Vision
To increase the overall awareness of global health issues and to develop University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine student leadership in this field.
Mission
To provide the forum through which students will gain exposure to the global health field and to promote an exchange of ideas and skills to become global health leaders. We aim to promote a participatory community-oriented and responsible approach to global health issues.
History
As members of the UIC American Medical Student Association Global Health Committee, we saw the need and interest in creating opportunities for students to learn about global health issues. After learning about AMSA’s Curriculum-in-a-box, we felt that this should be implemented at UIC-COM.
This Blog will be used to post GHLP participant reflections on the seminars and the program as a whole.
In todays GHLP's inaugural seminar, Prof. Desai (AnGel) will give an overview of the complex issue of Health and Development Assistance with a focus on development assistance, the international framework of aid for health, and the consequences of development interventions for health. I and the rest of GHLP look forward to leaving this seminar with an informed and more mature outlook regarding the intricate interplay between Global Health and Development Assistance.
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Just wanted to throw out some info on two events going on this week that might interest you.
Tomorrow (Tues, Sept. 21), there's a documentary showing at the UIC Forum about HIV/AIDS in D.C., called "The Other City" at 6PM.
And on Friday, the 24th, there's the Pakistani flood relief fundraiser at 7PM in the Chicago Rooms, Student Center West.
Looking forward to meeting you all soon!
Angel's Seminar was helpful at introducing the goals of the World Bank and IMF and the various economic theories used to try to attain them. I am looking forward to learning more from the seminars series. I found a brief 7 minute BBC video on examples in recent history of how The World Banks strategy has backfired and actually created more Poverty in many countries across the globe.
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