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Webinar on Caring for Kids New to Canada: October 22, 2014
The Canadian Paediatric Society will present the second in a series of webinars on pediatric immigrant and refugee health on October 22. Presented by members of the Caring for Kids New to Canada editorial board and funded by a grant from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the series provides practical information for delivering and improving care to newcomer children, youth and families.
Global Health Initiative
The Global Health Initiative (GHI) is a UBC student-led initiative involving students from a diverse range of backgrounds including Medicine, Dentistry, Arts, Science, Journalism, Engineering, Food and Nutritional Sciences, and Midwifery. GHI seeks to enhance global health education and provide hands-on skills training to UBC students via a series of monthly skill-building workshops. GHI also offers […]
Global Health Initiative Workshop: Refugee Health, October 8, 2014
The Global Health Initiative’s first workshop of the year will take place on Wednesday, October 8th, 2014. The topic of our first workshop is Refugee Health and our speaker will be Dr. Maureen Mayhew, a Clinical Associate Professor at UBC and Johns Hopkins School of Population and Public Health. Dr. Mayhew has 25 years of experience practicing medicine in a […]
Global Health Initiative Project Recruitment Night, October 1, 2014
The Global Health Initiative hosts the 2014-2015 Recruitment Night event. Participants and project leaders will present a short introduction and summary of several global health projects followed by an interactive session and display of each project. Information about how to apply for these projects and the global health workshop series will be available. Dr. Gavin Stuart, Dean of Medicine, will present the keynote.
Free Harvard Global Health Course
Our team at Harvard, led by Professor Ashish Jha, is launching PH555x “Improving Global Health: Focusing on Quality and Safety” an online course on the edX platform beginning September 16th. The course is free and open to anyone, it will run for 8 weeks over the fall. It includes leading global health experts from around the […]
Global Health Newsletter, April 2014
Sustainability and Social Responsibility in our Global Community In this edition, we…
GHI Workshop: Gender-Based Violence, March 19, 2014
The Global Health Initiative (GHI) is pleased to invite you to our next event which will feature 3 great speakers on the topic of “Gender-Based Violence” taking place on Wednesday. March 19, 2014. This night will touch on topics such as: a historical overview of gender-based violence, experiences working overseas in this area, ethics and safety abroad. Don’t miss out!
MSF Doctors Without Borders Events
You are invited to attend the following MSF Doctors Without Borders Events: MSF Doctors Without Borders Pre-event for World TB Day to raise awareness on TB; MSF Doctors Without Borders Recruitment Information event; Free screening of the award-winning documentary Fire in the Blood followed by discussion by expats
GHI Workshop: International Nutrition, March 11, 2014
The next GHI workshop will be an introduction to “International Nutrition” with Judy Mclean and Crystal Karakochuk.
Crystal Karakochuk is a Registered Dietitian with over 10 years of experience in clinical pediatrics, community based nutrition programming and international nutrition. She has worked internationally with the UN World Food Programme (Rwanda, Malawi, Ethiopia, Italy HQ) and UNICEF (Timor-Leste). Her research interests include food and nutrition programming to reduce maternal and child undernutrition, infant and young child feeding, and micronutrients.
Zimbabwe Roots
Post #5: Nothing Clinical This Trip……..Right! The trip is over. Our int…