Should human rights talk be applied to health?
Posted by Lalith Polepeddi on April 8, 2009
Today in globalhealthU, we went over the keynotes and workshops from the truly inspiring GlobeMed Summit 2009. We focused in on one event in particular: the much-discussed panel discussion between Drs Evan Lyon, Laurie Zoloth, and Nirav Shah. I've summarized a couple of the main points from our discussion below. So …Keep Reading
GlobeMed at Northwestern Quarterly Newsletter
Posted by Jon Shaffer on December 14, 2008
Please check out our Fall Quarter Newsletter to read articles about GlobeMed at Northwestern students traveling to our health partner, the HOPE Center in Ho, Ghana, guest articles from Prof. Kearsly Stewart and Peter Luckow, and other great content. It has been a very productive quarter as is reflected in the …Keep Reading
Change we can believe in…
Posted by Lalith Polepeddi on November 21, 2008
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A Film and Discussion on Humanitarian Aid
Posted by Gabriela Escobar on November 20, 2008
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Google Flu Trends
Posted by Lalith Polepeddi on November 16, 2008
Google has done it again. Earlier this week, Google launched a project called Google Flu Trends (http://www.google.org/flutrends/). It estimates flu activity in the US based on Google search queries.Currently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimate flu activity based on how many sick patients enter a doctor's office. The problem with …Keep Reading
The New Colonialists?
Posted by Jon Shaffer on October 22, 2008
To continue the discussion of critical and thoughtful volunteerism and international work, I just thought that I'd forward a couple more good reads that are relevant to the discussion that we had at our meeting tonight. The first is a short article in the North by Northwestern Magazine talking about the …Keep Reading
Securing the right
Posted by Lalith Polepeddi on October 9, 2008
Last night we were joined by Prof Michael Diamond, who is a professor of global health at NU. He talked to us about how we can channel enthusiasm for global health to help build sustainable solutions in a talk titled "Moving Beyond Compassion: Making a Sustainable Impact on Improving Health." I …Keep Reading
GlobeMed on the radio!
Posted by Jon Shaffer on October 6, 2008
Freshman Nick Zessis interviews Jon Shaffer, co-president of GlobeMed at Northwestern, on WNUR, Northwestern's student radio station, about GlobeMed's goals for this quarter.
Reflections on the progress of the HOPE Centre
Posted by Jon Shaffer on August 19, 2008
Colleen, my partner in crime this past year as co-president of GlobeMed at NU and the one who will be spending 9 months at the HOPE Center this year working to develop an HIV VCT (voluntary testing and counseling center), has some important analysis of her experiences so far at the …Keep Reading
Tour of the Ando Village Farm
Posted by Peter Luckow on August 14, 2008
Here is a short video of our trip to the Ando village demonstration farm. The farm is part of the HOPE Center's community nutrition project, and will serve to train and acclimate the local community to soy beans, which are not traditionally grown in this region. Severe protein deficiency is the …Keep Reading
