In the summer between my sophomore and junior year of college (undergraduate), I participated in a medical volunteering program for […]
Read moreIn the summer between my sophomore and junior year of college (undergraduate), I participated in a medical volunteering program for […]
Read moreCFHI was proud to send their Program Coordinator, Lyndsey Brahm, to the 2016 PEGASUS Conference that took place in Toronto […]
Read moreTruth in the Spoof: An expose of voluntourism in The Onion. By: Aditi Joshi, MD Newsflash! This week’s headlines report a […]
Read moreOver the past decade, the number of American students in health fields going abroad has nearly tripled, with many opting for programs that take them out of the classroom and into clinics and hospitals. But as participation has increased, so, too, have educators’ concerns.
Read moreGrand 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.
Read more2012 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.
Read more“Global Health Ethics is once again in the forefront of discussion with the recently published Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics chapter […]
Read moreIn October of 2009, fresh from a visit to South Africa, I wrote an entry to this Blog called The […]
Read moreEarlier this month on September 15, 2010, CFHI convened a Forum on the Empowerment of Women, at the United Nations […]
Read moreWhat follows is a Guest Blog by Jessica Evert, MD, CFHI Medical Director, who is attending the CUGH Annual Meeting […]
Read moreCFHI is very happy to be at the Global Health Conference in Hobart, Tasmania that is being put on by […]
Read moreKim McLennan, an accomplished physical therapist, and long-time CFHI volunteer, is now in Haiti and has been communicating to us […]
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