Our Objective
R4HC-MENA’s objective is to build research and policy capacity in conflict affected areas, focusing on health, political economy of health, and complex non-communicable diseases such as mental health and cancer, and facilitate more effective translation of research into policy.
Our legacy will be a new, networked community with practice, policy and health systems financing and planning informed by the best available evidence.
Our Partners
Our People
Richard Sullivan is Professor of Cancer and Global Health at King’s College London, Director, Institute of Cancer Policy (ICP) and Director (with Preeti Patel) of the KCL Conflict & Health Research Group. Richard is the Principal Investigator and Chair of the R4HC-MENA programme.
Professor Rita Giacaman is a professor of public health and director of the Institute of Community and Public Health at Birzeit University, Occupied Palestinian Territory. Rita is Co-Chair for the R4HC-MENA programme.
Professor Preeti Patel Preeti Patel is a Professor in Global Health and Conflict in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. Preeti is Co-Principal Investigator for the R4HC-MENA programme.
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“Parasitic Swallows”: Experiences of doing research with vulnerable people in humanitarian settings
R4HC-MENA hosted a webinar ‘Parasitic Swallows’ Experiences of doing research with ‘vulnerable people’ in humanitarian settings (March 2021) with panellists Dr Iris Elliott FRSA, Visiting Scholar Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge; Dr Sharon Mallon,
