Global Health Nursing & Midwifery
Addressing Pain in Resource constrained settings
I want to duff my hat to this initiative to exchange on this very important issue surrounding HIV/AIDS palliative care which is quite a weak spot along the HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support continuum. I have participated in the training of…
The role of nurses in global health and NCDs: what do you think?
Working with the Ministries of Health regarding their country's definition of what nursing standards for registration and/or regulation are, will help us immensely as we attempt to assist other areas of the world regarding our profession, and in the…
Abortion Care in Stressed Settings
Hello Everyone, I'm an American social worker with a Dutch NGO called Women on Waves (www.womenonwaves.org). We strive to provide access to safe abortion care (primarily via misoprostol) for women in countries where reproductive healthcare is severely…
Grieving in the middle of an epidemic
Thank you Elizabeth and Tari for your vauable comments. I'm struck by the commonality of the before and after of hearing a life threatening diagnosis for any disease. It is such a marker for the person involved and their loved ones. The difference with HIV…
New HOPE Nurses Conference, 1/25 - Empty Chairs at Empty Tables: The Meaning of Epidemic
I wanted to invite everyone to the next HIV Online Provider Education (HOPE) Nurses Conference, being held on Wednesday, January 25th from 8 to 9 AM EST. Kevin Mallinson, PhD, RN of the Goldfarb School of Nursing, will be giving a talk on Empty Chairs at…
Two Upcoming Risk Programs at Harvard School of Public Health
1. Analyzing Risk: Science, Assessment, and Management March 19–22, 2012 Boston, MA Program Website: https://ccpe.sph.harvard.edu/RISK Presented in collaboration with the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis — this program offers unparalleled expertise in risk…
Online course on ethical challenges faced by students during short-term global health rotations
In November, the Stanford University Center for Innovation in Global Health with the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics launched a new interactive, web-based course on ethical challenges faced by trainees during short-term global health rotations.…
Urdu-language maternal-child health resources
*Cross-posting courtesy of GANM (Global Alliance for Nursing and Midwifery) Thanks to all of you who contributed materials and links to resources for maternal and child care in Urdu language for Pakistan. What we did was to assemble them all into a single…
Request for Proposals to Improve the Lives of Mothers, Children and Newborns
Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health (CGH) is excited to launch a $100,000 Translational Grant to accelerate innovative health technologies to improve the lives of mothers, children, and newborns in resource-constrained settings. We are…