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CUGH Webinar: “The Global Surgery Deficit”
Approximately 5 billion out of 7 billion people in the world have no or little access to basic surgical care. Out of the roughly 250 million operations performed each year, only 3.5% are performed on the poorest 1/3 of the world’s population. Injuries alone cause 5.7 million deaths yearly, much more than the 3.8 million…
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Watch Dr. Frantz Large’s discussion on eye health care in Haiti and around the world.
Watch Dr. Frantz Large’s discussion on eye health care in Haiti and around the world.
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Global health ethic echoes calls from Aldo Leopold, Pope Francis to care for people and the planet
Global health ethic echoes calls from Aldo Leopold, Pope Francis to care for people and the planet.
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Voices of Hope: Listening and Supporting Survivors of Human Trafficking
The 4W Initiative (For Women, For Well-Being, For Wisconsin and the World) presents Voices of Hope: Listening and Supporting Survivors of Human Trafficking. The event will feature three different speakers. Keynote speaker, Shamere McKenzie, tells the inspiring store of a woman who survived sex trafficking in the United States. Shamere has become an activist and…
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Eye Care for the Arrondissement of Belle Anse, Haiti: A Proposal
Join Dr. Frantz Large in a discussion for eye health care in Haiti and around the world on July 15. Large conducts mobile clinics in Haiti and will share his insights and strategies for eye health care, focusing on S.E. Haiti and how partnership efforts improve vision in remote global regions. Large graduated from the…