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Global Health Initiative: Recruitment Night, September 28, 2011
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.
Update: Refugee Health Vancouver website
The RHV website launched this summer. The site provides practical resources to support those caring for refugees in Greater Vancouver. It provides an overview of the refugee settlement process, an explanation of medical and drug coverage, translated patient handouts, medical guidelines, a directory of community resources, and information on source countries.
Ride for World Health
The Ride for World Health 2012 is a 3,700-mile bike ride across the
United States that will take place during April and May of 2012. This
will be the 7th annual medical student initiated event aimed at
raising knowledge and awareness of global and domestic health issues
through education, advocacy and fundraising.
2011 Global Health Conference GHEC-CUGH, Montreal, November 13-15
Mark your calendars for November 13-15 when the Canadian Society for International Health, the Consortium of Universities for Global Health and the Global Health Education Consortium jointly present the 2011 Global Health Conference in Montreal, Canada. Featured speakers include:
Romeo DALLAIRE, Senator, Lieutenant-General of the Canadian Armed Forces (retired) and former commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR),
Eric GOOSBY, Global AIDS Coordinator, PEPFAR,
Roger GLASS, NIH, Fogarty International Center,
Harold VARMUS, Director of the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
The Pain Project: UBC Journalism International Reporting Program
The University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism’s International Reporting Program (IRP) has partnered with Al Jazeera English to produce Freedom From Pain, a half hour documentary that will air on the program People & Power on Wednesday, July 20.
The journalism graduate students and faculty members working with the IRP discovered that more than half the countries in the world have little to no access to morphine, the gold standard for treating medical pain.
Urgent and Important NCD’s campaign
The future of cancer control in developing countries will be settled at the Heads of State and Government High level Meeting on NCDs during the UN General Assembly in New York (19-20 September). After over ten years exclusion from the Development agenda, and between 45 to 50 million deaths from cancer, this is the opportunity for cancer patients and health care professionals in low and middle income countries to begin get the recognition (and resources) they deserve.
Dr. Ashnoor Nagji: An Active Agent of Change
Dr. Ashnoor Nagji, is an energetic, fearless and enthusiastic physician who describes one of her passions as “partnering with marginalized populations for the enhancement of individual and collective wellbeing, particularly with a focus on women and children.”
UBC Branch for International Surgery Newsletter
The Branch for International Surgery (BIS) was created to advance surgical care in international health. Read about the most recent updates in the BIS newsletter.
Rounds on International Surgery, June 8th
Global Disability in Surgical Care: Exploring the issues and challenges. Wednesday, June 8th. Speakers: Dr. Nancy Van Laeken and Dr. Penny Norgrove. See attached PDF for details.
Interview: A Glimpse into Dr. Currie’s Global Health Experiences
“I know why I am here. I come because the work is meaningful; because the people are so generous; because when it comes to “life” and “living” there is so much here to learn. I com e because I love a good yam, because napping after lunch is the only civilized way to work, and because goats are more pleasant to listen to than a lawnmower.” From Dr. Currie’s blog on his MSF trip to Central Africa Republic.