2018 Fragile Environments and Global Health

The 2018 edition of the CCGH examined the theme of Fragile Environments and Global Health: Examining drivers of change.  CCGH 2018 warmly welcomed close to 600 researchers, policymakers, students, practitioners and stakeholders from health, humanitarian and other sectors to share their wisdom on how the global health community can drive change in fragile environments on November 19-21.

View the highlights from #ccgh2018 here!

Program:

• Final report
• PDF Full program
• Poster award winners - sponsored by CSIH, CCISD and CCGHR
  • Best Student Poster: Keisha Jefferies, Dalhousie University, 
    The experiences of nurse-midwives and obstetricians delivering postpartum care with limited resources in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Saamiyah Ali Mohammed, Union of Medical Care and Relief Organizations 
    Gender-transformative programming in a Syrian context: results and recommendations derived from a qualitative social relations study and analysis
  • Anushka Ataullahjan, University of Alberta
    Family Planning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Site of Resistance
  • Miguel Terradas, Université de Sherbrooke
    Santé mentale au Mali : Développement d’outils d’évaluation culturellement adaptés et portrait préliminaire de la situation
• Abstract books:
  • Poster abstracts
  • Oral abstracts
• A conversation with Helen Clark: In a sit-down interview with CTV National News Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme at CCGH, former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said that the reason issues such as women’s health and sexual violence remain so pervasive is due to a lack of women at the table.

The official partner for 2018 was the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health(CanWaCH)

Major sponsors included:

• Global Affairs Canada
• International Development Research Centre