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The Fifth Annual Global Health Symposium was held at the Health Sciences Learning Center on February 4, 2009. The focus of the event was Wisconsin and the World: Working Together for Sustainable Health.

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02/04/2009 Picture from Human, Animal, and Ecosystem Health in Uganda: a Case Study for Disease Emergence and Preventive Medicine in the Developing World video
T. Goldberg
Picture from Global Teaching and Learning in the Health Sciences video
S. Hanson, E. Rice, R. Dempsey, D. Dulli, J. Schiff Boissonnault, L. Dresang, R. Yang
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This video contains the following presentations related to Global Teaching and Learning in the Health Sciences from the 2009 Global Health Symposium: Global Health, Cultural Diversity and Study Abroad Nursing Student Experiences by Elizabeth Rice, RN, PhD The Case for Training Surgical Subspecialists in developing Countries: The Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery and Attempts to Reverse the Maldistribution of Health Care in the developing World by Robert J. Dempsey, MD Educational Benefits of 1-4 Week Medical Missions in the Developing World for Students of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health by Douglas Dulli, MD, MS UW-Madison Physical Therapy Service-Learning Project: Rehab in Punta Gorda, Belize by Jill Schiff Boissonnault, PT, PhD Global Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO®) and Basic Life Support in Obstetrics (BLSO®) Lee T. Dresang, MD Assessing the Impact of a Global Health Experience in Plastic Surgery Residency by Robert Yang, BA
Picture from Addressing the Needs of People with AIDS video
M. Gasiorowicz, S. O'Connor, K. Ivantic-Doucette, B. Pfefferkorn, G. Stoddard Leatherberry, S. Harrill, M. Isola, J. Nord
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This video contains the following presentations related to Addressing the Needs of People with AIDS from the 2009 Global Health Symposium: The PEPFAR Triangle: Scale-up, Sustainability, and Quality of Services and data: Challenges to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief by Mari Gasiorowicz, MA Learning About the HIV Epidemic Through Brazilian Eyes by Shelby O’Connor, PhD Becoming the Change for Health, Education and Development in Africa by Karen Ivantic-Doucette, MSN Roadblocks to the Wisconsin Idea: the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Thailand by Branden Pfefferkorn, MD, MPH candidate, Gillian Stoddard Leatherberry and Stephanie Harrill UW Village Health Project: Student-led Grassroots Activism to Empower Female Adolescents in Rural Uganda by Molly Isola Health and Healthcare in Thailand, and My Clinical Rotation at Ramathibodi Hospital by Jo Nord, MD
Picture from Health Policy and Emerging Global Health Issues video
J. Beasley, J. McCord, M. Amin, A. Moorthy, A. Brower
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This video contains the following presentations related to Health Policy and Emerging Global Health Issues from the 2009 Global Health Symposium: Primary Care: An International Perspective, by John W. Beasley, MD Co-authors: Qidwai W, Gomez-Clavelina F. Implementing a Trauma Registry in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Our Experience in Two Teaching Hospitals, by Jaime McCord, MD Sources of Medicine Information for Patients with Chronic Conditions in Alexandria, Egypt, by Mohamed Amin Chronic Kidney disease (CKd) in Uganda: Need for Prevention of Kidney Failure, by A. Vishnu Moorthy, MD Outreach in Moldova: Experiences with the USAId Farmer to Farmer Program, by Alexandra Brower, DVM, DaCVP
Picture from Infectious Diseases video
S. Hwa, J. Osorio, H. Nissen Bjoernsen, M. Kirby, M. Bastin, R. Koltun, E. Pleuss
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This video contains the following presentations related to Infectious Diseases from the 2009 Global Health Symposium: Development of a Recombinant Raccoonpox Virus Vaccine Against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, by Shi-Hsia Hwa A DENGUE VACCINE: Is It Needed? Is It Possible? Is It Globally Feasible? by Jorge E. Osorio, DVM, PhD Nurses’ Role in the Fight Against TB: How Can the Nurse, Through Use of Professional Communication Skills, Motivate the TB Patient to Comply with and Complete TB Treatment? by Hanne Nissen Bjoernsen, RN, BSN, MS/MPH Candidate The WHO Initiative to Estimate the Global Burden of Foodborne disease and the development of Tools to deal with Imperfect data by Dorte Dopfer Assessing Community Health and Water Quality in Rural Coastal Ecuador by Miles Kirby, BS, MS, Marie Bastin, BS, BSN, MPH candidate, Raisa Koltun, PharmD, MPH candidate and Elizabeth Pleuss, MS, MPH
Picture from Community Health: Global Perspectives video
K. Harrison, J. McNulty, C. Gundacker, N. Gundacker, N. Preston, D. Oldenburg, D. DaSilva, A. Rakestraw, A. Stanculescu, D. Mills
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This video contains the following presentations related to Community Health: Global Perspectives from the 2009 Global Health Symposium: The Pathology of Poverty: One Response to Economic, Education and Public Health Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa, by Kathleen Harrison, PhD and John A. McNulty An Exploratory, Qualitative Study of Factors Affecting Children’s Agricultural Work in Tepatitlán,Mexico and Surrounding Areas, by Constance Gundacker, BS and Nathan Gundacker, BS Eco-health Service Learning in Autlan, Mexico, by Nicholas Preston, PhD and co-author: Darby Oldenburg, PhD, assistant professor, University of Wisconsin - Richland Center The Nepali Way: Lessons from the Volunteer Services Nepal in Delivering Health Care to Children’s Homes by Douglas DaSilva, BS Survey of Public Health Issues in the Kuku Group Ranch, Southern Kenya, by Amy Rakestraw, MS, PT, MPH Yambiro, Ecuador: Healthcare Needs Assessment of Rural Andean Community, by Alexandra Stanculescu and David Mills, BS
