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Yemen SIG

Vision and Aims

Yemen is currently in its tenth year of conflict but is largely out of view of the rest of the world except for recent events in the Red Sea. The country has significant public health needs and opportunities for action by the global community.

Our vision as a Special Interest Group (SIG) is to enable action that addresses the public health needs of Yemenis. This vision has three distinct but interconnected aims for the next three years:

  1. Advocate for Yemen and raise the profile of its needs and opportunities.
  2. Strengthen public health skills and research capabilities of health practitioners in Yemen or projects relating to Yemen.
  3. Support knowledge sharing and networking between those with an interest in improving public health outcomes for Yemen.

Objectives

  • Provide a forum for FPH members who are interested in the contribution that public health can make to improving the health of the population of Yemen in a war and post war situation.
  • Contribute new ideas and possible policy avenues to the agenda of the health in Yemen.
  • Pilot and evaluate the use of social media to disseminate preventative messages to populations displaced by war and to areas where the health system has collapsed.
  • Support the work of the Global Violence Prevention SIG (by drawing the practical experience of the Yemen SIG) in collating and developing a body of evidence-based knowledge on what are the important actions to take to develop and rebuild the health system during and post conflict.

Chair

The Yemen SIG is chaired by Ann Hoskins (drannhoskins@gmail.com) and reports to the Faculty's Global Health Committee.

Join the Yemen SIG

FPH members can join this SIG by logging into their FPH members’ portal account, selecting the ‘Committees/SIGs’ button and choosing the correct SIG. You will then be asked to provide a few details, following which your application will be automatically approved. Further details on FPH membership are available here.

SIG's newsletter

The Yemen SIG has committed to producing a quarterly newsletter to highlight some of the group's work and opportunities. The first edition is available in the link below.

Yemen SIG Quarterly Newsletter | Autumn 2023

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