Tag: global health

Nov 13 2020

Reflections

Nuclear disarmament for health: time to rejoice

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Doctors founded the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in 1981

Sep 09 2019

Primary Care

Health system transformation in Ontario: leadership lessons

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Grace Zhao is a third year MD/MSc student in the Systems Leadership and Innovation program at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation.   Ontario is undergoing its biggest...

Feb 05 2019

Reflections

Memorial

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Courtney Bercan is community health nurse at a clinic in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver   Years later, I still don’t want to think about it, let alone type it...

Dec 03 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Defining global health

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Ruth Habte is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Manitoba   I have been privileged to take part in implementing global health programming while in medical school,...

Jun 18 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Public response to Southeast Asian refugees in Canada (1979-1980): the legacy of private sponsorship and lessons for refugee health care

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Ruth Chiu is a medical student in the Class of 2018 at McMaster University   From 1975 to 1980, over two million Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian refugees fled from Communist states to refugee...

Jun 11 2018

Student Humanities Blog

But neither stops the song

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Zeenat Junaid is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at Bahria University in Pakistan   I checked his file again and looked up to see the patient with a tube hanging...

May 14 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Outside the walls of the hospital: reflections on doing an MPH during residency

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Ameer Farooq is a General Surgery Resident (R3) at the University of Calgary who completed his Master of Public Health at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health...

Apr 30 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Book review: Life on the Ground Floor

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Maggie Hulbert is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at Queen’s University   Life on the Ground Floor (Doubleday Canada, 2017) Dr. James Maskalyk describes emergencies “as a sign of life...

Apr 26 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Cultural safety: xenophobia within the same cultural group

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Jaya Tanwani is a medical student in the Class of 2020 at the University of Toronto   An interesting experience I had with cultural safety was when I volunteered at medical camps in rural...

Mar 01 2018

Student Humanities Blog

Experiencing vulnerability in Ethiopia

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Robbie Sparrow is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at Western University   For individuals facing deep personal struggles, the path to recovery is often daunting and overwhelming. Support...

May 12 2017

Reflections

Getting the WHO we want means vetting before the Director General vote

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Bill Jeffery is the Executive Director of the Centre for Health Science and Law (CHSL), and  publisher of Food for Life Report magazine   The new Director General (DG) of...

Oct 28 2015

Medical Dispatches, Reflections

Refugees should have access to equitable, affordable health care services in all Europe

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Dr Patrick O’Donnell is a Clinical Fellow at the University of Limerick and works on the Partnership for Health Equity project. Last week he attended WONCA Europe 2015 Congress as...

May 19 2015

Podcasts

[Podcasts] Security of health workers in war zones; variations in angina therapy; May 19 issue overview

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Dr. John Fletcher, editor-in-chief, gives you highlights of the May 19th issue of CMAJ. In this issue: ultrasound or near-infrared to guide peripheral IV catheterization in children, validation of a...

Apr 20 2015

Editors' Blog

Author interview with Dr. Prabhat Jha – tobacco control in the next decade

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Dr. Moneeza Walji, editorial fellow, interviews Dr. Prabhat Jha, founding and current director of the Centre for Global Health Research in Toronto. In their commentary published in CMAJ, Dr. Jha...