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Interview with a Canadian Doctor Working in Zimbabwe for 26 Years – ZimCanHealth Initiative 2017
Dr. Bret Batchelor, the Enhanced Surgical Skills (ESS) GP, recently joined the ZimCanHealth Initiative Team 2017 and visited Karanda Mission Hospital in rural Zimbabwe. During this trip, he had the opportunity to work with and interview Dr. Paul Thistle, a Canadian OB/GYN who has worked in Zimbabwe for the past 26 years. The discussion was […]
The online Global Health Course Platform has been launched!
Have you ever tried to take an online global health course but were unsure whether the course would contain useful content delivered in an efficient and engaging way? The newly launched UBC online Global Health Course Platform could be somewhere to start your global health learning journey. View the introduction video. Go to the platform. […]
Refugee Health Initiative — Updates from 1 year on
Submitted by Refugee Health Initiative Executive 2016-2017 (Adam Stich, Jasper Johar, and Yasmeen Mansoor) Amidst the Syrian refugee crisis in May 2016, a cohort of medical students at UBC established the Refugee Health Initiative (RHI) to provide personalized support and empowerment to refugee families in the lower mainland of Vancouver. After a successful pilot […]
The Gulu-UBC Department of Medicine Partnership and Global Health Equity
Submitted by Dr. Jan Hajek The number of field-based global heath electives is increasing as the pressing need to address global health inequities is recognized among trainees, educators, and clinicians. The growing partnership between the UBC Department of Medicine and Gulu Referral Hospital in Uganda serves as a model program of a mutually beneficial platform […]
Global Reporting Centre Receives Grant for New Project on Rh Disease
Submitted by Ashley Nicholson, the Global Reporting Centre One hundred thousand newborns die every year of a condition called Rhesus Disease, a blood condition that occurs when there is an incompatibility between a mother and fetus’ blood type, which can be treated simply and inexpensively. The Global Reporting Centre has partnered with the Toronto […]
GHI Workshop: Delivering Trauma Informed Care to Vulnerable Populations – Jan 16 2017
Date: At 5:30 PM on January 16th Location: Hardwick Hall at the Medical Student Alumni Centre (MSAC) – at Heather and West 12th avenue, Vancouver, B.C. VC is also available (details are provided below). Workshop Content: Open forum discussion with a focus on diversity among ethno-cultural populations that physicians are providing service to. The workshop will include practical […]
Mount Saint Mary’s Mission Hospital
General Site Information Mount Saint Mary is a mission hospital in Mashonaland central, in Rushinga district that serves a catchment area of 77 000 and is associated with 14 community clinics, about half of which are “high volume”. The hospital is 96 beds, and is staffed by 2 doctors, nurses, and midwives. There are male, […]
St Michael’s Mission Hospital
About St. Michael’s St Michael’s is a Roman Catholic mission hospital with 104 beds, staffed by 2 district physicians. It is the referral centre for 22 rural health clinics, and is located approximately 120km South-West of Harare in the rural Mhondoro Ngezi District Out-patient department The OPD functions as emergency department and family practice clinic, […]
Rujeko Polyclinic – ZimCanHealth Elective Placement
General Site Information Rujeko is a located about halfway between Lake Chivero (see accommodation section) and Harare. Googlemap 1507 Rujeko Street, Dzivarasekwa, Harare, to see the location. The clinic essentially serves as an general outpatient clinic and low-risk maternity ward, run mostly by nurses (“sisters”) and midwives (fully trained nurses when then extra training and […]
Centre for Total Transformation (CTT) – ZimCanHealth Elective Placement
General Site Information CTT is a school that provides education for children unable to attend other schools due to family situations and poverty. It covers all grades up to high school. Children are in class from about 10-3, Monday-Friday, and some walk up to 10km from home to attend. One meal per day is provided, […]