Internationellt framkommer efter hand starkare och starkare reaktioner mot vapen av typ person och landminor, som ger svåra invalidiserande skador, ofta på civilbefolkningen.

Flera internationella medicinska organisationer, bl a World Assiciation for Disaster and Emergency Medicine och Nordisk Katastrofmedicinsk Förening har uttalat mycket starkt stöd för arbete med målet att förbjuda sådana vapen.

Ger Svensk Ambulanssjukvård sitt stöd för sådant arbete?

Kopia av programmet återges nedan!
/Karl-Axel

Mine Victims Fund presents a conference on:
Mine Victim Assistance:
"THE WAY AHEAD"
Washington D.C. * April 14-15, 1998
Purpose of the Conference
"Define the scope of mine victim assistance existing in the world today, identify problems and shortfalls in the process and recommend strategies for the future"
The Treaty to Ban Land Mines has been signed, but millions of anti-personnel mines still lie in ambush around the world waiting to maim or kill innocent farmers and workers, many of them children. There is an emphasis on Humanitarian Demining removing those mines and getting the land back for use and development, but the carnage continues and with it the need for a global approach to mine victim assistance. More funds may now be available for working with the devastation caused by mines, but funding alone will not solve the problems facing those who have had their lives drastically altered by land mines. Gaps exist in the services provided in the field, programs have varying degrees of success and much must be done to adapt mine victim assistance to individual cultures.
The conference has six major objectives
 Define the global need for assistance
 Examine mine victim assistance programs internationally
 Describe the ancillary services involved in mine victim assistance
 Discuss the data available on mine victims and its use and acquisition
 Examine sustainable services and how to provide them most effectively
 Define funding requirements needed world-wide
At the end of the conference we hope to have contributed to developing
coordinated, long-term programs to meet the needs of those disabled by land mines.
The result of the conference presentations and meetings will be to provide the responsible United Nations agencies and government organizations sufficient program and innovative insights to assist in future planning and policy decisions. A significant benefit will be a new impetus to developing a set of international standards expected of mine victim assistance programs and creating new levels of quality assurance.
Who Should Attend
Government officials involved in mine victim policy, funding and assistance
International aid organizations
Industry representatives from companies able to contribute to mine victim
assistance
Researchers working in areas that could be applied to mine victim
assistance
NGOs concerned with mine victim assistance around the world
Financial executives or officials concerned with development and
rehabilitation
Universities and National Laboratories interested in mine victim assistance
technology
International aid organizations
Military medical personnel

About the Sponsor
The Mine Victims Fund is committed to promote the highest international standards and consistency of care for every aspect of mine victim assistance. The Fund, and its founders, believe in a holistic approach to mine victim assistance, prepared to be a common funding source and general resource for all aspects of care needed in the field. Currently established in the United States and the United Kingdom and soon to open in Canada, each Mine Victims Fund office is an independent, non-government organization designed to serve the needs of victims everywhere. The Mine Victims Fund was created as a matching fund to complement the current, yet still limited resources available today and its purpose is to provide long-term grants to organizations working on behalf of mine victims world-wide. It is totally dedicated to rehabilitation of land mine survivors.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Tuesday, April 14
8:00 am Welcome and Introductions
Jean-Loup Combemale, President, Bergerac International Ltd.

8:15-8:45 am "Setting the Scene"
Carolyn Taylor, U.S. Executive Officer, Mine Victims Fund,
Robert Leitch, MBE, RGN, Senior Research Associate, Casualty
Care Research Center
8:45-9:30 am Keynote: "The Role of the United States in Mine Victim Assistance" Priscilla Clapp, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for Global Demining (invited)
9:30-1045 am Identifying Care for Land Mine Victims
Session Chair: Dr. Howard Champion
"Looking at the Big Picture"
Dr. Craig Llewellyn
"The Public Health Approach"
Dr. Robin Coupland, FCRCS, Surgeon, International Committee
of the Red Cross
"Defining the Problem and Identifying Needs"
Dr. Frederick Burkle, Director, Center of Excellence in
Disaster
Management & Humanitarian Assistance
"A Comprehensive System of Care"

10:45-11:15 am Refreshments and Telephone Break
11:15-12 noon Rehabilitation of Mine Victims in War-torn Countries
Bill Munley, Administrator of Rehabilitation and the
Vitality
Center, St. Francis Hospital, Greenville, SC
Dr. Ljubica Labar, Chief, Rehabilitation, Orthopedic
Hospital,
Biograd, Croatia
Matija Juricev-Martincev, Lead Physical Therapist,
Orthopedic
Hospital, Biograd, Croatia

