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An Architect’s Thoughts on Global Health Projects in India and Uganda
Marc Trudeau, Architect, MAIBC, writes about his experiences with two UBC Global Health Initiative projects. One of the great opportunities of global health is the learning exchange that happens between everyone involved. As an architect who has participated in the UBC Global Health Initiative generally and in its associated Uganda and India projects, I have observed how ideas and experiences get shared with participants
as quickly as curry from a frying pan gets to every nose in the kitchen.
Global Maternal Health Panel – October 21st
Amnesty International is pleased to be working with a number of agencies and UBC departments (School of Population and Public Health and others) to present a free public forum on maternal health. The forum will feature UBC faculty member—Dr Farah Shroff; SheWay staff member Geo Hayes and a midwife; others involved include community researchers, practitioners, and activists with expertise and experience with improving maternal health in Canada and around the world.
2nd Annual Conference-Surgery & Anesthesia, April 2, 2011
Focus Uganda (Makerere/Mulago Hospital) This second conference builds on the shared goal of harmonizing our surgical care efforts in Uganda through sharing information and collaboration. Uganda-conference April 2011
Global Health Initiative: Application deadline October 3, 2010
Want to Volunteer Abroad Next Summer?
UBC Global Health Initiative is a student-run initiative that seeks to enhance global education and provide hands-on skills training to UBC students via a series of monthly skill-building workshops. GHI also offers students the opportunity to participate in global health projects in Uganda, Honduras, India, Kenya, and even right in Canada. Many students involved in GHI projects are carrying out research projects and publishing their findings.
First Annual Neglected Global Diseases Symposium at UBC
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts – September 18-19, 2010
To register for this free event click here. Space is running out!
For more information on the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative, please go to: www.ngdi-ubc.com
Volunteer Medical Posting, South West Uganda
AMREF is looking for a volunteer medical doctor for a temporary posting at Kitwe Health Centre in
Ntungamo District located in South West Uganda. AMREF (African Medical & Research Foundation) is the world’s leading African non-governmental
health care organization. With headquarters, history and feet on the ground in Africa, AMREF has a
deep understanding of the local economic, social and cultural realities of African communities. For
over 50 years, AMREF has worked to ensure access to good health for the most vulnerable and
marginalized people in Africa. With their active involvement, we develop and implement innovative
and sustainable solutions to critical health challenges facing the continent.
AMREF Canada supports AMREF in Africa to address critical health challenges by raising funds,
providing project support, building capacity, raising awareness and engaging the Canadian public in
African health development.
Consortium for Universities for Global Health, September 19-20, University of Washington, Seattle
For any of you interested in global health and meeting leaders in the field, I want to share news about an exciting conference opportunity that will be hosted here at the University of Washington, Seattle from September 19-21, 2010: the 2nd Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health, www.cugh.org!
The Unite for Sight Global Health Conference 2011
The Global Health and Innovation Conference takes place at Yale University in New Haven, Conneticut, USA on April 16-17, 2011. The deadline for abstract submissions for poster and oral presentations is September 30, 2010.
R3 Enhanced Skills in Global Health
Would you like to work with underserviced populations or populations in crisis, but feel you need more skills? The Department of Family Practice R3 Enhanced Skills program offers a global health skills training program. 6 month training program to increase the capacity of Canadian physicians to work effectively in resource limited settings within Canada and […]
Dr. Bob Taylor in Peshawar Pakistan, Branch for International Surgery
Dr. Bob Taylor is a general surgeon and the director of the Branch for International Surgery in the UBC Department of Surgery. Here is a recent blog of his work at the ICRC Hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. Every day and night new patients arrive at the hospital, victims of armed conflict – injuries from gun […]