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Other Global Health Events
May 2013
The Oregon State University International Health Program in the College of Public Health and Human Sciences and the International Health Club will be holding their third annual International Health Conference on May 18-19, 2013. Theme 'Upstream Global Health: Towards Sustainability and Equity'. Flier Details
July 2013
Casey Eye Institute International Ophthalmology Symposium - Wine, Wolbachia and World Eye Health July 26, 2013 Mission Critical – Nuts and Bolts for Participating in an Effective Surgical Outreach Symposium agenda
News - Articles
- Nodding disease: Experts embark on new research - International and local medical experts have agreed to undertake a fresh comprehensive research study in Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania to gather more information about the mysterious nodding syndrome. The exact cause of nodding disease is still alien to both international and local medical experts. So far, the mysterious disease has claimed the lives of some 200 children in northern Uganda and affected scores of families. Article
- NUCLEAR FAMINE: A BILLION PEOPLE AT RISK Global Impacts of Limited Nuclear War on Agriculture, Food Supplies, and Human Nutrition. Ira Helfand, MD, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Physicians for Social Responsibility. View report
- eSaludToday Call for Articles
- Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health - article
- 2nd edition of the Global Health Training in Graduate Medical Education Guidebook
"With this book, we share our hope that all people may have access to health care; that wellness becomes the standard, and disease, the exception." Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC)
- President Barack Obama reinforced his commitment to both global health and biomedical research in his 2011 budget proposal, and has released more details about how he intends to implement his Global Health Initiative. Read this and other global health articles in Fogarty's quarterly newsletter Global Health Matters
- President Obama pledges $63 billion in global health funding. "In the 21st century, disease flows freely across borders and oceans, and, in recent days, the 2009 H1N1 virus has reminded us of the urgent need for action," stated the President. Read more.
- IOM Report Calls for a Big Boost in Global Health May 21, 2009 article by Christine Stencel
in National Academy of Sciences. Read the IOM Report in brief.
