About this webinar

There are notable risk factors for harmful alcohol use among conflict-affected forcibly displaced populations such as refugees and internally displaced persons. However, the issue has received limited attention among researchers and humanitarian agencies. This seminar discussed key challenges faced in addressing harmful alcohol use among forcibly displaced populations and then propose some solutions. It also drew upon the experience of an ongoing intervention study to reduce harmful alcohol use among conflict-affected populations in Ukraine and South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.

About the speaker

Professor Bayard Roberts (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) is a mixed-methods public health researcher focusing on mental health and NCDs among populations affected by armed conflict. Professor Roberts has ongoing studies in Ukraine, Uganda, and Lebanon. He has co-edited a series on humanitarian public health and forced migration for the Lancet and the Journal of Migration and Health, and I was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Conflict and Health. He is on the Editorial Board of Refugee Survey Quarterly and on the Board of Directors for the NGO, the International Alliance for Diabetes Action (IADA).