03/05/2008 Picture from 2008 Global Health Symposium: Global Health at UW-Madison video
C. Haq, D. Buss, G. Bousquet, K. May, R. Golden, J. Roberts
Picture from Health Care and Human Rights: The World Cannot Wait video
F. Chenoweth
Picture from HIV/AIDS: 2008 Global Health Symposium video
L. DiPrete Brown, K. Solheim, M. Hewson, S. Dillon Gold
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This video contains the following presentations related to HIV / AIDS from the 2008 Global Health Symposium: Walking in Cambodian Communities with HIV/AIDS: Dhammayietra Mongkol Borei Program Evaluation by Karen Solheim, RN, PhD Making a Difference for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa: A Regional Strategy to Improve the Quality of Services for Orphans and Vulnerable Children by Lori DiPrete Brown, MSPH Role of African Traditional Health Practitioners in Approaching the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the South African School Curriculum by Mariana Hewson, PhD Will I Stay Long?: Educating HIV+ Adolescents in Kenya by Susan Dillon Gold, RN, BSN
Picture from Emerging Global Health Strategies: 2008 Global Health Symposium video
E. Reisdorf, M. Ceraso, L. Hartjes, B. Frederick, F. Naab
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This video contains the following presentations related to Emerging Global Health Strategies from the 2008 Global Health Symposium: Laboratory Based Efforts for Pandemic Preparedness by Erik Reisdorf Update on Turning the Tide on Tobacco Use in China: Starting with Health Professionals by Marion Ceraso Travel health Risk Perceptions of Study Abroad Students by Laurie B. Hartjes Utilizing Systems Engineering Application to Improve HIV Flow Laboratory Capabilities in Nairobi, Kenya by Brian Frederick Psychosocial Experiences of Infertile Men in Accra Metropolis, Ghana by Florence Naab
Picture from Global Health and the Environment: 2008 Global Health Symposium video
J. Baumgartner, S. Dennis, S. Nash, S. Olson, Y. Eun, J. Charles
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This video contains the following presentations related to Global Health and the Environment from the 2008 Global Health Symposium: Assessing the Environmental Components of Trachoma Transmission in Kongwa District, Tanzania: A Project Description by Scott Nash Precipitation Based Malaria Patterns in the Amazon: Will Deforestation Alter Risk? by Sarah Olson Household Air Pollution Concentrations from Biomass Combustion in Rural Yunnan, China by Jill Baumgartner Bringing Clean Water to Rural Uganda by Yejin Eun and Jesse Charles Learning from Honduran Kids: Reflections on Play, Health and the Built Environment in Rural Honduras by Samuel F. Dennis, Jr
Picture from Access to Health Services: 2008 Global Health Symposium video
M. Courey, M. Sheahan, M. McDonald, R. Gorbach, K. Ratteree
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This video will contain the following presentations related to Access to Health Services from the 2008 Global Health Symposium: Access To Controlled Medications Program: A World Health Organization Undertaking by Megan Sheahan Provider and Client Influences on Family Planning Use in the Ashanti Region of Ghana by Maureen McDonald, MPH University of Wisconsin Community Health Nursing Program in Taxco, Mexico by Roxane Gorbach More than Money: A Comparative Analysis of Nurse Migration from Kenya and Uganda to the United Kingdom by Marissa Courey, MSc All Men Count: A Program to Increase Prostate and Colorectal Screening Participation for Men of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe by Kathleen Ratteree
Picture from Women and Children's Health: 2008 Global Health Symposium video
S. Koczela, A. Bibi, C. Gottileb, A. Alonso
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This video contains presentation regarding Women's and Children's Health from the 2008 Global Health Symposium: Same Problem, Different Factors: Maternal Health Care Seeking in Mathare, Kenya by Stephanie Koczela The Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns: Partnerships for Sustainable Improvements in Maternal and Newborn Health by Dr. Aaliya R. Bibi, MBBS Estimating the Prevalence of Childhood Disability in Developing Countries: Data From UNICEF’s Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey-round 3 (MICS-3) by Carissa Gottlieb FGM/C Project 2008 “The Right to be UnCut: Women and Infibulation in the Horn of Africa” by Araceli Alonso
02/07/2007 Picture from Global Health at the University of Wisconsin Madison:  2007 Global Health Symposium video
R. Golden, D. Buss, G. Bousquet, C. Kraus, L. Baumann, C. Haq
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Dean Robert Golden, Dean Daryl Buss, Dean Gilles Bousquet, Professor Connie Kraus and Professor Linda Baumann shared what Global Health means to each of their schools at the 3rd annual Global Health Symposium held at the Health Sciences Learning Center on February 7th, 2007. Cynthia Haq, MD the director of the Center for Global Health which sponsored this symposium that focused on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improving Global Health.
