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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.

Opening eyes around the world

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In 2019, Combat Blindness International celebrates 35 years of eliminating preventable blindness. In addition to the 20,000 cataract surgeries annually, the nonprofit screens nearly 80,000 children every year. Learn more about the organization and its founder, Suresh Chandra.

Wisconsin Science Festival encourages science exploration statewide

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The 2019 Wisconsin Science Festival, held Oct. 17 through 20, will feature more than 220 events statewide and include everything from fossil exploration and robotic engineering to animal encounters and the science of Star Wars.

Global Health Tuesday: Global Diagnostic Challenges and Needs for Curbing the HIV Epidemic

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Sept. 24: Global Health Tuesday with WHO's Lara Vojnov who will discuss diagnosing and monitoring HIV in limited-resource settings

The (in)visible health risks of climate change

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Jason Vargo, a former assistant scientist at GHI, and other researchers recently published an article in the Social Science & Medicine journal. The article discusses the use of invisibility to explore biases in the understanding of climate-health risks, among other ways invisibilities arise and hinder vulnerable populations.

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.

UW-Madison students’ paper published in Harvard Journal of Health and Human Rights

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An article by students from the UW Global Health Ethic was published in the Harvard Journal of Health and Human Rights. The article offers a student-led perspective on global health ethics in an extra curricular space.

Pepin County, UW-Madison team up for latest ‘UniverCity’ collaboration

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Pepin County and the UW-Madison UniverCity Year program recently showcased their collaboration that addressed economic development and environmental sustainability in the county. As the fall semester begins, 11 UW faculty members are ready to tackle 16 new UniverCity Year program projects, a program in which GHI is a partner of.