VRƵ News - Global Health Programs /channels/news_feeds/all/term/mcgill_global_hlth_progs/rss en Inaugural seminar of the Department /channels/channels/news/inaugural-seminar-department-351609 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>On September 20th, 2023, the Department of Global and Public Health held its inaugural seminar. We welcomed Dr. Louise Pilote for a talk titled Sex and Gender Determinants of Vascular Disease in the Global Context. The event was held both on Zoom and in-person in the School of Population and Global Health. For those who missed the event, you can review her slides at <a href="https://shorturl.at/ryJK8">this link</a>. </i></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:22:35 +0000 webfull 193518 at /channels Ethics in Rehab /channels/channels/news/ethics-rehab-293621 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>What is distinctive about ethics in rehabilitation? Read the special issue of <a href="http://www.cjb-rcb.ca" target="_blank">Canadian Journal of Bioethics</a> on Rehab Ethics, covering private practice, waiting list management, conceptualizations of ethics, ethics education, sexuality, autonomy. Guest editors of Vol.1; No 3, Limits and Challenges of Ethics in Rehabilitation included Dr. Matthew Hunt.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/sketch_canadian_journal_of_bioethics_-_person_helping_person_to_transfer_out_of_wheelchair.png?itok=ydPCbe8_" width="160" height="194" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">21 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2019</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:56:05 +0000 webfull 145260 at /channels Dr. Lencucha wins prestigious prize for Global Health /channels/channels/news/dr-lencucha-wins-prestigious-prize-global-health-292036 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p>Congratulations to Dr. <b>Raphael Lencucha</b> who has been awarded the Dr. Donald A. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Global Health Research for his publication entitled “Global tobacco control and economic norms: an analysis of normative commitments in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia.”</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/lencucha_gh.jpg?itok=7HDyGJhg" width="160" height="160" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">23 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 23 Nov 2018 21:24:06 +0000 webfull 143636 at /channels Dr. Madhukar Pai honoured as influential alumnus by UC Berkeley /channels/channels/news/dr-madhukar-pai-honoured-influential-alumnus-uc-berkeley-286829 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In celebration of the 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the University of California, Berkeley’s (UCB) School of Public Health (SPH), the School compiled a list of their 75 most influential alumni. Included among the impressive list of luminaries was Dr. Madhukar Pai, Director of <a href="/globalhealth/">VRƵ Global Health Programs</a>. On April 21, Dr. Pai traveled to Berkeley to formally accept this honour as part of the official celebrations.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/3919bb40-45cd-11e8-9815-3956282c0c89.jpg?itok=t-tcp9BQ" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:07:54 +0000 webfull 137572 at /channels VRƵ to contribute to health sector capacity-building projects in Haiti /channels/channels/news/mcgill-contribute-health-sector-capacity-building-projects-haiti-286383 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p align="center"><em>$35.5 million in development assistance announced recently by Government of Canada </em></p> <p align="center"> </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gac-haiti.jpg?itok=Q5v1yIOf" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:46:41 +0000 webfull 137089 at /channels Whole-of-government approaches to NCDs: the case of the Philippines Interagency Committee-Tobacco /channels/news/whole-government-approaches-ncds-case-philippines-interagency-committee-tobacco-265580 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This article points to the importance of not only structural features of whole-of-government approaches for NCD control but also the institutional culture and entrenched political and economic interests.</p> <p>For more information and the article, <a href="https://academic-oup-com.proxy3.library.mcgill.ca/heapol/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/heapol/czu085" target="_blank">see here</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/healthpolicy_and_planning.jpg?itok=O0vzMXnc" width="107" height="138" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Sat, 04 Feb 2017 06:10:57 +0000 webfull 124655 at /channels Let's talk TB! /channels/news/lets-talk-tb-257646 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>VRƵ Global Health Programs Director Madhu Pai is editor of a unique collection of papers printed as a supplement to GP Clinics. This supplement is an effort to engage and educate GPs and private practitioners and to share with them the current best practices on TB diagnosis and treatment. The book is accompanied by an interactive <a href="http://www.letstalktb.org/" target="_blank">web platform</a> where practioners can <a href="http://www.letstalktb.org/test/" target="_blank">test </a>their TB knowledge and find additional resources to update their practice.<br /><br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/letstalktb_bookcover.png?itok=mKL1Z1F_" width="160" height="259" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Jan 2016 22:09:07 +0000 webfull 114980 at /channels VRƵ GHP Newsletter: Winter 2016 Preview /channels/news/mcgill-ghp-newsletter-winter-2016-preview-257638 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <div> <div> <p>The VRƵ Global Health Programs latest newsletter is out! Inside, read about global health-related courses you can take this semester and what we are planning for 2016 and more!</p> <p>Read the latest issue <a href="http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=930e42f31e25be51bfe17acf4&amp;id=bdaccc0023" target="_blank">here</a>!</p> <p>Subscribe <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/globalhealth/subscribe-0">here</a>.</p> <p>Find past issues <a href="/globalhealth/node/2059">here</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/151103-200838-7130.jpg?itok=K0g96W4j" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">7 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Jan 2016 19:25:27 +0000 webfull 114972 at /channels Read our last newsletter for 2015! /channels/news/read-our-last-newsletter-2015-257376 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The VRƵ Global Health Programs latest newsletter is out! Inside, read about Arnold Steinberg, what we are planning for 2016 and more upcoming opportunities and events!</p> <p>Read the latest issue <a href="http://us3.campaign-archive2.com/?u=930e42f31e25be51bfe17acf4&amp;id=dff0b4bcc7&amp;e=5b74d4b139" target="_blank">here</a>!</p> <p>Subscribe <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/globalhealth/subscribe-0">here</a>.</p> <p>Find past issues <a href="/globalhealth/node/2059">here</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/2015_mcgill_ghp_holiday_banner.jpg?itok=-sQr6D6a" width="160" height="75" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:21:24 +0000 webfull 114684 at /channels Where do physiotherapy and rehabilitation research fit? /channels/news/where-do-physiotherapy-and-rehabilitation-research-fit-257311 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Stephanie Nixon and Matthew Hunt editorial; Global Health: Where do physiotherapy and rehabilitation research fit? " Physiotherapy Canada, 67(3), pp. 217–218</p> <p>For more information about the Article, click<a href="http://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ptc.67.3.GEE"> here</a>.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/physiojournal.jpg?itok=84qKS_qW" width="160" height="215" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 01:50:07 +0000 webfull 114603 at /channels