Webinar: Treating Non-Communicable Diseases During Humanitarian Emergencies

Recorded November 8, 2017 — Dr. Linda Mobula presents “Treating Non-Communicable Diseases During Humanitarian Emergencies.”

Dr. Mobula currently serves a Public Health and Infectious Disease advisor with the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance at the United States Agency for International Development. She holds a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from the University of Arizona, an MD from UCSF with a concentration in Global Health, and an MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with a concentration in Health in Crisis and Humanitarian Emergencies. Dr. Mobula served with Samaritan’s Purse during the Ebola response in Liberia and the USAID/OFDA Ebola response in Guinea.

Quick Links & Resources for this Webinar

Download the slides from this presentation.

Conflict and Health: Non-Communicable Diseases in Humanitarian Settings: Ten Essential Questions

PLOS Current Disasters: Prevalence of Hypertension Among Patients Attending Mobile Medical Clinics in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan 

PLOS Medicine: Non-Communicable Diseases in Disasters: A Call To Action

PLOS Medicine: Three Steps to Improve Management of Noncommunicable Diseases in Humanitarian Crises

WHO: Non-Communicable Diseases in Emergencies

WHO: Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases 2010 

Cambridge University Press: Burden of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality Following Humanitarian Emergiencies

MSF: Non-Communicable Diseases – Programmatic and Clinical Guidelines (MSF OCA)

To find out more information about medical opportunities with Samaritan’s Purse, check out World Medical Mission and DART.

Beyond this Presentation

If you enjoyed this session, you might also enjoy Dr. Mobula’s previous presentations on Post-Ebola Syndrome, Vitamin A Deficiency and Clinical Disease, and Cholera Epidemic Response.