World Health Week 2016

January 14, 2016
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News Posts, Events
The VUSM Global Health Organization Presents: World Health Week 2016 | Feb 8 - 12 Please join us for these World Health Week lectures. Undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, faculty, and students from other schools are all welcome. Sponsored by the VUSM Global Health Organization. Lunch provided on a first come, first serve basis. Please RSVP for each event (links are bolded below).

Grace Fletcher: MPH Global Health Candidate reflects on practicum experience in Guatemala

September 24, 2015
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Domestic Education and Training Programs (MPH/MD), News Posts, Global Health Topics
http://www.globalhealthhub.org/2015/09/21/luck-and-public-health-programming-in-guatemala/
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.

Benjamin Andrews, M.D., and co-authors' publication recognized

September 17, 2015
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Publications, Global Health Topics, News Posts
Benjamin Andrews, M.D. and co-authors were recognized by the Global Emergency Medicine Literature Review Editorial Board (GEMLR) for a recent publication. The recognized publication is titled “Simplified severe sepsis protocol: a randomized controlled trial of modified early goal-directed therapy in Zambia.” Andrews provides clinical and research mentoring to Master of Medicine students at the University of Zambia.
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