Global Health in a Destabilized World Order: Humanitarian Action on the Frontlines

The global health landscape is increasingly shaped by a destabilised world order marked by armed conflict, climate change, and widening inequities in access to care.

We invite you to join us for a timely seminar exploring the realities of humanitarian health on the frontlines, featuring Dr Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).

Global Health in a Destabilized World Order: Humanitarian Action on the Frontlines

• Frontline insights on delivering healthcare in conflict zones and fragile settings
• Perspectives on how climate change and geopolitical instability are reshaping global health priorities
• Discussion on the implications for health systems resilience, preparedness, and global health equity
• Opportunities to network with global health researchers, practitioners and students

Date:

23 March 2026, Monday

Time:

5.30pm – 6.30pm SGT

Venue:

NUS, Tahir Foundation Building, Seminar Room 1, Level 8, 12 Science Drive 2, S(117549)

Abstract:

The global health landscape is increasingly shaped by a destabilized world order marked by armed conflict, climate change, and widening inequities in access to care where once fixed norms, structures and resources are in flux. In contexts such as Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, the erosion of international humanitarian law and attacks on healthcare have had devastating consequences for patients, health systems, and healthcare workers. At the same time, reductions in global health and humanitarian funding are disrupting essential services in fragile settings from Myanmar and Afghanistan to Bangladesh and Somalia, raising urgent questions about the responsibility of the global community to the world’s most vulnerable populations.

These pressures are further compounded by climate change-driven health threats and the persistence of neglected tropical diseases, which disproportionately threaten communities already facing instability.

Drawing on frontline experience with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders, this lecture will explore how conflict, climate disruption, and shifting global priorities are reshaping responses to health needs, space for humanitarian action, and the implications for health systems, preparedness, and global health equity.