Global Health Week on the Hill
The Washington Global Health Alliance, along with PATH, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI), the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, World Vision, International Medical Corps, the Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation at UW, the Global Health Council and the Global Health Technologies Coalition created “Global Health Week on the Hill” Feb. 26-March 5, 2013, o highlight the critical role U.S. foreign assistance plays in health, security and diplomatic efforts worldwide.
Global Mental Health Course Now Permanent
DGH 456/556;PSYCH 448 B;JSIS 478 D (3 credits): Global Mental Health is now a permanent course that is cross listed in Global Health, Psychology, and the Jackson School of International Studies.
Making Health Measurable: IHME Press Conference with Bill Gates
Bill Gates, co-founder of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, at a press conference March 5, 2013 on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 put the study in historical perspective: “In fact, in the health world, I’d say there were kind of three milestones: There was 1993, where we got the World Development Report; there was some of the work that Hans Rosling did to try to show people the transitions we’re going through; and now, in a huge way, this is a big milestone that pulls everything together." To listen to the press conference,, you can tune into
Guy Palmer, Director of WSU's School of Global Animal Health, on Rabies and Global Stunting: A Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series Lecture
The Washington State University Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health is working on both a global rabies effort and an assessment of global stunting – all through a multidisciplinary approach.
Deepa Rao Awarded Grant
Deepa Rao and colleagues received a $2.6 million NIH grant to study the effectiveness of a program to reduce stigma among African-American women with HIV.
New Leadership for Global Health Medical Programs
Dr. Susan Graham has taken over this year as the Director of the Global Health Pathway, a certificate program that requires a combination of a scholarly project, coursework, an international experience, a cross-cultural clinic experience, and community involvement, spread over the four years of medical education. Dr. Graham has directed the concurrent Global Health MD-MPH degree program for the past year, and her involvement with the Pathway and its curriculum has grown from that work. Dr.
Department Holds Inspiring Faculty Retreat
The Department of Global Health held an all-day faculty retreat Feb. 5 at the Talaris Center to explore how center, programs, and initiatives could work together better and launch new collaborations. More than 75 people attended and were given presentations on how people are collaborating across campus and with international partners. David Fleming, director of Public Health King County, gave a rousing speech on the need to work local where health disparities in Southern King County were the same as Kenya.
MPH Student from Nigeria Publishes Op-Ed on Cancer
"Do you know that according to the World Health Organization, deaths due to cancer in developing countries have surpassed the deaths due to HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined? About 80% of deaths due to cancer worldwide occur in developing countries, and infectious disease related cancers account for about 40% of all cancers in Africa...It is high time therefore that Africa paid attention to this ticking time bomb.
Role of Government and Global Health Focus of Consortium of Universities for Global Health Meeting March 14-16, 2013 in Washington DC
More than 1,500 global leaders, researchers, policy makers, educators and students from around the world will come together in Washington, D.C. March 14-16 for the fourth annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference to tackle some of the most pressing challenges facing the world, including the role of global health in the era of budget cuts.