Category: Events

Health disparities are differences in the burden of disease and other health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States. Poor, unemployed, and uneducated population groups experience more…

On March 4, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs will host a half-day International Women’s Day Global Health Symposium at the Fairmont hotel in Chicago. This symposium will explore how…

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While everyone in Wisconsin has a story about an epic blizzard or a harrowing thunderstorm, it can be challenging to tell stories about changes to our climate over time. We…

GHI Special Advisor James Cleary, director of the the UW Carbone Cancer Center’s Pain and Policy Studies Group, discusses his GHI Seed Grant work to collaborate with the Rwandan government…

Ellen Small Billard is coming to the University of Wisconsin-Madison! She is a social worker, humanitarian, and advocate with a passion for social justice and a love for the Middle…

More information about the Blank event. Approximate schedule:   9:00 AM Registration table opens. 10:00 AM Dining room doors open; announcements projected on-screen. If you expect to sit with others in your party,…

For the third time in a row, AFRICaide (http://www.africaide.org/) , a local community organization, and women in the community are organizing a conference to celebrate International Women’s Day on Saturday March 5, 2016. We will…

Lori Diprete Brown the Associate Director for Education and Engagement, at Global Health Institute will be a part of The Health of the Next Generation hosted by Chicago Council on…

In December, the United Nations 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) met in Paris, where nearly 200 nations ratified a new universal climate change agreement with the goal of reducing…

Communities in India, Pakistan, and Nigeria rejecting vaccinations for their children; assaults on medical teams fighting Ebola in West Africa; attacks on aid workers in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria: what…

Join the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations as Jonathan Patz presents Human Health – the Greatest Beneficiary from Climate Change Policy. Registration for this event is required. In December, world…

GHI Director Jonathan Patz shares insights from the United Nations climate change conference in Paris. The Conference of the Parties led to a December agreement in which nations around the…

Karen Solheim, director of Global Health Initiatives in the School of Nursing, and Jennifer Loewenstein, former associate director for the UW-Madison Middle Eastern Studies Program and senior lecturer at Penn…

This October marks the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act. Motivated by the desire to attain improved effective care for and response to complex refugee/immigrant wellness needs,…