By Victoria Sevilla Victoria Sevilla was a Virtual Global Health Practicum Intern for CFHI Philippines in February 2022. She was […]
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Making Sure Global Health Education Doesn’t Perpetuate Disparities
Scholarships and funding initiatives are key to making real strides in south-to-south participation in global health internships and reducing their exclusivity as the domain of the wealthy. Crowdfunding is also growing, and is a powerful tool that should be considered by WHO and other global health internship providers to improve equitable access to global health and other professional internships abroad.
Global Health Uncensored: Notes from Western Regional International Health Conference
Rain or shine Seattle was brimming with energy and dialogue, as The University of Washington hosted the 11th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference (WRIHC), themed “Uncensored: Gender, Sexuality, & Social Movements in Global Health.” The largest student lead conference in the nation, nearly 600 attendees from around the country and the globe joined the dialogue around gender and sexuality, topics too often stigmatized and neglected. I was there as an alumna of three different Child Family Health International (CFHI) global health education programs, representing CFHI amongst an army of global health enthusiasts.
International Experiences: Witnessing the Merger of Public Health & Medicine
During this, the 19th annual National Public Health Week, let’s consider the definition of global health that appeared in The Lancet, “Global Health is Public Health.” What students will soon learn upon beginning their CFHI experience is the important reality that in many low and middle-income countries the lines they envision between public health and biomedicine are very much blurred. This is largely out of necessity demanded by sparse or finite resources, and evidence-based.
CFHI Salutes Medical Director Dr. Raj on World Social Justice Day
February 20th is World Social Justice Day. We would like to take this day to highlight one of our partners who has been working to achieve social justice. Dr. Rajagopal has been helping to reform the Hospice and Palliative Care laws in India through personal visits to patients and by building a strong system of doctors across the nation..
CFHI Announces New Program in East Africa
Uganda is a country in Sub-Saharan East Africa facing serious health problems and challenges, including high rates of maternal mortality, HIV and child malnutrition. Through CFHI, students from all academic backgrounds and levels have the opportunity to work closely to learn first-hand about child and maternal health, HIV, malnutrition prevention and rehabilitation, food security, sustainable agriculture, empowerment of women’s groups, micro-credit savings and community mobilization.
Exploring the “Family” in Child Family Health International
You may have heard people refer to CFHI and those involved in the organization as part of a global family. This family encompasses those who work and are served by CFHI. In India, young men, and boys barely out of school, travel the highway system connecting the most distant corners. The work is hard, the hours long, and the travel dangerous on the over-crowded highways connecting coast to coast.
Social Justice: Embracing Global Health Complexities
At the recent NAFSA conference CFHI paused to reflect on the role of social justice in health. Social Justice has been studied as one of the key ethical principles for students wanting to be involved in Global Health. Increasingly there has been discussion on whether social justice should be a factor when selecting students for admission into medical school.
International Women’s Day- A Story From CFHI India
Evaleen Jones, MD is the founder of Child Family Health International (CFHI) and Clinical Faculty at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Today, on International Women’s Day we feature an experience from her recent visit to CFHI partner sites in India, and a story from a woman she met while here which carries the message of community empowerment that CFHI embodies.
