The Role of Students In Global Health – Dr. Julian Atim
While in medical school at Makerere University in Uganda, Dr. Atim founded Students for Equity in Health Care, which advocates for health rights country-wide. She is a member of the Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA), which together with Physicians for Human Rights has formed a network of over 600 Ugandan health workers dedicated to AIDS advocacy. As a student, she successfully lobbied officials at Kampala’s Mulago Hospital to supply staff with post-exposure prophylaxis. She believes advocating for these critical safeguards may sharpen the resolve of health professionals to practice medicine in their homeland. Dr. Atim received her medical degree from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. She is currently an MPH candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Friday, April 4, 2008 - 6:30pm
Location: McCormick Tribune Center (1870 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL)
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