| 2010 |
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| March/April |
16th Meeting of Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters in coll. with IAHM (Istanbul, Turkey) |
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| 2009 |
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| October |
MBC Instructional Course in coll. with IAHM (Belgrade, Serbia) |
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| 2008 |
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| April |
MBC Instructional Course in coll. with IAHM (Bucharest, Romania) |
| May |
15th Meeting of Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters in coll. with IAHM (Athens, Greece) |
| September |
61st Annual DPI/NGO Conference "Reaffirming Human Rights for All" UNESCO in coll. with IAHM (Paris, France) |
| October |
"MBC Instructional Course on burns and fire disasters" in coll. with IAHM (Malta) |
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| 2007 |
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| February |
MBC Instructional Course in coll. with IAHM (Tunis, Tunisia) |
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| 2006 |
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| May |
14th Meeting of MBC in coll with IAHM (Casablanca, Morocco) |
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| 2005 |
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| October |
"International Conference on Current Problems of Health and Society: the right to ask to duty to help - The resurgence of nucleear violence and instability" organized by IAHM and Pugwash Mouvement in coll. with MBC (Palermo, Italy) |
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| 2004 |
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| October |
13th Meeting of MBC in coll. with IAHM (Nicosia, Cyprus) |
| November |
"Basil Fuleiman Seminar for Burns " State of the art in burn treatment" in assoc. MBC and IAHM |
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| 2003 |
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| February |
The Rotary International district 2100, Rotary Club Napoli Est, Rotary International, Rotary Club Palermo Est, in collaboration with the MBC, the International Association of Humanitarian Medicine, the Medical Society of WHO, The international Federation of Surgical Colleges and the local Italian authorities, presented the 3rd International Symposium "Humanitarian Medicine Promotes International Understanding/Right to Health and Humanitarian Action" held in Naples (Italy) |
| December |
The IAHM, the 2nd University "Tor Vergata" - Rome, the Lazio Region, in coll with MBC, IFSC, Italian Red Cross presented the 4th International Symposium on "Humanitarian Medicine and Health for All" held in Rome (Italy) |
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| 2002 |
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| March |
The MBC, in collaboration with the International Association of Humanitarian Medicine and the local Italian authorities, presented the 2nd International Symposium "Right to Health and Humanitarian Action" held in Modena (Italy) |
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| 2000 |
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| November |
The MBC, in collaboration with the International Association of Humanitarian Medicine and the local Italian authorities, was presented the Inaugural Symposium on Health and Humanitarian Action. |
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| 1999 |
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| March |
The President of the Club, Prof. S.W.A. Gunn, and the Secretary General, Prof. M. Masellis, were invited to attend the Special International Symposium on Health and Human Rights held at the Council of Europe, Strasburg. |
| April |
The MBC facilitated the sending of a humanitarian convoy sent by AMELISAP France requering the collaboration of the Italian Civil Defence Department. |
| September |
Prof. Gunn presents a proposal to the High Commissioner for Human Rights concerning "Man-conceivied disasters" |
| October |
Prof. Gunn lectured at the University of Geneva on Humanitarian Medicine. |
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| 1998 |
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| April |
A section of five beds has been set up in the Department of Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy at Civic Hospital Palermo the seat of the Mediterranean Burns Club - WHO Collaborating Centre. In the spirit of humanitarian action this section is dedicated to hospitalize and care for patients from developing Countries or geographical areas in critical socio-economic situations.
So far patients have been treated from Albania, Kosovo, and Syria sent by humanitarian organizations through Embassies.
Other hospitals have been invited to adopt similar initiatives with the intention of creating an international network of humanitarian medical assistance.
A section is being set up at the Department of Pediatrics Children's Burn Unit directed by Prof. Marija Trop in Graz (Austria).
Link-ups have also been made with XII Octubre Hospital, Valencia (Spain), where patients from Bangladesh are treated.
Anybody who thinks they can organize such a humanitarian medicine section in their hospital and wish to help to extend this network can contact the Secretariat of the Mediterranean Club for Burns and Fire Disasters, fax +39 091 596404, e-mail mbcpa@medbc.com |