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Global Impact Corps: New Global Health Opportunity

2008-10-09T04:57:07Z

Unite For Sight's Global Impact Corps recruits and trains the next generation of leaders in global health, and Global Impact Corps volunteers contribute to change on the highest level from their campuses.
You will make a global impact from your university campus. Unite For Sight Global Impact Corps volunteers:

Abstracts and Registration: Global Health Conference at Yale

2008-08-27T18:23:07Z

Dear all,
Many of you may be interested in this international "Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation" conference held at Yale University. Please forward this message to anyone who may be interested in attending or presenting.
Register and/or submit an abstract. Registration rate increases monthly. Abstract deadline is September 15.

High Impact Volunteering Abroad

2008-08-11T13:37:17Z

Please forward widely. Accepting applications for 2008 and 2009: Ghana, Honduras, and India.
Unite For Sight's High Impact Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN International and Recently in The New York Times
Volunteer Abroad in all, Winter, Spring, or Summer: [link]

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Global Health & Development Conference

2008-07-15T19:10:08Z

Please forward widely. First abstract deadline is August 15.
Unite For Sight 6th Annual Global Health & Development Conference
"Achieving Global Goals Through Innovation"
[link]
When: April 18-19, 2009
Where: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
What: Join 2,500 conference participants for a stimulating international conference

Volunteer in Africa and Asia

2008-06-11T23:29:57Z

Please forward widely. Currently accepting applications for 2008 and 2009.
Unite For Sight Volunteer Abroad Opportunities: As Featured Weekly On CNN International and Recently in The New York Times
Volunteer Abroad in Summer, Fall, Winter, or Spring: [link]
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU, UNITE FOR SIGHT RESTORED SIGHT TO 10,062 PATIENTS AND PROVIDED EYE CARE TO 300,000 IN 2006 AND 2007

how to fit your body

2008-06-06T23:51:28Z

how to fit your body
simple exercise and yoga's
good natural healthy food
[link]

Petition to PM of Thailand; World AIDS Orphan Day

2008-05-07T12:09:30Z

*PETITION TO THAI PRIME MINISTER*
Friends- if you are a student, or know any students, please ask
them to sign onto this important petition to the Thai Prime
Minister in response to the recently relaunched war on drugs. Up
to 50% of drug users in Thailand are HIV+ as a result of policies
like this that drive people underground instead of promoting

Volunteering Abroad

2008-05-05T19:13:38Z

You Gotta Eat Sometime, right?

2008-04-23T00:18:52Z

As you know, *World Malaria Day is this Friday, April 25th*. We want to let
you know of some opportunities for you to become even more involved around
this important day that are in your own backyard!
You have to eat sometime, so why not at Pizzeria Paradiso in Georgetown in
honor of World Malaria Day? One quarter of all proceeds from the night will

Reminder: MONDAY, April 14th OPEN BAR at Rhino Bar & Pumphouse

2008-04-14T13:25:33Z

Case of the Mondays? Unwind *upstairs* at Rhino Bar and Pumphouse! The
"Georgetown Hoyas: Operation Bug Off!" team will be hosting an *OPEN BAR *night
to raise funds to purchase long lasting insecticide treated bed nets to help
prevent malaria in Africa. This event is open to the public, so please

Discussion: AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Bishop Dowling

2008-04-08T13:11:32Z

Discussion: AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Bishop Dowling
Thursday, April 10
2:15 pm
Car Barn, Student Lounge
Bishop Dowling is renowned for his passionate dedication to fighting the
AIDS pandemic in Africa, and this discussion is sure to be both informative
and moving. Bishop Dowling, currently the Roman Catholic bishop of the

Doctors Without Borders event!

2008-04-02T02:59:21Z

Thanks to Mohit Mehtani for the following:
There is a *Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders)*
information session being held at SAIS (Johns Hopkins School for
Advanced International Studies), which is right next to Dupont Circle,
on *Saturday, April 26th from 11am to 1pm.*
One of the speakers is Laura Cobey, a nurse who also happens to be the

New joint Seminar! Tue, April 8, noon, GA2-4 International family med and surgery

2008-04-02T02:56:20Z

Come join us:
The Family Medicine Interest Group, Surgical Interest Group, International
Health Interest Group, and American Medical Student Association are
co-sponsoring a* talk by Dr. Deidre Byrne.*
When: Tuesday, April 8th @ 12 noon
Where: GA 2-4
*Dr. Byrne* is a modern day renaissance woman! She is a *religious Catholic

Interested in Latino Health?

2008-04-02T02:54:12Z

Georgetown Students-
I would like to invite you an any of your students interested in Latino
Health Issues and Policy to a conference to be held here in DC from April
17th-20th. I am the National Coordinator for the National Network of Latin
American Medical Students ([link]) and we have also been trying to

Doctors Without Borders....

2008-03-31T21:01:15Z

FYI there is a Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders)
information session being held at SAIS (Johns Hopkins School for
Advanced International Studies), which is right next to Dupont Circle,
on Saturday, April 26th from 11am to 1pm.
One of the speakers is Laura Cobey, a nurse who also happens to be the