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“Where you live shouldn’t determine whether you live,” is a quotation often heard in global health circles, often espoused by the Irish rock star, Bono and his ONE Campaign. But the mantra is especially poignant in countries such as El Salvador.

View photos from the 2016 Public Health Practicum Colloquium. 

The Politics of Health in the US South March 17-18, 2016 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt faculty from across campus will have a strong presence at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). In particular, VIGH core faculty Muktar Aliyu M.D., M.P.H., Dr.P.H and Kate Clouse Ph.D., M.P.H. and VIGH affiliated faculty will be presenting their work on optimizing the PMTCT cascade. See more details about their work and other Vanderbilt researchers below:

In the 2016 Global Health Case Competition, teams proposed solutions to strengthen the health system in Liberia after the Ebola outbreak. The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health’s Student Advisory Council hosted its sixth annual Global Health Case Competition from February 7-13, 2016. This year, the Student Advisory Council organized several experts from the field to give presentations on health systems strengthening (HSS) and act as judges for the competition.

2016 Meeting Dates Global Cancer: April 4, 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Drs. Sten Vermund and Douglas Morgan, and the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health Global Pathology: June 13, 2016, 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Dr. Quentin Eichbaum and the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Ethics in International Collaboration: October 3, 2015, 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Dr. Elizabeth Heitman and the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society

"Addressing Health, Transforming Communities in Rural Malawi - One Village at a Time"

Case Competition Judging and Presentations: February 13, 2016, Sarratt Cinema starting at 8:00 AM

Below is a list of speakers that will be presenting in the School of Nursing Course "Interdisciplinary Topics in Global Health." These lectures are open to Vanderbilt students and are held on Tuesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. in Godchaux Hall Nursing Annex 160.

               

Since returning to the United States from a three-month stint working in rural Guatemala, I’ve been thinking about how messy and random global health delivery—even when it’s really effective—can be. Specifically, I’ve been struck by the central role that luck or serendipity plays in achieving positive health outcomes. I’m talking about that moment when a patient walks out of the clinic and you sit back and think about all of the stars that had to align in order for that patient to get the care she needs.

 

General Information Session for Medical Students What: Learn about exciting global health opportunities during medical school When: Tuesday, July 21 at 5 p.m. Where: Light Hall 411