Picture from New Paradigms in Public Health and Human Rights:  2007 Global Health Symposium video
J. Mukherjee
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The third annual Global Health Symposium was held at the University of Wisconsin Madison Health Sciences Learning Center on Wednesday, February 7th, 2007. The focus of this year's event was Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improving Global Health with a Keynote presentation titled, "New Paradigms in Public Health and Human Rights" given by Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
Picture from Global Health Partnerships:  2007 Global Health Symposium video
J. Kenny, W. Shapiro, A. Kendziorski, L. DiPrete Brown, J. Hartman, J. Doyle
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This video contains the following presentations related to Global Health Partnerships from the 2007 Global Health Symposium: PrimeKare Kazakhstan Given by: John Doyle, DDS "Can I Really Take This Spectrophotometer as Carry On?" Health Care in Cuba and the Wisconsin Medical Project's Work Updating Laboratory Services at the Eduardo Agarmonte Childrens Hospital Given by: Jack Kenny, MD and William Shapiro, MD Lifeskills Education and Playing a Supporting Role in a South African Orphan Project Given by: Alexander Kendxiorski, MD A University Partnership for Community-based Research and Action: Mexico Given by: Lori DiPrete Brown, MPH Opportunities for Study, Research, and Service for Students and Health Professionals in Belize Given by: Jeff Hartman, MPT, MPH
Picture from Women's Health and Empowerment:  2007 Global Health Symposium video
C. Herrick, S. Gross, A. Mathieu, J. Baumgartner, B. Robinson, M. Courey
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This video contains the following presentations related to Women's Health and Empowerment from the 2007 Global Health Symposium: Obstetric Fistula in Tanzania: Reproductive Health is Social Justice Given by: Claire Herrick Maternal Health Care Utilization in Indonesia: Prior Trends, Recent Development Given by: Samuel Gross, MA El Proyecto Mural: Health and Reproductive Rights Among the Indigenous Women of Oaxaca, Mexico Given by: Alexandra Mathieu Exploring Ecological Sanitation as a Step Toward the Elimination of Manual Scavenging and Improved Health in Rural India Given by: Jill Baumgartner and Brian Robinson More than Money: A Comparative Analysis of Nurse Migration from Kenya and Uganda to the United Kingdom Given by: Marissa Courey, MSc
Picture from Infectious Diseases: 2007 Global Health Symposium video
M. Kron, Y. Semeniuk, C. Thomas, R. Cramer, J. Klink
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This video contains the following presentations related to Infectious Diseases from the 2007 Global Health Symposium: Multifunctional Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases in Human Parasitic Filarial: Insight into new Drug Discovery and Host-Parasite Interactions Given by: Michael A. Kron, MS, MD WHO Internship Summer 2006: Demographic Data on Youth Ages 10-24 in Kiev, Ukraine Given by: Yulia Semeniuk, MS, RN PolioPlus: The Eradication Effort and the Future Given by: Chester B. Thomas, DVM, MPVM, PhD Factors Impacting Patient Adherence to Complex Tuberculosis Treatment Regimes in Lusaka, Zambia Given by: Rebecca Cramer, MPH Home-Based Water Purification in Uganda Given by: Jenna Klink
Picture from Chronic Illness - Prevention & Intervention:  2007 Global Health Symposium video
L. Bautista, X. Kuang, S. Ellison, L. Olson, L. Baumann, A. Adams, C. Veldhorst
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This video contains the following presentations related to Chronic Illness: Prevention & Intervention from the 2007 Global Health Symposium: Prevalence of Obesity in Latin America: Results from the Consortium of Latin American Studies in Obesity (LASO) Given by: Leonelo E. Bautista, MD, DrPH Turning the Tide on Tobacco Use in China: Starting with Health Professionals Given by: Xiaodong Kuang, MA Management of Diabetes in Uganda Given by: Linda Baumann, PhD, RN, Shanee Ellison, and Lindsay Olson Overcoming Obstacles: Using Evidence to Engage American Indian Communities in Childhood Obesity Prevention Given by: Alexandra Adams, MD, PhD
Picture from Education and Training:  2007 Global Health Symposium video
L. Albright, J. Wang, G. Tefera, J. Patterson, J. Beasley
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This video contains the following presentations related to Education and Training from the 2007 Global Health Symposium: Pediatric Neurosurgery in East Africa Given by: Leland Albright, MD Family Medicine Development in China Given by: Jie Wang, MD, PA-C The Ethiopian Surgical Training Project Given by: Girma Tefera, MD Hackett Hemwall Foundation: Prolotherapy and Sclerotherapy Training in Central America Given by: Jeffrey Patterson, DO International Federation of Primary Care Research Networks Given by: John W. Beasley, MD