All Posts: global health
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School of Health Students Finding Sustainable Health Solutions in Rural India
Through their student-run organization, Project RISHI (Rural India Social and Health Improvement), Georgetown undergraduate students including those from the School of Health are partnering with local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to address population health problems such as anemia and malnutrition through education and the use of sustainable health products.
Category: GUMC Stories
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Georgetown’s Center for Innovation in Global Health, in Partnership with the Government of Malawi, Leverages Emerging Tools To Accelerate an End to National HIV Epidemic
Georgetown University’s Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH), in partnership with the Republic of Malawi’s Ministry of Health, will advance research and policy toward the scale-up of long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) drugs to prevent HIV in the African country.
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Student Fellows Connect Interprofessionally To Advance Global Health Research
The current cohort of Global Health Institute (GHI) student fellows embodies the university’s commitment to a cross-disciplinary approach to researching global health. Students and faculty from all three Georgetown University Medical Center schools, as well as the law center and main campus, partner across professions to advance global health projects.
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New UNAIDS Collaborating Center at Georgetown Leverages Strengths in HIV/AIDS Law, Policy, and Politics
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today designated the Global Health Policy and Politics Initiative at Georgetown as a United Nations Collaborating Center to support and advance policy and laws impacting HIV/AIDS with the overarching goal of addressing the inequalities driving the pandemic.
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Global Health Scholar Deus Bazira to Lead New Global Health Institute
Georgetown has appointed Dr. Deus Bazira, a professor and global health scholar and leader, as the inaugural director of its new Global Health Institute, a university-wide platform dedicated to advancing cross-disciplinary research and education on global health.
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Georgetown University Formally Launches Global Health Institute; Dr. Deus Bazira Appointed Inaugural Director
Georgetown University today formally announced the Georgetown Global Health Institute (GHI) and the new appointment of its inaugural director, Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH, MBA, BPharm.
Category: News Release
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UNICEF Award to CGHPI Supports COVID-19 Vaccination in Eswatini
(January 6, 2023) — Georgetown’s Center for Global Health Practice and Impact-Eswatini (CGHPI-E) continues its COVID-19 vaccination work with the support of a new UNICEF award. Its new project addresses vaccine hesitancy through targeted and differentiated programming and communication campaigns at the community level in the Manzini and Lubombo regions of Eswatini. In March 2021, […]
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School of Health Undergraduates Track Disease Outbreaks at Global Health Organizations
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School of Health Undergraduates Conduct Research in Ghana as Part of a Team of Interdisciplinary Scholars
Two School of Health undergraduates embedded with a team of researchers say experiencing public health and cultural humility in real time has taken their global health coursework to a new level.
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New Study Finds Climate Change Could Spark the Next Pandemic
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2022) — As the Earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers predict wild animals will be forced to relocate their habitats — likely to regions with large human populations — dramatically increasing the risk of a viral jump to humans that could lead to the next pandemic. This link between climate change and […]
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