| | Session ProgrammeClick here for a PDF of all plenary sessions details. Social event on Tuesday, 20 April: an evening at the ICRC Museum, click here to know more! PS18 | Parallel session | Tuesday, 20 April 2010 Session PS18/room 2 | | 11:00
12:30 | Emergency and Essential Surgery: Where Do We Stand? | | Chairs: Pierre Hoffmeyer, Head, Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland
Charles Mock, Medical Officer, Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, World Health Organization, Switzerland | | | | A Surgeon's Experience in Haiti | | Mathieu Assal, Associate Professor, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland | | The Challenge of Developing Surgical Care in Africa | | Vincent Djientcheu, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Central Hospital Yaoundé, Cameroon | | The Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care | | Meena Nathan Cherian, Emergency and Essential Surgical Care, Clinical Procedures Unit, Department of Essential Health Technologies, Health Systems and Services, World Health Organization, Switzerland | | WHO Trauma Care Checklist | | Angela Lashoher, Patient Safety Programme, Information, Evidence and Research Cluster, World Health Organization, Switzerland | Background docs Session reports | 
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| Quotes For Health |  So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable.  - Paul Farmer | | | |
