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The Global Health Initiative is interested in hearing your feedback! Your participation in our survey will help us to improve GHI services, and help us to offer more of what you want! Please take a few quick moments to give us your thoughts on how we have been doing, as well as directions for the future.
The survey can be accessed at:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TWP23GS
May 4, 2011: Global Health & Medicine Lecture / Health and Human Security in the Middle East Seminar
THE GLOBAL HEALTH INITIATIVE and THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES PROGRAM present
“Political Institutions and Access to Health Care in Lebanon”
Melani Cammett, PhD
Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University
Yen-Ting Chen, PhD candidate
School of Public Health, Harvard University
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
5 – 6:30 PM
Biomed Center
Room 291 (Eddy Auditorium)
May 5, 2011: Global Surgery Journal Club — first monthly meeting
Global Surgery Journal Club will meet at 5pm, the first Thursday of every month, at the same location. All are welcome!
Articles for review:
-Recasting the role of the surgeon in Uganda: a proposal to maximize the impact of surgery on public health.
Samuel Luboga, Moses Galukande and Doruk Ozgediz. Tropical Medicine and International Health, June 2009.
-Surgery and Global Health: A View from Beyond the OR.
Paul E. Farmer, Jim Y. Kim. World Journal of Surgery, March 2008.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
5 PM
Ambulatory Patient Center in the Department of Surgery
Room 415
May 13, 2011: Health Disparities Forum and Call to Action
There are preventable differences in the health status of Rhode Islanders that are contributing to the escalating cost of healthcare.
From Health Disparities to Health Equity
A Statewide Call to Action
Reduce health disparities to achieve health equity through medical homes for all Rhode Islanders.
What is the cost impact to Rhode Island?
The Rhode Island Department of Health will present the results of their federally funded study examining the cost of health disparities in Rhode Island.
What are we doing right?
The community health centers have implemented strategies that are getting results! Hear what the health centers are doing to reduce disparities for their patients. Other stakeholders are using new approaches to address health disparities. Find out what insurers, hospitals, physicians and community agencies are doing and what new strategies are needed.
What are the next steps?
Join the call to action workgroup: “Health Equity Through Medical Homes”. In up to three facilitated sessions, this workgroup of key stakeholders will use the medical home as a framework to identify and prioritize strategies designed to reduce health disparities to achieve health equity for all Rhode Islanders.
May 13, 2011
9:30 – 11:30 AM
RI Department of Health Operations Center
Health Policy Forum Conference Room
Presented by: Rhode Island Department of Health, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, Lifespan, and The Rhode Island Foundation. For more information please contact Risha Laster, 401-222 5924
May 16, 2011: Application Deadline for Stanford-NBC Fellowship in Global Health Media
The Consortium of Universities for Global Health would like to draw your attention to an exciting opportunity open to medical students, residents, and faculty. Stanford University’s Center for Global Health has partnered with NBC News to launch the first fellowship in Global Health Media to train a new generation of physicians to harness the power of media to enhance the impact work in global health.
KEY POINTS ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP:
- Fellows will complete training programs through the Stanford University Graduate Program in Journalism and the Kaiser Family Foundation and with a renowned documentary filmmaker and an award-winning photographer
- Fellows may intern with ProPublica and will be embedded with Dr. Nancy Snyderman, Chief Medical Editor for NBC News, and her producer
- Opportunities to travel abroad on site to cover a story will also be made available
- Upon completion of the Fellowship, the Fellow will be required to produce a publication on an in-depth topic of choice in global health
- Each Fellow will receive a stipend of $60,000 US dollars
- 12-month fellowship begins in June 2011
HOW TO APPLY:
The application form and all application materials must be submitted by the deadline (Monday, May 16, 2011). Medical students who have completed their first two years of medical school, residents and faculty are eligible.
MAIL TO:
Joce Rodriguez
Center for Global Health
251 Campus Drive, x3C40
Stanford, CA 94305
P: 650.736.1043
F: 650.723.8596
E: joce@stanford.edu
APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED (VIA MAIL) BY MONDAY, MAY 16, 2011
We believe that this is a great opportunity to expand coverage in global health, a news sector that has been gravely affected by diminishing newsroom budgets. If you have any questions, please contact Joce Rodriguez.
May 19, 2011: Proposal Deadline for Gates Foundation Grant Opportunity
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage innovative and unconventional global health solutions. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies.
Grant proposals are being accepted online until May 19, 2011 on the following topics:
* Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children
* Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges
* The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Innovative Ways to Accelerate, Sustain, and Monitor Eradication
* Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
* Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
* Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Solutions for Improved Uptake and Coverage of Childhood Vaccinations
Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million. Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available at: www.grandchallenges.org/gce/
We are looking forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the world and from all disciplines. If you have a great idea, apply. If you know someone else who may have a great idea, please forward this message.
