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