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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 …

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 …

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 …

World AIDS Day Memorial Quilt Reception

Please join the Peace Corps at UW-Madison, Division of International Studies, and the Global Health Institute for a viewing of an AIDS Memorial Quilt, a 12’ x 12’ quilt created to memorialize lives affected by AIDS.UW Professor Ryan Westergaard will be there to talk about his research combating HIV/AIDS and providing care to patients in Dane County. …

The CRS Approach to Agricultural Development and Food Security: Combating global hunger through agriculture

Bruce White works as policy advisor for food security and hunger for Catholic Relief Services. He will discuss the agency’s approach to combating global hunger through agriculture in the event co-sponsored by the Global Health Institute. He began his career in international development as a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho in 1987, working as an …