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The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) has a program for a Masters of Sciences in Global Health Sciences degree. Read more here.
Gates Foundation, Leadership Opportunity, Global Health Financing & Policy Development.
Exciting MPH degree opportunity for Asia Pacific Rim region .
National Intelligence Estimate: Strategic Implications of Global Health. The National Intelligence Council, January 2009. [PDF]
Paul Drain, graduate of the University of Washington School of Medicine, has authored a new book, "Caring for the World: A Guidebook to Global Health Opportunities". Get the book U.of Toronto Press or at Amazon. Flyer & discount.
New career opportunity in international public health: Peace Corps Master's International program. Read more here....
SAVE THE DATE!
August 19, 2009
for the Campaign for the U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
National Meeting to be held at the National Human Services Assembly in Washington, D.C.
The draft agenda is as follows:
- Welcome and Introductions
- Fundraising
- Political Strategy
- Regional Coalition-Building
- Future Events
- Member Updates
- Next Meeting
Please join us in our vision to bring about ratification and implementation of the CRC in the United States.
Water is Medicine
Capitol Hill Briefing
July 29, 2009
On Wednesday July 29, 2009, the bipartisan Congressional Water Caucus and Water Advocates are hosting a Capitol Hill Briefing in Washington, DC on the vital linkages between safe drinking water, sanitation and global public health challenges:
** Water is Medicine: Safe Water, Sanitation and Global Public Health Challenges **
Speakers will discuss the gravity of the current global safe drinking water and sanitation challenge, and its critical impact on global public health, including the 25+ diseases due to unsafe water and inadequate sanitation. Speakers will also review what is currently being done around the world to help meet the need for safe water, improved sanitation and better health, and offer examples and case studies of what the U.S. government and others in the international donor community are doing to help meet and exceed the Millennium Development Goals for water, sanitation and health. The costs associated with this challenge will be addressed, as will the impact of inaction on health and economic development.
What: Capitol Hill Briefing, "Water is Medicine: Safe Water, Sanitation and Global Public Health Challenges"
Who: Speakers will include noted public health experts and leaders from prominent international aid agencies
• Christine Moe, Director, Center for Global Safe Water
Emory University
• Jae So, Manager, Water and Sanitation Program
Global Partnership administered by the World Bank
• Rich Thorsten, Director of International Programs, Water.org
Co-founded by Matt Damon and Gary White
Moderated by John Oldfield, Water Advocates
When: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 2pm - 3pm
Where: Capitol Visitor Center, South Meeting Room http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/Visit/
Please allow time for security clearance.
RSVP to Water Advocates at wateradvocatesrsvp@gmail.com.
The Human Right to Adequate Food
An online course on the human right to adequate food will be offered September 7-November 27, 2009 by Professor George Kent of the University of Hawai’i. Its premise is that solving the problem of widespread malnutrition is not simply a matter of correcting deficiencies among those who are hungry. Ending hunger requires respect for human rights, and it may require reconfiguration of the social order, locally, nationally, and globally.
The course will be conducted entirely online through Transcend Peace University. The basic cost is 225 Euro for residents of non-OECD states and 450 Euro for residents of OECD states. The syllabus and details regarding registration may be obtained through http://www.transcend.org/tpu/
Applications will be accepted until September 3, 2009.
Supercourse Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health
The Supercourse is a global repository of lectures on public health and prevention targeting educators across the world. The Supercourse has been produced at the WHO Collaborating Center University of Pittsburgh, with core developers Ronald LaPorte, Ph.D., Faina Linkov, Ph.D., Mita Lovalekar, M.D., Ph.D. and Eugene Shubnikov M.D.. Please contact us at super1@pitt.edu.
Global Health Education Consortium
Training in global health: online and free! plus other useful resources.
World Federation of Public Health Associations
WFPHA is an international, nongovernmental, multi-professional and civil society organization bringing together all people interested and active in safeguarding and promoting the public’s health for professional exchange, collaboration, and action. more...
The Lancet's Series on Maternal and Child Undernutrition, more at the global nutrition series.
UNICEF's The State of the World's Children 2008 . Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights, and its youth supplement, Generation of Change: Young People and Culture.
The World Health Report 2008: Primary Health Care – Now More Than Ever.
DataDyne.org creates groundbreaking mobile data products to serve healthcare in developing countries. Read UN Foundation interview.
Publications by IH section members
New article by section member Dr Banoob: Minimizing the health impacts of the global financial crisis. "... improved community health is a major tool for economic development, and therefore health spending at times of financial difficulties should be prioritized and saved as a means of economic recovery."
Book by Section Member P. Murthy: Women's Global Health and Human Rights, which serves as an overview of the challenges faced by women in different regions of the world. Ideal as a tool for both professionals and students, this book discusses the similarities and differences in health and human rights challenges that are faced by women globally. Best practices and success stories are also included in this timely and important text. Read more here....
Recruiting Primary Care Physicians From Abroad: Is Poaching From Low-Income Countries Morally Defensible? read article and responses.
Health equity issues at the local level...
Confronting Mental Illness Around the Globe . More in the J of Mental Health