July 1, 2011: Application Deadline — Global Health Certificate Program
The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) at the Harvard Medical School (HMS)
and the support of Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS – Italian Ministry of Health)
Present a
Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery
Certificate Training Program
This Global Mental Health Certificate Training Program offers a transformative training experience aimed at creating a network of global leaders for the health and mental health care of traumatized communities worldwide; a timely opportunity in light of the historical events in the Middle East, Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan.
An intensive six-month blended learning experience (2 weeks onsite training in Italy followed by 5 months on the internet) with international faculty and trainees. HPRT/HMS/ISS Certificate of Course Completion.
See attached overview, brochure and application on the following website:
www.hprt-cambridge.org/globalhealth
Application Deadline: July 1st, 2011
Call for health professional volunteers in Zwedru, Liberia
Tiyatien Health (TH) is issuing an urgent call for health care volunteers to respond to the Ivorian refugee crisis. TH has provided community-based health care in rural southeastern Liberia since 2007. With partners in the Liberian government, the United Nations, and NGOs, we are now responding to a major humanitarian emergency. Due to violence in the Ivory Coast, more than 40,000 refugees have crossed into the communities where we work. Our colleagues are stretched to the limit as food and health care shortages threaten thousands of lives. We need your help.
TH is seeking 2 – 3 health care volunteers who could rapidly depart for Liberia and serve for a period of 8 – 12 weeks. Volunteers will receive basic, secure accommodations in the TH guesthouse in Zwedru. Work locations will be the TH clinic or adjacent Tubman Hospital, with regular day trips to refugee host communities. Neither the US State Department nor Travel Security Online has raised concerns about the Liberian side of the border. Our staff report feeling safe, and remain vigilant in close communication with the TH-US team. Liberian host communities are sharing resources compassionately with displaced Ivorians.
Please also see this recent dispatch and photos for more information about the situation, and TH’s response: http://www.tiyatienhealth.org/press
Specific roles are described below. Interested colleagues please send a CV to Brennan Bollman <brennanbollman@gmail.com>, who will answer questions and facilitate conversations with the TH leadership team.
1) CLINICAL RESPONSE COORDINATOR(S):
Supervised By: TH Clinical Director, Dr. Yesero Kalisa, and Program Coordinator, Christina Bethke.
Qualifications: MD, PA, or advanced nursing degree obtained. Experience implementing global health programs strongly preferred. Exposure to humanitarian relief situations and French language skills are high assets.
# of Positions Available: 2
Tasks & Responsibilities:
- 40% – Offer clinical supervision to TH’s response activities: ART treatment for HIV-positive refugees, triage and referral of the seriously-ill to hospital care, and possible treatment of malaria and other conditions through TH’s community health worker “accompaniers.”
- 40% – Provide clinical support to Martha Tubman Memorial Hospital as needed, in partnership with Dr. Kalisa. The hospital’s capacity is significantly stretched, with many refugees seeking care for urgent and trauma-related conditions.
- 20% – Assist TH’s operational leadership (http://www.tiyatienhealth.org/who/) with adapting and scaling the response. Help improve processes of communication, monitoring, and delivering quality care to refugees and their host communities. Perform basic staff trainings and administrative tasks as needed.
- With the TH team, uphold community-centered quality care as the guiding strength of our response to this crisis.
2) MENTAL HEALTH RESPONSE COORDINATOR:
Supervised By: TH Program Coordinator, Christina Bethke.
Qualifications: Medical or nursing degree in psychiatry OR masters degree in psychology. Experience implementing global health programs strongly preferred. Exposure to humanitarian relief situations and French language skills are high assets.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
- 40% – Develop and implement locally led response to mental health needs, as one of TH’s responsibilities within the coordinated humanitarian health relief.
- Note: Liberian MH program leaders, along with a current TH volunteer, are beginning this process through needs assessment and basic trainings in self-care and showing compassion to others. The Mental Health Response Coordinator is urgently needed to support and amplify these efforts.
- 40% – Create and conduct trainings, and develop protocols as dictated by the Response Plan. The U.S-based TH team of experienced mental health professionals, clinicians, and public health specialists will actively assist in this process.
- 20% – Assist TH’s operational leadership (http://www.tiyatienhealth.org/who/) with adapting and scaling the response. Help improve process of communication, monitoring, and delivering quality care to refugees and their host communities. Perform basic staff trainings and administrative tasks as needed.
- With the TH team, uphold community-centered quality care as the guiding strength of our response to this crisis.