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Global Initiative for Village Empowerment: Kenya
Global Initiative for Village Empowerment (GIVE) is a youth-run organization started in 2006 that aims to relieve poverty and the plight of HIV/AIDS in the rural community of Kanyawegi, Kenya. GIVE addresses these issues through four areas of focus: Nutrition and food security, economic development, education, and health. With respect to health, over past two […]
Global Health Initiative Projects 2010
This year marks the 5th year of the Medical Students’ Global Health Initiative (GHI). In 2006, we started with three projects: India, Honduras, and Uganda. Not only do we have ongoing partnerships with communities in these countries, but we have also expanded our projects to new communities in India, Uganda, Kenya, and Canada.
Surgery 510 – Surgical Care in International Health
12 week graduate online course starts September 2010.
This first-of-its-kind online graduate course focuses on surgical in international health. Topics include:
Leaving for India
On June 25th I leave for the 4th year of the GHI: India Spiti Health Project with a team of medical students, one resident, one architect, and one engineer. The project began with a visit to the community in 2006 with myself and three medical students when we first travelled to this high Himalayan community […]