This is an introductory course into clinical humanitarian medicine designed by medical specialists with practical experience in the field. The course curriculum provides core content but works beyond didactic lectures and allows for discussion around the nuance in humanitarian medicine and applying them to context.

We will cover clinical topics that are more commonly experienced in the global south but are exceptionally rare in Ireland.

We will also touch on important issues such as teaching & research, humanitarian ethics, and climate change and its impact on humanitarian emergencies.

This is not a Preparation for Primary Departure (PPD) course. Most humanitarian organisations will provide PPD courses which will include important non-clinical topics - these are essential courses but do not typically involve clinical content.

This is not a standard resuscitation course. You will not hear the acronym ABCDE once.

This is not a replacement for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (DTMH) or the Masters in Public Health/Global Health. One could consider these a form of entry and exit exam for the sub-specialty of humanitarian healthcare.

This course is for healthcare workers with an interest in pursuing a career in humanitarian medicine. The course is designed in a way that it can be delivered to those with a range of experience and across disciplines.

Course Co-Director

Clinical Lead for the Emergency Medicine Programme, JFK Hospital, Monrovia, Liberia

Former COVID-19 National Clinical Lead for COVID-19 Response and former Ebola Treatment Unit Doc.
Dr. Hessou is on currently on leave from Liberia to work on a training secondment in Cape Town, South Africa.

Course Co-Director

Consultant in Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Galway, Hon. Senior Lecturer in Global Health, University of Galway

Jimmy has worked in ICUs, EDs, and Trauma Surgery in Palestine, South Africa, Afghanistan, Liberia, and Nigeria. He has worked for MSF and local government and received his DTMH and MPH from MSF & LSHTM.

Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, CHI Dublin

Deirdre has worked with MSF in Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Assoc. Professor in Infectious Disease, UCD, Mater Hospital

Christine has a PhD in Global Health from the University of Liverpool with subspecialty training in clinical virology. She has trained in the UK, Ireland, and Malawi.

SpR in Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Galway

Callum received his DTMH at LSHTM and is currently leading the Green ED initiative at UHG. He has worked in Liberia, Indonesia, and South Africa.

Professor in Global Health, Trinity College Dublin

Fréderique is the Director of the Centre for Global Health at TCD. She has worked extensively in Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on Global Mental Health, Health System Strengthening, and Human Resources for Health.

Assoc. Professor in Climate Change and Health, University College Dublin

Bianca is a scientific advisor to the HSE Climate Action Strategy and visiting fellow to the UK Health Security Agency Centre for Climate Change. She has spoken at COP and is an author on the IPCC AR6 report. She has worked in Uganda, Indonesia, and Kenya.

OBGYN with Médicins Sans Frontières

Sadhbh is an OBGYN currently working with MSF, most recently in Haiti, but has also worked with them in Afghanistan. She also works frequently in Uganda.

OBGYN with Médicins Sans Frontières

Méabh is an OBGYN currently working with MSF, most recently in South Sudan and Afghanistan amongst many others. She also founded an ESTHER alliance partnership in Londiani, Kenya with her home hospital of Mayo University Hospital.

Consultant Paediatrician at University Hospital Galway

Niamh has worked with with MSF in Nigeria and Yemen and received her DTM&H from the LSHTM.

Personal Professor of Travel Medicine & International Health at University of Galway

Gerard is a past president of the International Society of Travel Medicine and works in a number of academic institutions abroad, including Thailand and Malaysia.

Professor of Global Health at University of Galway

Máire’s areas of expertise include global health security, emerging infectious diseases, pandemic management and humanitarian response.

Prof Connolly worked with the World Health Organisation in Geneva from 1995 to 2012 were she was policy advisor to WHOs Assistant Director-General for Health Security and lead focal point for pandemic preparedness from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that she was WHOs Coordinator for Disease Control in Emergencies from 2000 to 2007. She has worked on UN response teams in over 20 countries including Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, Iran, Gaza, East Timor, Uganda and most recently Jordan as part of WHOs Syrian crisis response.

GP, Mayo

EM SHO, Galway

EM Registrar, Galway

GP Registrar, Kerry

GP SHO, Galway

Intern, Letterkenny