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.

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.

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.

"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.