GlobeMed member featured in Anthropology News at Washington University - St. Louis

Evan Blank of Washington University wrote for his school's Anthropology News section highlighting the emergence of global health as an issue of interest among university students. He speaks of his shared enthusiasm for engaging himself and his fellow students in real movements to improve community health. He describes his powerful two month visit to rural Uganda and his efforts to partner with local organizations to pioneer a youth health clinic.

A few excerpts:

"How do we get undergraduate students who are academically interested in public health to engage in the field in a practical, pragmatic way? To help address this question, Anupam Kumar, a fellow junior in Anthropology, and I teamed together to found a chapter of GlobeMed at Washington University...."

"I was part of a team of three other volunteers working on several clean water projects. During our stay, my team completed an ethnographic clean water and sanitation study; partnered with community leaders to build four shallow wells; and created an educational program to promote WaterGuard, a water chlorination product socially marketed in Uganda."

You can read more of Evan's comments at the WashU Anthropology website.