Expert meeting on Health Care in Danger, a Central and Eastern European perspective, 11 – 12 May, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Programme
May 11 (venue – hotel Clarion; Jeremenkova 36)
12.00 -13.30
Registration, lunch
13.30 – 14.00
Official opening (representatives of Olomouc city, county and UP) including brief introduction of HCiD programme
14.00 – 16.00 (16.30)
General session
Information session on “Healthcare in Danger, a Central and Eastern European perspective” – several panellists (each will speak about 10-15 min giving their perspective on the issue)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – Benjamin Charlier
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – Panu Saaristo
- World Medical Association (WMA) – Clarisse Delorme
- St. Elizabeth University of Health & Social Sciences, Slovakia – Vladimír Krčméry
- Red Cross Ukraine – Taras Logginov
- Czech Red Cross – Richard Smejkal
- Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic – Jitka Fikarová
- Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic – Pavla Rožánková
The general discussion with the participants will follow. Relevant documents: The Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project; Resolution on Health Care in Danger, Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2014, Resolution 2286 (2016)
18.00
Dinner in the City Hall with representatives of Olomouc City
May 12 (venue – Palacký University, Konvikt; Univerzitní 3)
9.00 – 9.45
Andrew Thurgood – Citizen AID
Erin Downey – Disaster Medicine
9.45 – 12.30
Expert Working Groups (including a 30-min coffee break)
WG 1 Legal aspects – protection for the wounded, sick and health care personnel during armed conflicts and other emergencies
Guiding question: Which concrete domestic measures and procedures, in particular legislative and regulatory ones can be identified and established to implement the international rules protecting wounded, sick and health care personnel during armed conflicts (esp. international humanitarian law) and other emergencies?
How to make the implementation of international rules more effective and how to repress and sanction their violations?
See: Domestic normative frameworks for the protection of health care, Report of the Brussels Workshop, 29-31 January 2014 (with the recommendations for implementation)
Target group: relevant national authorities – e.g. Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, academics, RC national societies – legal advisers, NGO.
WG 2 Access to health care during emergency situations in peace time including migration
Guiding question: What are the main challenges faced by the emergency services (health, security…) that are involved in the preparation of multidisciplinary and coordinated response to emergencies? In relation to:
- Coordination between civil protection and other services
- Control of panic
- Lack of relevant information and its exchange between services and authorities
- Health professionals security during triage
What coordination mechanisms are in place in your country and what could be done to potentially improve the existing system?
See in particular: Report on Ambulance and Pre-Hospital Services in risk situations and the manual Ensuring the preparedness and security of health-care facilities in armed conflict and other emergencies
Target group: ICRC, RC national societies, academics, relevant national authorities, police, health professional associations, representatives IRS, CitizenAID initiatives, NGOs
WG 3 Military and Emergency services in the context of armed conflict – Ensuring the protection of health care during armed conflict
Guiding question: Based on your experience, which of the existing recommendations for implementing relevant military operational practices are the most relevant? What are the main challenges in addressing them? What could be done to better ensure their implementation at national level, and during multinational operations (including peacekeeping)?
See: Promoting military operation practice that ensures safe access to and delivery of health care, Sydney Workshop, 9-12 December 2013 (with the recommendation for implementation)
Target group: representatives of IRS, academics, military experts (operations, military health services), relevant national authorities, NATO, RC national societies
12.30 – 13.30: Lunch
13.30 – 15.00: Multidisciplinary workshop (W1, W2, W3 groups)
How best to bring holistic and coordinated responses to some of the priority issues identified in the workshops as relevant for the Central and Eastern European region?
15.00-15.30: Coffee Break
15.30- 16.00: Closing Remarks