Global Health Seminar Series

The University of Wisconsin Center for Global Health promotes interdisciplinary education, research and partnerships to address health issues that transcend national boundaries.

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Date		Presentation
11/17/2009		Perspective on Pandemic Influenza: Views from Microscopic to Global C. Olsen
10/28/2009		Integrated TB/HIV Care Outcomes: Lessons Learned in Uganda D. Nansera
10/08/2009		Global Health Through Soap Operas: Social Change Via Entertainment Media W. Ryerson
10/07/2009		New Government Hospital in Taxco, Mexico: Impact on the Nursing Staff D. Macedo Millan
09/23/2009		Strengthening Emergency Medical Services in Ethiopia: New Twinning Center Partnership G. Tefera
04/08/2009		Risk Reduction for HIV / STIs: Asian Culture Perspectives A. Powwattana
03/26/2009		Special Ethical Considerations When Conducting Research in Developing Countries F. Nakwagala
03/25/2009		Global Health Interventions Addressing the AIDS Epidemic in Malawi L. McCreary, K. Norr, L. Mkandawire-Valhmu
03/04/2009		Villages First: Community Health Mobilization in Western Kenya E. Nadeau
12/03/2008		Making the Village That Raises the Child N. Makau
10/22/2008		Full Access Door-to-Door Home-Based HIV Counseling and Testing: Lessons Learned from Rural Uganda S. Asiimwe
10/15/2008		Anesthesia Aid for the Developing World R. Eltringham
09/17/2008		A Global Strategic Plan for Hospital Pharmacy Practice L. Vermeulen View description As the complexity of medication therapy has increased for hospitalized patients, the importance of skilled pharmacists and advanced pharmacy services in hospitals has become critical. In August 2008, the Hospital Pharmacy Section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) will host a Global Conference on the Future of Hospital Pharmacy, bringing hundreds of delegates from over 100 nations to Basel, Switzerland to address issues that will shape the future of hospital pharmacy practice. Lee Vermeulen, who chaired the Steering Committee for the Conference, presents a summary of the Conference consensus statements. In addition, a global survey of hospital pharmacy practice was conducted by the Vermeulen in preparation for the Conference, and a summary of the results are presented.
05/07/2008		Notes from an American Doctor Living in the Amazon L. Smith View description In 1990, Dr. Linnea Smith began practicing medicine in Peru, on the edge of the Amazon River, and she continues to work there caring for the local people. She talks of life in the rainforest, the evolution of her small clinic and the challenges of attempting to provide medical care in an area lacking basic services, let alone advanced medical technology.
04/30/2008		Nutrition, Mental Health and Health-Related Quality of Life of Palestinian Preschoolers: Resilience and Vulnerability S. Massad
04/02/2008		Health Care Delivery Systems in Mexico L. Acevedo, G. Chambray
03/26/2008		Globalization and Emerging Infectious Diseases N. Marano View description Nina Marano, discusses the intersections between her work and the globalization of emerging infectious diseases.
11/12/2007		Can I Take This Spectophotometer as Carry On? B. Micke View description The Wisconsin Medical Project (WMP) is a non-profit humanitarian organization whose mission is to deliver medical supplies and equipment to pediatric colleagues at the Eduardo Agramonte Pediatric Hospital in Madison's sister city of Camaguey, Cuba. In addition to discussing the current work of WMP to update the laboratories in the main pediatric hospital and their 60-bed neonatal unit, Dr. Micke gives a brief overview of health care in Cuba, highlights the advances in public health as well as considers the problems the Cuban economy and the ongoing US embargo pose to health care delivery throughout Cuba.
10/10/2007		Pain Policy Project - Sierra Leone R. Buitrago, G. Madiye
05/09/2007		Rethinking the Healthcare Model in Africa E. Darkoh View description Ernest Darkoh, MD, MPH, MBA, founder and chairman of Broadreach Healthcare speaks on "Rethinking the Healthcare Model in Africa" at the Health Sciences Learning Center on May 9, 2007.
04/18/2007		Managing HIV/AIDS in Low-Resource Settings D. Nansera View description Denis Nansera, MD, highlights how Uganda has responded to the HIV epidemic using innovations acceptable to a population with diverse social and economic backgrounds.
03/22/2007		Beyond the ABCs: AIDS Vaccines and Other New Prevention Technologies M. Warren View description Mitchell Warren, executive director of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) spoke on "Beyond the ABCs: AIDS Vaccines and Other New Prevention Technologies" at the Health Sciences Learning Center on March 22, 2007.
12/06/2006		Public Health Aspects of Disaster Management R. Brooks View description The Global Health Seminar Series on Wednesday, December 6, featured "The Public Health Response to Natural and Human Disasters: What We Can Learn from Sri Lanka," by Richard Brooks, outreach program manager and director of the Health Promotion Project.
11/09/2006		Addressing Issues of Violence Against Women in Mexico R. Rodriguez, Y. Garza View description The presenters will discuss their work with the faculty from the University of Guadalajara in developing a response to violence against women both on the campus and in the community.
10/12/2006		Children, Vulnerability, and 'Social Vaccines': HIV/AIDS and Schooling in Southern and Central Africa N. Kendall View description In much of the literature on HIV prevention and AIDS care, formal schooling is conceived of as the primary mechanism for "inoculating" children against the pandemic and meeting the needs of children and communities made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. Despite this growing focus on formal schooling as a "social vaccine", there is little evidence of how schools and children-particularly orphaned and vulnerable children-interact in highly-affected areas. This presentation will examine evidence from Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe on how children, schools, communities, and states currently interact. It will then examine international efforts, particularly US Federal efforts, to transform HIV/AIDS education in these settings. Lastly, it will present recommendations about how to improve the efficacy of an "educational vaccine" against HIV.
09/21/2006		Access to Medicines and South Africa's HIV/AIDS Pandemic H. Klug View description The talk focuses on the problem of sustainable access to medicines in the context of South Africa's HIV/AIDS pandemic. After giving a brief background to the present pandemic Professor Klug will discuss the various conditions; legal, political and social that undermine the ability of the health system to ensure a sustainable supply of needed medicines. He will also evaluate a range of arguments that have been made to either justify the existing structure of medicine supply or to deny that patents and other legal provisions are at all relevant to the problem of access to medicines or the failure to adequately address the ongoing crisis.