12:00-1:00 pm International Agencies Policy and Response to Assistance Session Chair: Elena Blansky, Center for Disease Control Richard Feecham, Director, Health, Nutrition & Population, The World Bank Leon Terblanche, Mine Action Team Leader, UNDP
1:00-2:00 pm Luncheon: "Mine Victims Fund: Meeting the World Need" Roland Joffe, Founder, Mine Victims Fund, U.S.
2:00-3:15 pm A View from the Field-Operator’s Perspectives
Session Chair: Michael Boddington, Director, POWER
"Global Requirements"
Gilbert Kombe
"Mozambique- The Public Health Experience"
Carson Harte
"Cambodia Trust- Cambodia Prosthetic Workshop"

3:15-3:45 pm Refreshments and Telephone Break

3:45-5:45 pm Complete Continuum of Care
Session Chair: Robert Leitch, (Conference Co-chair)
"The Need for the Long View"
Dr. Robin Coupland, FCRCS, Surgeon, ICRC
"Acute Care of Mine Victims"
Lorna Jean Edmonds, Associate Director (International
Programs), Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen’s University
Justin Brady, Demining Consultant
"Vocational Rehabilitation for Victims"

5:45-6:30 pm Training Local Personnel
Ian Carrick, COPE-International Inc. ,

6:30-7:30 Hosted Networking Reception

Wednesday, April 15

8:30-10:00 am Skills & Facts Collecting Mine Victim Data
Session Chair: Daniel Layton, Executive Director, The
Marshall
Legacy Institute
"US/Russian Mine Victim Data Base"
David Hunsberger
"Methodology for Data Collection"
Carolyn Taylor, (Conference Co-chair)
"Victim Data Collection in the Field"

10:00-10:30 am Refreshments and Telephone Break
10:30-12:00 noon Prevention of Mine Incidents
Session chair: Dr. George Anderson
Speaker to be determined
"Role of Mine Survey
Tehnaz Dastoor, Associate Dir., Emergency Programs, UNICEF
"Mine Awareness and Prevention"
Speaker to be determined
"New Technologies in Demining"

12:00-1:00 pm Luncheon Break
1:15-2:45 pm Reporting and Consensus Panel Jean-Loup Combemale (Conference Co-chair)
2:45-3:30 pm Synopsis of Recommendations
Robert Leitch, (Conference Co-chair)
Future Events in Victim Assistance
Carolyn Taylor (Conference Co-chair)

CONFERENCE ENDS
Exhibit Opportunities
A limited number of exhibit spaces will be available at the conference site. These will consist of six-foot table spaces with room for a backdrop and video capabilities for a total not to exceed eight feet across. The exhibits will be in the conference area to allow maximum interchange with attendees during breaks and social events. For more information, reservations and rates please contact our exhibit coordinator by fax at (540) 349-9161 or by phone at (540) 349-2922. Eight exhibit sites are available.
Conference Site
The conference will be at the Ramada Plaza Hotel Old Town, 901 North
Fairfax St.,
Alexandria, Virginia, 22314 Telephone (703) 683-6000/Fax (703) 683-7597 on
March
19-20, 1998. The hotel is less than 10 minutes away from Washington
NATIONAL AIRPORT
by hotel shuttle.

Registration Form

To register for "Mine Victim Assistance: The Way Ahead"- April
14-15,1998-Washington DC
Call 1-540-349-0197 or Fax 1-540-349-9161 or E-Mail jlrc@monumental.com,
with the
following
information:
Name:_______________________________________________________________________

Title:______________________________________________________________________
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Organization:_______________________________________________________________
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Address:____________________________________________________________________
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City/State/Code:____________________________________________________________
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Phone:______________________Fax:_______________________email:_______________
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FIRST NAME PREFERRED ON BADGE:____________________________
Regular rate: $295____ Additional Attendee:
$245____
Government/Academic/NGO rate: $245____
Group rates available-call for information. Government rate is only available for local, state or federal government employees if appropriate approval form or payment is received prior to start of conference. Refunds only if cancellation received in writing ten days before conference date. Substitutions may be made at any time. Photocopy form for additional attendees.
Check for $_______ ( to Mine Victims Fund) is enclosed____
Charge Visa No._____________________Exp date:_____________
Charge MC No.______________________Exp date:_____________
P.O. Number________________________Signature(required):___________________
Fax your registration to 1-540-349-9161
Jean-Loup R. Combemale