DEAD MUMS DON'T CRY documents one woman's remarkable struggle to stop mothers in her country from dying. She's Grace Kodindo - an obstetrician in the poverty-stricken central African country of Chad. Women in Chad have a 1 in 11 chance of dying during pregnancy or in childbirth. The risk for women in the UK is 1 in 5100.
Cutting maternal mortality by 75% by 2015 was one of the eight Millennium Development Goals set by 189 countries in 2000. Five years on, progress is far behind schedule - and this film reveals it's slowest on the goals that affect women and children.
“Measuring the Ethics of Global Health Education”
-Thinking of learning abroad? Do ethical dilemmas keep you up at night?
Come hear Dr. Linnea Capps, head of one of the P&S fourth year International Electives Programs, and Lauren Taggart Wasson, MPH, discuss and debate the ethics of international medical education and our current methods of evaluating these projects.
6:00 p.m. in Hammer 324 on January 20th.
Food will be served.
Click here to read an article written by Lauren Taggart Wasson.
Dr. Linnea Capps is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in addition to working as Assistant Clinical Professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and Associate Director of the Department of Medicine and director of the residency program at Harlem hospital. She spends a part of each year working in her community health project in Chiapas, Mexico with Doctors for Global health which is a private non-profit organization promoting health, education, art and other human rights throughout the world. Dr. Capps works with a small community hospital and health promoter training project in a Mayan indigenous population. Dr. Capps received her MD from the University of Missouri – Columbia and her MPH from Columbia University.
Lauren Taggart Wasson, MPH, is a medical student at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. Her graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University and work for the USAID- funded POLICY Project focused on international HIV/AIDS.
The P&S Student Forum on Global Health and Human Rights is a partnership between the International Health Organization (IHO) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). This year, it is graciously co-sponsored by Clinical Practice, FMIG, AMSA and Lambda.
The P&S Forum on Global Health & Human Rights presents "Your International Elective: An Ethically Ambiguous Choose Your Own Adventure"
Wednesday January 14 at 12:30 pm, HSC 322
The Forum on Global Health & Human Rights kicks off a new module entitled "The Ethics of Global Health Education." As the summer approaches, many 1st year medical students will embark on international educational programs. What are the benefits to these organizations? Are they doing more harm than good? Who is truly benefiting from the experience? How could we measure the benefits and are we?
Do you remember Choose Your Own Adventures? Aren't they awesome?
Lunch will be provided!
Read a provocative article by Monsignor Ivan Illich titled "To Hell With Good Intentions"
The P&S Student Forum on Global Health and Human Rights is excited to present a talk by Richard Plunz, director of the Urban Design Lab, on public health and urban design on New York City. This talk is co-sponsored with Mailman's Students for Environmental Action (SEA). The Urban Design Lab (UDL), at the Earth Institute, integrates social processes, education initiatives, technological solutions, and political empowerment to create long-lasting sustainable changes in communities. UDL also provides technical and consultation services to community-based organizations, with the goal of incorporating sustainable alternatives for meeting development needs. Please see below for details on the event, and the UDL website.
Urban Design Lab's Richard Plunz : "Re-Centering New York City"
A lunch time talk by Director of Columbia's Urban Design Lab, Richard Plunz, on some of the UDL's ongoing projects related to both public health and design, and the future of NYC. Also, learn some ideas about how to green up your room/apartment or home. Food and beverages will be served.
WHEN: Tuesday December 9th
WHERE: Hess Commons (722 West 168th St)
TIME: 1 - 2:30 PM
Epidemiological Transition from Infectious Disease to Chronic Disease.
The second event of the module will be on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19 from 12-1 PM in HAMMER 304. We will examine the evidence in current literature and try to highlight some of the potential issues with the delivery of actual mental health services in the developing world.
See attached article, which will be discussed during the session.
Light refreshments will be served.
We hope to see you there!
Forum on Global Health and Human Rights
THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION : DEMENTIA IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
November 19th 2008
12pm- 1pm
Hammer Health Sciences Building HSC 304
701 W 168th St
New York, NY 10032
"Obesity,Diabetes and Dementia: Implications for the Developing World."
Jose A. Luchsinger MD
Associate Professor of Medicine &Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center and the Taub Institute
New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center
November 14th 2008
12pm- 1pm
Hammer Health Sciences Building HSC 308
701 W 168th St
New York, NY 10032
Food will be served.
Dementia Underestimated in Developing Countries
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