FSM students go above and beyond the call of the program and support CFHI & Northwestern University School of Medicine Project training for parteras, or traditional midwives. Throughout the year students raise money to contribute towards a 5-day training for over 30 traditional midwives who attend over 40% of the births in the region.
CFHI warmly welcomes Dr. Gieseker and is enthusiastic about the skills she brings to our organization. Karen will be analyzing the outcomes of CFHI programs, as well as mentoring international partners to increase capacity building for research and assessment within and between our partner communities.
Grand Rounds at UCSF- Dr. Evert discussed the variety of ways individuals can ‘practice’ global health, many of which lay down the stethoscope and clinical service in preference of advocacy and community-based capacity building.
Child Family Health International’s Quito, Ecuador Medical Director Dra. Susana Alvear and Global Medical Director Dr. Jessica Evert were featured […]
The New MCAT reflects that medical professionals must develop empathetic communication skills and cultural competencies. Its a recognition that the parameters of health go beyond the clinical setting.
Extra, Extra! Read all about it! Just published, the second edition of the guidebook is edited by Jack Chase, MD and CFHI’s own Medical Director, Jessica Evert, MD. The book builds upon the first edition to provide an expanded, evidence-based perspective on curriculum and capacity-building in the global health workforce.
Berggren explained she conceptualizes fundamental global health knowledge as ethics, critical thinking and an astute grasp of collaboration- with knowledge of infectious disease, chronic disease management, epidemiology and other medical topics as really being secondary building blocks of a core competency in ethics.
Child Family Health International (CFHI) along with the greater study abroad community gathered the last week in May in Houston at the annual NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference. Paul Arntson led off a session entitled “Designing Transformative International Education Programs: What’s Working.” Discussed was having students participate in an asset-based model to examine a community’s strengths rather than weaknesses, which aligns with CFHI’s approach.
Students and faculty are recognizing the need for well thought out global health programming and international engagement. Yet there is still far to go!
In the realm of sexual and reproductive health, the adoption of this article into the Ecuadorian constitution has created funding and support for real action on the ground.
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of CFHI’ s transformative Global Health Education Programs and Community Empowerment. This milestone gives us a chance to celebrate and to look back on the impact of CFHI.
On this 30th anniversary, World AIDS Day gives us a time to pause and take in the enormity of this […]
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