Wars in the 21st Century: Mental Health Impacts, Intervention Strategies, and the Cost to Our Humanity

Meet the Speaker : Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb

Dr. Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb is a medical doctor, public health specialist, and humanitarian health professional with more than 24 years of experience in clinical medicine, mental health, and humanitarian response. Trained in Latvia, he began his humanitarian career after moving to Gaza, working first as a frontline physician and later in senior medical leadership roles in some of the world’s most challenging humanitarian settings.

Throughout his career with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr. Abu Mughaiseeb has supported health services and emergency responses in Gaza, the West Bank, and Syria. From 2020 to September 2025, he served as Deputy Medical Coordinator for MSF in the occupied Palestinian territories, where he provided strategic medical leadership, strengthened programme quality and clinical governance, supported multidisciplinary teams, and contributed to emergency preparedness and healthcare delivery during conflict.

Dr. Abu Mughaiseeb currently serves as a Medical Advisor in the Social Science Unit at MSF UK. His work focuses on community mental health, mental health and psychosocial support, trauma-informed care, operational research, evidence generation, and humanitarian health policy. He also contributes to research, publications, professional training, and international advocacy, and has spoken at forums including the World Psychiatric Association, the American Public Health Association, and the Global Health International Congress.

He holds a Doctor of Medicine degree and a Master of Public Health specialising in Community Mental Health, alongside training in psychodrama supervision, medical leadership, intensive care, war surgery, and humanitarian field management. Following his evacuation from Gaza, Dr. Abu Mughaiseeb is now based in Ireland, where he continues to combine field experience, research, teaching, and advocacy to support people and health systems affected by conflict and displacement.

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