National Consensus Statement on Women, Trans people and Girls and HIV Research

Vancouver – A coalition of women living with HIV, community-based AIDS service organizations, health care providers, HIV researchers, and government officials were part of an ancillary session at the annual Canadian Association of HIV Research (CAHR) conference on April 11, 2013.

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Dirty Socks 'Could Help Fight Malaria'

The odor of dirty socks can be used to lure mosquitoes into a deadly trap before they can spread malaria.

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Dalhousie medical students Tom Muir ’12 and Mary England ’12 identified the need for a local global health opportunity as part of their curriculum. Their research resulted in the creation of the Local Global Health Elective.

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MERcI: Recycling for Global Health

Amanda Rose

February 2011

The Medical Equipment Recovery Initiative (MERcI) at Dalhousie Medical School has attracted such commitment from medical students here, they are now seeking to engage their counterparts across the country.

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Dal Med student awarded $140,000 scholarship

Sandra Davis, Saint John Telegraph Journal

December, 2010

The 38-year-old recipient of a $140,000 Canaport LNG scholarship to study medicine at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick says receiving the generous award has been "life changing."

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CIDA's new 'partnerships'

Gary Barr, Embassy Newspaper

December, 2010

Change is always sweeping CIDA. Prime ministers in waiting want a housecleaning at Canada's key aid agency. Newly-appointed CIDA ministers almost always install new thematic priorities for the agency. Parliamentary critics always call for agency transformation. Senators reflect about it, and think tanks push out reports about how change might happen....

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Honouring a humanitarian

By Marilyn Smulders

November, 2010

"As busy as he is, Dr. Mendez isn’t one to shake his head and shrug his shoulders, wondering what can be done. These days, his work as a respected clinician and scientist often intersects with his humanitarian efforts. He’s generous to share his knowledge in neurosurgery, medical care and techniques—not to mention equipment—with doctors in Rwanda, Bolivia, China, Cuba and parts of Canada too."

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News from South Africa

RENEWAL Regional Workshop: A Decade of Work on HIV, Food and Nutrition Security

Nov. 2010

by Katharine Hagerman

(CIDA IYIP Intern, hosted in partnership by ACEWH, GHO and the HSRC)

Social Network Interviewing: Maximizing Opportunities for Transformation
James Hamilton Harding

(CIDA IYIP Intern, hosted in partnership by ACEWH, GHO and the HSRC)

Controlling HIV/AIDS in Our Community: The Story of Success in Il Ngwesi

by Katharine Hagerman

(CIDA IYIP Intern, hosted in partnership by ACEWH, GHO and the HSRC)

Global Health Office News

Canada and the Order of Malta

Grand Master Matthew Festing visits CanadaJune 2010

“The Grand Master’s official programme also included meetings with officials of the Province of Nova Scotia and military authorities, as well as a visit to the Faculty of Medicine of Dalhousie University to meet with representatives of the Faculty’s Global Health Office.”

Bolivia and Dalhousie Connection

May, 2010  

“Flooding victims in Bolivia receive medicines and supplies from HPIC”

Source: Health Partners International of Canada

“ An emergency shipment of donated medicines and medical supplies arrived in La Paz, Bolivia in late April to help victims of the annual flooding. ... HPIC pulled together almost $160,000 in donated medicines, including pain relief and antibiotics, from seven pharmaceutical and healthcare products companies in response to a needs list supplied by the ministry. The project was supported by Bolivian-Canadian doctor Ivar Mendez, head of neurosurgery at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.“

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Relief Web

2010 Canada Gairdner Global Health Award

April, 2010

Dr. Nicholas White has been announced as the winner of the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award for his achievements in malaria research.

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Guyanese Health Minister Ramsammy recognized

On November 12, 2009, at the Global Fund Board meeting in Ethiopia, Minister Ramsammy became the first President of the Board of the AMFm (Affordable Medicines Facility – malaria ).

This is an organization to which Bill Gates, Clinton Foundation, UNITAID, the French Government, the US Government, Canada and the EU have given $500M to ensure affordable access to malaria drugs.