Global Health at McGill...

Canada's Strategic Role in Global Health

The Report of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) Expert Panel on Canada's Strategic Role in Global Health was recently launched at the McGill Global Health Programs co-sponsored 2011 Conference on Global Health. For full details see the Expert Panel website, or contribute to the discussion on their facebook page.

Health Professionals for a New Century
The Lancet Commission Report

Health Professionals for a New Century: Transforming Education to Strengthen Health Systems in an Interdependent World
An independent commission of 20 academic leaders from around the world recommends comprehensive reform in the training of healthcare professionals, in a major new report published in The Lancet on 4 December 2010. For full details, see the report website: http://healthprofessionals21.org/. For information about relevant panel sessions at the 2011 Conference on Global Health (co-hosted by McGill Global Health Programs), please see this link.

Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health
Round 1 Grantees

Congratulations to all Grantees in Round 1 of the Grand Challenges Canada Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health program!

We are particularly proud of McGill's own:

Anne Andermann
A primary care toolkit to tackle child labour and promote health equity
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Anny Fortin
The use of a permanent make-up (or tattoo) device to target drug delivery against cutaneous leishmaniasis
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Madhukar Pai
A low-cost, multiplexed, point-of-care test for extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
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Nitika Pant Pai
To develop a synergistic, innovative, implementation strategy for self testing for HIV in South Africa
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Images that Inspire Photography Contest

Congratulations to Heather Kooiman for winning the 2010 Photography Competition Award!