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Apply now for China/Guatemala professional field courses
Graduate and medical students can apply now global health field courses in China and Guatemala. The application deadline is Jan. 15, 2015, and students will be notified of the results by Jan. 31. “Health Care in Urban China” takes students to Beijing and Shanghai where they will shadow and learn from local health care professionals…
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Travel to discover yourself and the world
Ecuador field experience gives student new perspective on life.
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Keller named associate dean of Division of International Studies
Richard C. Keller, professor in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics and a Global Health Institute Advisory member, has been named associate dean of the Division of International Studies.
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Fair Trade Holiday Sale
Stop by the Health Sciences Learning Center at UW-Hospital Friday for a Fair Trade Holiday Sale. Work from the UW Student/Global artisans collaboration will be on sale at the Wisconsin Without Borders- Marketplace booth. Unique, hand-made quality gifts that preserve cultural heritage and support families and communities. Artisan Partners in: Mexico, Ecuador, Kenya Proceeds go…
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Every Last Child: Operational Challenges to Polio Eradication
Victoria Gammino, an epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pursues polio across rural Africa, using geospatial data to ensure that polio vaccine reaches every child, even in nomadic families. “As long as polio remains anywhere in the world, all the world’s children are at risk,” says Gammino, who is leading…