Maternal Health Outcomes in Tibet

Improving Maternal Health Outcomes in Tibet with Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen

Dr. Gyaltsen is a Tibetan medical doctor, Buddhist monk, and leader
in Tibetan rural development. He will present his work on maternal
health and education in Tibet. Dr. Gyaltsen has worked on public
health initiatives within Tibet through NGOs and the Chinese
government. Dr. Gyaltsen is currently a PhD candidate at the UCLA
School of Public Health.

Monday, October 26 10:30 am - noon Refreshments provided

Hess Commons

Rosenfield Building, 722 W 168th St

Sponsored by Department of Epidemiology & CUPID

Volunteering with Doc to Dock

For those of you who couldn't make the first SJM meeting, here is a short video on Doc to Dock, a non-profit under the Clinton Global Initiative aimed at redirecting medical supplies that would otherwise be wasted to clinics in Africa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOoxU4oQPxI

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in getting involved in, I've set up several tentative dates to visit and volunteer at the warehouse at the following link (which incidentally can also always be found in the side bar on the right). If you'd like to sign up for a trip, just click the link, find a day you'd like to go and enter your name and email. As the date approaches, you'll get a reminder email that will also address the logistics on getting there.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p5gqwk2rQnAapQt8XD1jfcA&hl=en

The dates and times that we go are always flexible, but there are only Friday dates from 2-5pm for now because of my personal schedule. If you'd be interested in arranging a separate trip, just let me know.

On that note, I'm looking for someone to share the responsibility of regularly organizing trips to Doc to Dock with me. If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, please write me!

Thanks,
Kevin

Forum on Global Health and Human Rights (FGHHR) Introductory Meeting next Tuesday

FGHHR is a student-run program that seeks to bring various fields together to discuss topics on global health and human rights.

Please come if you are interested in being involved in planning this year's forum. We also need your input so start thinking of ideas for possible forum topics and events you'd like to see! For example, past topics have included the ethics of global health education, water as a human right vs. a commodity, maternal mortality in developing countries, hunger and the global food crisis, environmental health and justice, and the dynamics of donor funding.

Tuesday, October 6 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm
RSVP to fwc2109@columbia.edu with "FGHHR Meeting" in the subject line by this Friday. We will inform you of the location thereafter.

Thanks!
Floria, Peter & Sara

Physicians for Human Rights & the Forum on Global Health & Human Rights present: Illicit Drug Use in Africa as a Neglected Public Health Problem

Thursday, October 1, 2009 from 12:30pm – 1:30pm in Hammer 305

Speaker: Joanne Csete, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Dinner will be provided.
Please RSVP to fwc2109@columbia.edu with "PHR: Joanne Csete" in the subject line by Tuesday, so that we have enough food.

Thanks!
Floria, Peter & Sara

SJM Kick-off Meeting

Come enjoy free pizza and drinks at Social Justice Medicine's kick-off meeting next week:

Friday, September 25th, 4pm (two Fridays from now)
Lewisohn 602

We'll be talking about the variety of volunteer opportunities and projects currently running and in the works, as well as how to get involved. Have an idea for a project you'd like to start? Then this meeting is the right place for you.

Hope to see you all there!