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Global Health Resource Center, UW Dept of Global Health WGHA event: December 8, 5pm-7pm at SBRI
Global health dialogues: An opportunity for researchers to connect for happy hour | Washington Globa
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Time:5:00-7:00p.m.Location:Discovery Conference Room, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, 307 Westlake Ave. E, Seattle, WA98109
Global Health Resource Center, UW Dept of Global Health UN: Fight climate change with free condoms
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Global Health Resource Center, UW Dept of Global Health By Lisa Cohen, Executive Director of the Washington Global Health Alliance:
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The threat of global infectious disease was already a significant humanitarian concern when Ken Stuart set up his independent research lab in 1976. Now known as
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On November 18th-20th representatives from our partners gathered to discuss opportunities and challenges ahead for immunizations. A new impact study released at the forum stated that by the end of 2009 256 million children have been vaccinated and 4 million deaths were prevented.
Global Health Resource Center, UW Dept of Global Health Washington Global Health Alliance's mapping project debuts today (Nov. 18) at SBRI 4-6p.
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Exploring philanthropy, non-profits and socially motivated business, from the Gates Foundation to your donation. A fresh look at the economy of good intentions.
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An Academy for All Africa:
In Johannesburg, a school aims to inspire a generation of change.
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Joseph Munyambanza of Democratic Republic of Congo is 18 years old, an aspiring doctor, and one of the best students on the African continent. A member of the first class at the African Leadership Academy, ...
Global Health Resource Center, UW Dept of Global Health New Yorker's Michael Specter -- one our favorite global health reporters -- will be speaking at 7 p.m, Tuesday, Nov. 17 Kane Hall. The session will be moderated by Dr. Ann Marie Kimball. Specter writes stories like “What Money Can Buy. Millions of Africans die needlessly of disease each year. Can Bill Gates change that...?” His talk is on his new book, 'Denialism: Balancing Skepticism and Science to Shape Global Health and Sustainability Policies." This is a World Affairs Council event -- cost $10.
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Two weeks ago, the National Conversation on the Future of America’s Cities and Metropolitan Areas took us to Seattle, Washington to see the city’s marriage of economic development and livability.
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Former President George W. Bush is starting a new institute to promote his domestic and international priorities.
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Dr. Grace John-Stewart, director of the UW Center for AIDS and STD, deliver a lecture, Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1: From Discovery to Delivery, at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday,Dec. 1, in Hogness Auditorium. ...
Global Health Resource Center, UW Dept of Global Health From the Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA): "WA state's impact on global health is enormous. WGHA will release results of impact study next Thursday at WBBA event."
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The Washington Global Health Alliance will be featured in the first session of a four part series sponsored by the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association which will highlight Washington State’s expanding role in the global health community. ...
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration nominated a young former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run the nation's top foreign assistance program Tuesday, ending months of speculation and complaints about who would take the vacant post.
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World Health Cinema presents "Sweet Crude"
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 5:30 pm, Foege Auditorium (GNOMS060). FREE
94 minutes
"Sweet Crude" is a documentary on the Niger Delta and the impact the extraction of oil has on the local population: http://www.sweetcrudemovie.com/. It is by local filmmaker, Sandy Cioffi. (NPR covered the ...arrest in Nigeria last year of Sandy and her crew when they were completing this film.) "Sweet Crude" has won several awards recently including 1st Runner-up for Best Documentary at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival. Sandy Cioffi will introduce her film and answer questions following the screening.
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In a small corner of the most populous country in Africa, billions of dollars of crude oil flow under the feet of a desperate people. Immense wealth and abject poverty stand in stark contrast. The environment is decimated. The issues are complex, the answers elusive.
See MoreGlobal Health Resource Center, UW Dept of Global Health Video of the 2009 Stephen StewartGloyd Endowed Lecture - Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet: "Two Concepts for Health: How to Radicalize the Global Response to Planetary Threats"
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Kenya launches an unprecedented campaign to survey the country's gay population about their sexual behaviors -- taking on a subject long met with hostility in the country.
