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CFHI Bolivia Alumna Story Featured in AMSA Journal
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Published June 30, 2009 @ 03:53PM PT
Powerful reflections on cultural sensitivity & healthcare by CFHI Bolivia program alum, featured in the AMSA Global Pulse Journal: http://bit.ly/1451Us
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- Lessons In Global Health From Research And Reality
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Published June 30, 2009 @ 02:54PM PT
Dr. Julio Frenk, who was Mexico’s Minister of Health from 2000-2006, is interviewed in the current issue of Global Pulse, the International Health Journal of the American Medical Student Association. Dr. Frenk, now the dean of Harvard’s School of Public Health, is interviewed on a wide range of topics from health as a human right to H1N1 Influenza, to the growing field of Global Health. The interview also covers his innovation of a national health insurance for Mexico and how he has been successful using research to support ethics and drive the political agenda to garner public support for social change. htt... Read More
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- Towards a Definition of Global Health
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Published June 21, 2009 @ 01:30PM PT
Defining global health has been a challenge. This has been especially true in recent years with the increased interest in science, philanthropy, and politics related to global health. In the June 6, 2009 issue of The Lancet, a multidisciplinary and international panel brought together by the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, and led by Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, has taken a bold step in offering the world a definition. The article entitled Towards a Comon Definition of Global Health, represents an important step in bringing together the work, "and priorities for action between physicians, researchers, funders, the media, and the general public." A thoughtful process is outlined considering the origins of global health in the areas of public health and international health. T... Read More
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- Survey on Global Citizenship
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Published June 15, 2009 @ 03:21PM PT
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/views_on_countriesregions_bt/608.php?nid=&id=&pnt=608&lb=
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TrainHealth -A New CFHI Initiative
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Published April 13, 2009 @ 05:19PM PT
TrainHealth is an initiative of CFHI that helps to address the health care worker shortage in the developing world. CFHI provides opportunities for health care workers to expand and refine their knowledge, so that they can better serve their own communities. Additional training and professional development opportunities are well documented to help fight the brain drain and increase job satisfaction. Trainhealth is a direct response to the grassroots requests CFHI has received at their partner sites. For 17 years, CFHI's international partners have contributed to the education and personal growth of the students who have served a rotation at their site. In turn, CFHI feels a responsibility to provide reciprocal educational opportunities for their partners and the community they serve.... Read More
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CFHI Launches NEW Program in Ecuador
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Published December 24, 2008 @ 02:01PM PT
Vector-borne Diseases in the Ecuadorian Amazon About 40% of Latin America's population lives in areas where Malaria is still a risk. Considered eliminated in the 1970's in many countries, Malaria and other vector-borne disease are re-emerging in South America. CFHI's Vector-borne Diseases in the Ecuadorian Amazon program addresses the epidemiological, entomological, and prevention aspects of vector-borne diseases. This program includes a week in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, followed by 3 weeks in the jungle town of Puyo. Participants will be exposed and participate in activities conducted by SNEM, a public institution in charge of preventing and controlling vector-borne diseases such... Read More
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