Global Health Programs for Students

Two children in a boat in a town entirely built on water. Ganvie, Benin. (Gabriel Altit 2008)

A mother and her baby sleeping in the street of the economic capital. Cotonou, Benin. (Gabriel Altit 2008)

Baby turning his head after the doctor calls his name. Our "caravane médicale" stopped in his village for a week. Aglogbe, Benin. (Gabriel Altit 2008)

We were working in the village of Hetin, Benin which is half built on water. (Gabriel Altit 2008)

Two Burmese girls outside a temple in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar. (Jason Hickey 2008)

An ancient Buddha statue in Wat Si Saket in Vientienne, Laos. (Jason Hickey 2008)

Four ethnic hill tribe boys in Myanmar near Inle Lake and Kalaw. (Jason Hickey 2008)

Pausing for a photo, this woman was tirelessly sweeping off the constant dust present in the raw-wooden floor of her home. Hetin, Benin. (Valerie To 2008)

Curious but shy children meet the doctors and medical students coming to open a temporary free clinic. Hetin, Benin. (Valerie To 2008)

*2008 WINNER* By sundown, families come to fetch their evening supply, and take a drink and refresh themselves. Hetin, Benin. (Valerie To 2008)

Group of laughing children as excited by the camera as by the camera holder. Hetin, Benin. (Valerie Wu Chao Ying 2008)

Valerie Wu Chao Ying, a medical student, holding a sick child in the walk-in clinic. Hetin, Benin. (Valerie Wu Chao Ying 2008)

Initiative Benin transformed this school into a walk-in medical clinic. Hetin, Benin. (Valerie Wu Chao Ying 2008)

Virender and the Mobile Pharmacy (Adi Boon 2009)

At the Ghats (Adi Boon 2009)

Waiting for Dr. Paul (Adi Boon 2009)

In the shack settlement, or "township", of Joe Slovo, South Africa, three children await treatment from a mobile clinic. (Nadia Roumeliotis 2009)

Three young boys peer over a wall to see the white girl walking through their township, Khayelitsha, South Africa. (Nadia Roumeliotis 2009)

While at a local game reserve near the Addo National Park, South Africa, a cheetah spots our jeep. (Nadia Roumeliotis 2009)

*2009 WINNER* Girl, Ecuador: A young girl in traditional dress. (Andrea Evans, McGill Medicine to Chilcapamba 2009)

Boy, Ecuador: A shy boy hiding before joining the rest of the children in Chilcapamba on a trip to a playground. (Andrea Evans 2009)

Yachac, Ecuador: A Yachac, or traditional healer for the Otavalo Quichua in the Andean Mountains of Ecuador. (Andrea Evans 2009)

Cape Town. At night atop a mountain I saw this unforgettable view of one sprawling city - no racial or economic lines visible. (Alexander Caudarella 2010)

Outside the gates of Tygerberg hospital, South Africa I saw another reminder of the not-so-hidden "back alley" abortion system. (Alexander Caudarella 2010)

Khayelitsha, South Africa. Over the fence from the chaotic clinic, the relative calm of the sleepy township of tin shacks. (Alexander Caudarella 2010)

Ghana. Volunteering with Unite for Sight, providing eye care and eye health education. (Anna Demello 2010)

Ghana. Volunteering with Unite for Sight, providing eye care and eye health education. (Anna Demello 2010)

Ghana. Volunteering with Unite for Sight, providing eye care and eye health education. (Anna Demello 2010)

Eldest of Bargo village in the sanitary district of Ziniaré, Burkina Faso, amidst a household survey on healthcare services utilization. (Étienne Langlois 2010)

Young girl of Bargo village in the sanitary district of Ziniaré, Burkina Faso, amidst a household survey on healthcare services. (Étienne Langlois 2010)

Children of Zangoni village in the sanitary district of Houndé, Burkina Faso, amidst a household survey on healthcare services. (Étienne Langlois 2010)

*2010 Winner* Ugandan Orphan: This Boy suffered from post-injection paralysis from an incorrect injection for malaria. (Heather Kooiman 2010)

Water at the well: These Ugandan girls walk to the one well in town every day to get clean water for their family. (Heather Kooiman 2010)

Women on the road: These Ugandan women carry food and supplies long distances on their heads. (Heather Kooiman 2010)

Victoria and Esli test out acupuncture at the Kaohsiung Municipal Chinese Medical Hospital. Taiwan. (Jason Tan de Bibiana 2010)

The Rapid Transit System in Taipei takes us and 1.4 million other passengers per day around the city. (Jason Tan de Bibiana 2010)

Parents bring their newborns to the Public Health Centre in Luhju Township, Taiwan for vaccinations and check-ups. (Jason Tan de Bibiana 2010)

Gaza baby: A 7-month old girl from Gaza is moved to intensive care after receiving open heart surgery from Israeli doctors. (Lucie Pivnick 2010)

