Global Health News Page
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Global Health Interest Distribution List
The Global Health Events Calendar is open (for posting as well as learning about events) to the entire Penn community. Whenever you learn of events that are relevant to global health, please feel free to add these items to the Global Health Events Calendar. To do so, simply follow the two steps below:
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- Recommended Films
- The Constant Gardener: object lessons in global health packaged as a high quality film. See New York Times Review. Available at Penn's Van Pelt Library. Search to see if available.
- Donka : X-Ray of an African Hospital (1996) "This film follows daily life in the largest public hospital in the Republic of Guinea, Donka Hospital in Conakry. Part of Penn's Van Pelt Library Video Collection. Search to see if available.
- Lost Boys of Sudan
The journey of two teenage Sudanese boys, orphaned by their war torn country, who traveled to America looking for a safer environment and learning to cope with the unfamiliar complexities of contemporary American society. Part of Penn's Van Pelt Library Video Collection. Search to see if available.
- Rx for Survival -- A Global Health Challenge
This groundbreaking PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) series examines what makes us sick, what keeps us healthy, and what it would take to give good health the upper hand. Narrated by Brad Pitt. Series originally broadcast in November 2005, available for purchase.
- Yesterday
Yesterday, written and directed by South African filmmaker Daryl James Roodt, is about a poor, young HIV-positive mother struggling to raise her daughter alone in a desolate landscape, while coming to terms with her imminent death from AIDS. This film is part of Penn's Van Pelt Library Video Collection. Search to see if available. For more information on the film, click here.
Global Health Education/Training
On May 31, 2008, a 90 minute session was held in Washington, DC, at the annual meeting of the Global Health Council to discuss training materials in global health. The session began with three presentations from three different entities that are developing open access materials that can be used for education and training in global health. To read a summary of the meeting and view .pdfs of the presentations, see the links below:
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Last updated:
June 4, 2008
