Primary Care Global Health Journal Club: Surgical disease burden in global health
After a summer vacation break, the UBC primary care global health journal club is back this fall, on Wednesday, October 9 at 8PM PST.
Our topic will be: Surgical disease burden in global health
Global Health Initiative: Recruitment Night, September 30, 2013
Are you interested in becoming involved in a global health project?
The UBC Global Health Initiative is a medical student run organization that hosts a series of educational workshops and several global health projects with faculty support and mentorship.
Students will present brief summaries of the GHI projects and information on how to apply to be on a project team will be provided at this event.
GHI Workshop: Acute Disaster Relief, September 18, 2013
Dr. Karen Joughin was a member of the Queensland Health team sent to Banda Aceh, Indonesia three weeks after the Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. This experience impressed on her the importance of organized and coordinated disaster relief work.