Iraqi child: A young Iraqi boy displays his scar from recent open heart surgery in Israel. (Lucie Pivnick 2010)

Ethiopian boy: A young boy runs across a clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to feed me biscuits after I bandaged up his burned head. (Lucie Pivnick 2010)

Mzuzu, Malawi. A mother with local health care workers come to visit and check up on her child, who has Down Syndrome. (Maeve O'Neill Trudeau 2010)

Mzuzu, Malawi. A mother with her child, who has Down Syndrome, holding up a rattle in the light. (Maeve O'Neill Trudeau 2010)

Mzuzu, Malawi. A mother with her child who was diagnosed with mental retardation (not otherwise specified). (Maeve O'Neill Trudeau 2010)

Medellin, Colombia. A young boy carrying materials up the stairs to help rebuild his home. (Nicholas Salter 2010)

Medellin, Colombia. From within the library being built, a view of the community and the metrocable for public transport. (Nicholas Salter 2010)

Medellin, Colombia. The valley and the metrocable that provides accessibility to the poor, inspiring them with hope for a better future. (Nicholas Salter 2010)

The older sister is parenting her younger one because, from what we have learned, their mother has deceased and their father is working in another town. He comes and visits them whenever he can. (Benan Berhan 2011-12)

This little girl had a severe burn that was infested on her foot. She lives a 10-20 minute drive away from the hospital where health care is free for children, but she had no means of getting there. (Benan Berhan 2011-12)

The women and the child are lined up behind the Touch*A*Life volunteer vehicle and are waiting to receive meals for their families. Their buckets are soon going to be filled with warm, nutritious food. (Benan Berhan 2011-12)

This picture depicts Rosita’s kitchen. She prepares meals for her six month old baby and her four other children in this kitchen. (Hélène Retrouvey 2011-12)

This picture depicts Rosita with her two youngest children. At this moment, her older son is cooling the baby’s milk using the little water they have. (Hélène Retrouvey 2011-12)

This picture depicts patient of the Hogar San Pedro, a community health care facility, enjoying the annual summer celebrations. Notice how each patient is experiencing the celebration in a different manner. (Hélène Retrouvey 2011-12)

Maevehalana is a village in Northern Madagascar with a population of 400. The village's main export, peanut oil, is produced at this mill. This image was taken during a public health outreach mission which included a vaccination clinic. (Josh Ng 2011-12)

The Hopitaly Vaovao Mahafaly, sends locally trained Community Health Workers on monthly missions to Maevehalana to administer the standard WHO infant vaccination schedule. Pictured is Isodore, a CHW, keeping vaccination records. (Josh Ng 2011-12)

Pictured here is Ernestine, a Community Health Worker giving a lecture entitled "When pregnant women should visit the hospital" under a mango tree prior to an infant vaccination clinic. (Josh Ng 2011-12)

On the doorstep of the new Namatala Primary School where SAMA and Child of Hope set up a temporary medical clinic, a new friendship is commenced! (Katrina Ballerini 2011-12)

A young boy sits and smiles in the newly built latrine funded by the Student Association for Medical Aid which will be used by over 100 people and will increase the cleanliness of water and overall hygiene in Namatala, Uganda. (Katrina Ballerini 2011-12)

At the end of a long day's work at the temporary medical clinic and hours away from the Champion's League European football finals game, volunteers, SAMA members, doctors and nurses each yelled out their favorite football team! (Katrina Ballerini 2011-12)

Near Nalerigu, Ghana, This photo was taken at a public health excursion that encouraged mothers and children as well as pregnant women to come and receive care. (Kirsten Niles 2011-12)

Near Nalerigu, Ghana, This is a photo of a mother and child awaiting their turn to be examined by the nurses that have come from the hospital to her village to do well-health checks. (Kirsten Niles 2011-12)

Nalerigu, Ghana. This child is part of the medical center nutrition center that provides food and nutrition counseling to the most severely malnourished infants in the surrounding area (Kirsten Niles 2011-12)

Contrasting deities in North India - a walk amongst the hospital's neighborhood. (Rachel Deschamps 2011-12)

Carrying a ladder in between two bicycles - an allegory of North Indians' creative resourcefulness. (Rachel Deschamps 2011-12)

The Women of a North Indian village - awaiting spring to freely blossom in their brightest and hopeful colors. (Rachel Deschamps 2011-12)

A graduate student in dentistry at a rural dental camp organized by AID India in Tamil Nadu, India. (Sally Lin 2011-12)

A dental camp organized by AID India checking up on the teeth of rural schoolchildren in Tamil Nadu, India. (Sally Lin 2011-12)

*2011-12 Winner* A community health worker for AID India conducting a 24-hour dietary survey with a mother in rural Tamil Nadu, India. (Sallly Lin 2011-12)

*2012 -13 Winner* A young child and her mother waiting to be triaged by a student volunteer nurse in Lima, Peru. (Sasha Selby 2012-2013)