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WONM Humanitarian Medicine:
Presented by:
Hon.Dr. Sheila McKenzie, President,
Dr. Humanitarian Services, Public Health Diplomat, Dame commander of the Sovereign Orthodox Order of Knights Hospitallers (OOSJ). Global ambassador for women’s Rights-National Coalition Party of Canada(NCPC).
WONM-Clinics for Humanity The World Organization of WONM is an
international politically and religiously neutral humanitarian NGO.
Mission:
To provide healthcare to underserved people; and to promote humanitarian values through education.
WONM Appointed delegates The work of WONM’s delegates is geared toward
peace, the enforcement of the respect of life, human rights includes rendering help and support to all people of the world, observing the right of safety and peace in all aspects; moral, political, diplomatic, cultural, religious, economic and social.
WONM-WHO WONM adopts The WHO 1978 Alma-Ata Declaration
of 1978
which states that “health, which is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, is a fundamental human right and that the attainment of the highest possible level of health is a most important world-wide social goal whose realization requires the action of many other social and economic sectors in addition to the health sector.”
Departments Humanitarian Medicine outreach
Education
Humanitarian Medicine
“If access to MODERN health is considered a human right, then who is considered human enough to have that right?”
Humanitarianism? Humanitarianism is an informal ideology of
practice, whereby people practice humane treatment and provide assistance to others; it is the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare.
Humanitarianism? Humanitarianism is based on a view that all human
beings deserve respect and dignity and should be treated as such. Therefore, humanitarians work towards advancing the well-being of humanity as a whole.
Humanitarianism? These fundamental principles serve two essential
purposes. They embody humanitarian action’s single-minded purpose of alleviating suffering, unconditionally and without any ulterior motive
Humanitarianism? The most important principles of humanitarian action
posits the conviction that all people have equal dignity by virtue of their membership in humanity, impartiality, which directs that assistance is provided based solely on need, without discrimination among recipients, neutrality,.
Humanitarianism? Embrace and accept all systems of medicine
Respect for the human body
Do no harm
Treatments that are in alignment with traditional healthcare systems.
Empowerment of people
Medicine and treatment systems that are affordable for all people.
Humanitarianism? Humanitarianism drives people to save lives, alleviate
suffering and promote human dignity in the middle of man-made or natural disasters, uplifting people from poverty
These fundamental principles serve two essential purposes. They embody humanitarian action’s single-minded purpose of alleviating suffering, unconditionally and without any ulterior motive
Humanitarianism? Humanitarianism drives people to save lives, alleviate
suffering and promote human dignity in the middle of man-made or natural disasters, uplifting people from poverty
Clinics for Humanity™ Clinics for Humanity provides humanitarian
healthcare service to under serve people in local community and international communities with a minimum of technological, financial, and human resources.
Humanitarian Healthcare Many governments are restricted in providing cost-
effective primary healthcare to the poor,
Reliance on manufactured drugs.
Many doctors are at a loss without expensive hospital technology, technicians, and manufactured drugs
Humanitarian Healthcare
Their lack of knowledge with respect to traditional, eclectic medicine prevents them from using inexpensive, effective and reliable sources of healthcare delivery especially for the medicine to the world economically deprived people
Education? Many doctors are at a loss without expensive hospital
technology, technicians, and manufactured drugs
Their lack of knowledge with respect to traditional, eclectic medicine prevents them from using inexpensive, effective and reliable sources of healthcare delivery especially for the poor
Humanitarian Healthcare Humanitarian outreach is the key to successfully
promoting health and combating disease.
Requires that indigenous people’s rights and all systems of medicine must work together for the best out come for suffering people worldwide.
Humanitarian Healthcare Effective health intervention requires attention to
community-wide needs and resources, team building, and strategic planning - concepts infrequently addressed in the education of healthcare professionals.
HUMANITARIAN HEALTHCARE TO UNDER SERVED PEOPLE
Humanitarian Medicine Outreach
Effective Healthcare to the poor Many governments are restricted in providing cost-
effective primary healthcare to the poor,
Reliance on manufactured drugs.
Many doctors are at a loss without expensive hospital technology, technicians, and manufactured drugs
Their lack of knowledge with respect to traditional, eclectic medicine prevents them from using inexpensive, effective and reliable sources of healthcare delivery especially for the poor
Healthcare for the Poor UHM programs are designed for healthcare
professionals who would like to integrate their practices or for humanitarian medicine outreach.
UHM Education “to provide humanity with an international institution
of higher education for peace with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and
UHM Education The central importance of education, training and
research in all their aspects to build the foundations of peace and progress and to reduce the prejudice and hatred on which violence, conflict and terrorism are based is increasingly recognized. The Charter of the
WONM UHM commission is to contribute to the great
universal task of being our brothers keeper by engaging in teaching, research, post-graduate training and dissemination of knowledge fundamental to the full development of the human person and societies through the interdisciplinary study of all matters related to humanitarian actions”.
Declaration keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall
strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universe
UHM CLINICAL TRAINING- UHM students acquire clinical skill by administering
humanitarian medicine healthcare to impoverished people worldwide.
Humanitarian Healthcare
Humanitarian outreach in Action
CLINICS FOR HUMANITY™
World is our clinical department
Medicine to the developing nations
Rewarding and challenging
Beyond emergency medicine to wilderness medicine
PARTNERSHIP Under WONM Clinics for Humanity™ ,
Healthcare providers administer integrative medicine healthcare services geared towards poor.
Partnership with , healthcare providers and students and under the auspices of a regional ambassador.
You can become a partner and work as a group with a WONM ambassador in your region.
HELP
University of Humanitarian Medicine
University of Humanitarian Medicine
The an international hub for inter- education collaboration of WONM affiliate member educational organizations.
Its mission serve as:
- an international community of scholars of Humanitarian Medicine,
- bridge between, humanitarian educational resource institutes and other humanitarian organizations.
- think tank in support of the World Organization of Natural Medicine Humanitarian programs.
UHM PROGRAMS
Professional development for healthcare providers
Certification: Doctor of Humanitarian Services/Doctor of Integrative Medicine/
Doctoral Research
Fellowships
Seminar
Conferences
Special Appeal
We are depending on everyone in the sound of my voice to support WONM Kuwait ambassador to be a leader in this region for his humanitarian medicine outreach programs.
Thank you