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The IHIG of the Georgetown Uni. School of Med. holds events that approach global health concerns while considering socio-political issues, economics, and health care systems as well as the impact of globalization and its resulting inequalities.
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Petition to PM of Thailand; World AIDS Orphan Day
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*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... more »
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Volunteering Abroad
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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... more »
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You Gotta Eat Sometime, right?
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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... more »
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Reminder: MONDAY, April 14th OPEN BAR at Rhino Bar & Pumphouse
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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... more »
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Discussion: AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Bishop Dowling
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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... more »
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Doctors Without Borders event!
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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... more »
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Interested in Latino Health?
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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... more »
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Doctors Without Borders....
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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... more »
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