All posts tagged: empowerment

October 14, 2013 CFHI Model, Cultural Humility, Global Health, Global Health Education, Local Experts

CFHI vs. Brigades: Defining “Helping” in Healthcare Abroad

An article profiling Child Family Health International – CFHI’s Global Health Education Programs in the current online edition of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ journal Academic Medicine contrasts two interpretations of ‘helping.’ The students writing the article draw an important contrast between the two definitions of ‘helping’ represented by CFHI Programs and brigades.

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March 8, 2013 CFHI Model, Cultural Humility, Global Health, Global Health Education, Local Experts, Public Health, Volunteering internationally

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.

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December 12, 2012 Global Health, Global Health Education, Global Health Elective, medical electives, Public Health, Volunteering internationally

CFHI & Northwestern University Students Impact Women’s Health in Mexico

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.

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