Global Health Initiative Workshop: Aboriginal Health, November 30, 2011
GHI and AHI (Aboriginal Health Initiative) are collaborating on presenting the Aboriginal Health workshop on Wednesday, November 30th. Dr. Behn-Smith will speak about her “Medicine Woman” documentary, what she learned from her life changing trip around the world, and how it has impacted her current medical family practice with Aboriginal patients. Dr. Tu will be speaking on his research and his personal clinical experience working within Infectious Diseases in the Aboriginal population.
From Lab to Village: The Grandest Challenge Book Review
Dr. Daar and Dr. Singer, co-authors of a new book titled The Grandest Challenge are both passionate about improving the lives of people living in the developing world by linking and applying modern technology to communities in developing countries. On October 28th at UBC, they took the audience on a journey with photos to discuss their new book. Sara Eftekhar (UBC Nursing student) provides a review of the discussion.
Global Health Initiative Workshop: Nutrition, November 9, 2011
There will be a GHI workshop addressing international nutrition on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. Dr. Alice Temu will speak about approaches to improving a community’s nutritional status and common mistakes international workers make when implementing nutritional programs.