Erin Lin, an undergraduate student at McMaster University, has been working alongside HHERG members, Lisa Schwartz and Rachel Yantzi, on a video on Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises. You can check it out below and let us know what you…
Category: Palliative Care Research (EPC-IHA)
On World Humanitarian Day, let’s reflect on relieving suffering through palliative care.
Follow this link to see how Dr. Lisa Schwartz and the HHE team were the focus of a reflection on World Humanitarian Day by the McMaster Global Health Office.
“And whom do you let go?” a poster on palliative care in natural disaster settings
Takhliq Amir presented her fourth-year research project poster this week at McMaster University. Congratulations on the great analysis!
How well was HHErg represented at HEI Research Day 2019? Extremely well, thank you.
On March 14, McMaster's Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact hosted its annual Research Day. The HHErg was well represented this year with two poster presentations (below) and an oral presentation entitled, "Dying in the Margins: Palliative Care,…
Read More How well was HHErg represented at HEI Research Day 2019? Extremely well, thank you.
Can a Television Change Perceptions of Ebola?
Fear and dread of Ebola is shared by patients, healthcare providers and the general public. Some of this fear comes from a lack of understanding of how the disease is experienced combatted. Follow this link to read a commentary by…
Cultural history of the flu: reducing the stigma of Ebola.
Follow the link for a blog post by HHERG's Sonya de Laat, Postdoctoral Fellow in Humanitarian Health Ethics at McMaster University. How can cultural history of ‘health’ change disease perception & reduce stigma? A brief comparison of Influenza, 1918-1919, and Ebola,…
Read More Cultural history of the flu: reducing the stigma of Ebola.
Missed our event in Geneva? Looking for a summary? Here it is.
Have a look at a summary of the events that took place 26-27 September when the HHE Research Group visited Geneva. Thank you to our co-hosts CERAH, and to all of our participants over the two days and one…
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HHE Representation at HSR2018, Liverpool
From 8-12 October the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research was held in Liverpool, UK. The HHE research group was well represented with a presentation on the Perceptions of Ebola Virus Disease Research project by Ani Chénier entitled "Beyond…
Moral Experiences of Palliative Care: Poster and Graphic
As presented by Matthew Hunt at the 10th World Research Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) 24-26 May 2018 in Bern, Switzerland. Download the PDF version.
Priceless: the value of building an international collaborative team
As presented by Olive Wahoush at the 1st World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health (MERH), 17-19 May 2018 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Downland the PDF version.
Humanitarian Health Ethics 