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Unlocking mental health care: a call to action

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This call to action was raised at the University of Wisconsin – Madison during an International Mental Health Learning exchange that brought together local Wisconsin and global African leaders in June of 2019. The event was sponsored by UW – Madison’s Global Health Institute, among other organizations. Unlocking mental health care puts a stop to shackling, imprisonment, separation and exclusion, and replaces these inhumane responses with effective care and respect for human rights and personal dignity. Please consider joining our movement by adding your signature.

Dr. Dawd Siraj speaks on collaborations between UW-Madison and Jimma University (Ethiopia)

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The African Studies Program is proud to welcome officials from Jimma University (Ethiopia) to campus, with the support of a GHI 2019 Visiting Scholars Grant, to discuss expanding cooperation between JU and UW-Madison, specifically in the medical field. Dr. Dawd Siraj, Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at UW-Madison and a central organizer of UW-Madison’s academic engagement with Jimma University, discusses how these connections with JU came about.

After 40 years of partnership UW-Madison and the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, expand international collaboration

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This summer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco, Mexico made a decades-old partnership official with the signing of a new, three-year cooperative agreement that will expand collaboration on projects relating to socio-environmental topics while continuing the legacy of this partnership, which began in the late 1970s. Signed by Nelson Institute Dean, …

Planning for a new major in global health approved

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The UW System recently approved a notice of intent from a committee led by entomology professor and chair Susan Paskewitz’s that plans for a new global health bachelor of science major. Building off the success of the Global Health Certificate, the new major will allow students to dig deeper into this topic area.