 15-23. The website forcedfromhome.com 
<http://forcedfromhome.com> has more info.

  Phyllis Bennis went through the exhibit while it was in DC and urged 
people to engage with it.

Also


  Meeting the Unique Medical Needs of Migrants and Refugees

RSVP <http://www.forcedfromhome.com/events/panel-discussion-boston/#tickets>

Boston, MA
October 18 -- 7:30pm

Join Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for a free 
panel discussion at the Old South Meeting House in Boston that will take 
an in-depth look at the unique and often life-threatening health 
challenges facing the world’s 65 million displaced people.

For decades, Doctors Without Borders has treated displaced people along 
every stage of their journeys—in their home countries, along the routes 
they traverse, and in refugee camps and other destinations—paying 
special attention to the specific health risks in the chaotic, 
overcrowded, and uncertain circumstances they must endure. But now, when 
there are more displaced people in the world than there have been since 
World War II—many of whom arrive with chronic conditions, many who are 
trying to survive outside of established refugee camp settings—Doctors 
Without Borders has had to find new ways to address the medical issues 
of people on the move.

Our panel of experienced aid workers will share their stories of 
treating people in these precarious circumstances and discuss the 
particular challenges facing people who have been, through no fault of 
their own, forced from home.

Presented in collaboration with Old South Meeting House as a Partners in 
Public Dialogue Program.

A Q&A will follow the discussion.

Panelists and moderator to be confirmed.

*NOTE: Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please 
arrive early. If you have not checked-in prior to five minutes before 
the start of the panel, your reservation is no longer guaranteed.*