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Other Global Health Events

May, 2012
  • 2012 and Beyond Latino Health Equity Conference, May 17, Portland.  Details

News - Articles

"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.
Conversations in Global Health

Conversations in Global Health

"Report from the field: Congolese Refugee Medicine," Randall Jacobs MD, MTI volunteer.

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Conversations in Global Health is now being offered as a 1 credit elective for OHSU students while still being open to faculty, staff and the public.  These Conversations will be held in Mackenzie Hall Seminar Room 1162 unless otherwise noted.  View elective details at
GH Education > Conversations