BIRCH team

Call for Abstracts for WRIHC: Due Dec 15

Submit an Abstract for the Western Regional International Health Conference (April 4-6, 2014, Seattle, WA)

Call for Abstracts: Posters and Presentations

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2013 (we will notify submitters of their status by February 1, 2014).

Register Now: 11th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference (WRIHC): April 4-6, 2014

The WRIHC Student Committee, the University of Washington (UW) Chapter of GlobeMed, and the UW Department of Global Health present the 11th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference (WRIHC):

Uncensored: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements in Global Health

Events will take place at the University of Washington (UW) Husky Union Building (HUB) in Seattle, WA, April 4-6 2014.

BIRCH team

Developed Nations can do "better job" on STIs, warns Dr. King Holmes

"Even as medical researchers are making advances and poorer countries are reducing their rates of infections, people in developed nations have grown complacent and allowed gonorrhea, syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases to spread again, an expert warns.

Speaking Wednesday to scientists gathered in Toronto for the country’s foremost science honour, the Gairdner Awards, Dr. King Holmes spoke of the need to remain vigilant as he gave fellow researchers a global picture of the fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.

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