Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health–Lancet Commission Report: Health in a World of Crises and Impunity

Date: Wednesday, 1 July 2026
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM (UTC+6)
Venue: BRAC Centre, 75 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212

Health in a World of Crises and Impunity, the recently launched landmark report by the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health (CHH) – Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement calls for an urgent transformation of the global humanitarian system in the face of rising armed conflict, forced displacement, climate shocks, and systematic attacks on healthcare.

The Asia Regional Launch of the report in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is hosted and organised by BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University.

Programme and registration

09:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Registration

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Welcome Note Dr Laura Reichenbach, Dean and Director, Centre of Excellence for Science of Implementation and Scale-Up (CoE-SISU), BRAC JPGSPH Remarks from the Chief Guest Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, Additional Secretary, Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC), Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Presentation on the Commission’s Report Dr Sabina Faiz Rashid, Professor, Mushtaque Chowdhury Chair in Health and Poverty, and Director, Center of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (CGSRHR), BRAC JPGSPH Dr Esperanza Martinez, Professor, Department of Applied Epidemiology, Australian National University; CHH-Lancet Co-Chair and Commissioner

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Tea break

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM | Panel Discussion: Health, Displacement and Systems Transformation amid Climate and Humanitarian Crises Moderator: Dr Farzana Misha, Associate Professor, and Lead, Climate Change, Environment and Health (CCEH) Hub, BRAC JPGSPH; Next Gen Scholar, CHH–Lancet Commission Panellists: Dr Md Akramul Islam, Senior Director, Health and Humanitarian Crisis Management, BRAC Juliette Murekeyisoni, Deputy Representative, UNHCR Representation in Bangladesh Dr Sayed Rubayet, Country Director, iPAS Bangladesh Shahariar Sadat, Executive Director, Centre for Peace and Justice, BRAC University

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM | Post-Commission Proposal Dr Esperanza Martinez, Professor, Department of Applied Epidemiology, Australian National University; CHH-Lancet Co-Chair and Commissioner Concluding Remarks Dr Sabina Faiz Rashid, Professor, Mushtaque Chowdhury Chair in Health and Poverty, and Director, Center of Excellence for Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (CGSRHR), BRAC JPGSPH

12:45 PM – 02:00 PM | Lunch