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 illness or worse outcomes than the rest of the population. These groups often lack doctors, health insurance, and medical access, and have a disparate burden …
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 women are affecting change in the health field – locally and globally – and examine the economic, political, geographic, and cultural factors involved in addressing …
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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 come to understand the world around us through stories. This is especially true for phenomena we may not think about every day that still has …
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 to expand access to opioid medicines for pain. Cleary wrote about increasing worldwide access to medical opioids in the February 3 Lancet.
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 East. She co-founded Road to Mafraq, a non-profit organization, which aims to increase access to education and healthcare for children affected by conflict in the …
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, be sure to arrive early. Seats cannot be “saved” after 10:45. 11:00 AM Youth Grant awards, public affairs speaker Lori DiPrete Brown 11:20 AM Lunch Cole slaw BBQ braised …