2015 News Archive

In Malawi, cervical cancer is the most frequent cancer among women of a reproductive and economically important age (45.4% of female cancers), with an 80% mortality, with numbers projected to increase over the next two decades.

The Lancet Series - Faith Based Health Care launched at the World Bank as part of the “Religion & Sustainable Development: Building Partnerships to End Extreme Poverty” conference in Washington D.C. this month.

The WHO urges the global community to accelerate action against neglected zoonotic diseases as most of them can be controlled through existing knowledge and tools.

The Death on the Fringe Lectures provide a unique opportunity to hear some truly thought-provoking talks that will stimulate discussion and challenge established ideas.

How do you strengthen health systems? How do you really integrate palliative care? How do you meet the huge need for sustainable palliative care in the world? Is there evidence of transformation in the international settings of palliative care delivery?

Sue Welburn has joined Scotland’s prestigious learned organisation, The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)

Kevin Bardosh, a Global Health Academy member who specialises in Medical Anthropology has been successfully awarded a Gates Grand Challenges award for his project entitled: “Optimizing community-based interventions: Modeling the feasibility and economics of integrating lymphatic filariasis (LF), malaria and cholera elimination efforts in Haiti”

The University has announced 100 masters scholarships for the 2015/16 academic session, each worth £10,000.

We are very pleased to announce the publication of a new collection in honour of Professor Sheila McLean, co-edited by Mason Institute’s Director, Graeme Laurie.

The Mason Institute is leading the local organisation of IAB 2016, which will take place here in Edinburgh on 14 - 17 June 2016. The goal is to bring 1000+ delegates from around the world to discuss the theme, “Individuals, Public Interests and Public Goods: What is the contribution of bioethics?”, with three main strands dedicated to the academic programme, early career researcher development, and Arts+Ethics.

We always hear that Global Health is multidisciplinary. But what does this really mean? The Global Health PhD Network have organised an event looking at the multidisciplinary environment of global health research.

The Global Health Academy at the University of Edinburgh and Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust are hosting a one day workshop on global perspectives for palliative care.

On Saturday 25th Apri,l a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck northwest of the capital of Kathmandu - the worst earthquake in the region in more than 80 years.

Healthy lives for all is a pillar stone of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Members of the Global Health Academy (GHA) participated in the recent mHealth conference organised by University College London, which focused on the use of mobile phone platforms to deliver health interventions in low and medium income countries.

Speaker: David McCoy (Director of Medact and a senior clinical lecturer at the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health at Queen Mary University, London)

Join us in this seminar series looking at the broad spectrum of research and projects being undertaken within global health across the University.

The University of Edinburgh invites applications from exceptional candidates for a fully funded doctoral research project that addresses a ‘Perfect Storm’.

New scholarships awarded for overseas students to study the University’s distance learning Global Health Master’s programmes.

Speaker: Professor Anne-Emanuelle Birn(Professor of Critical Development Studies (UTSC) and Social and Behavioural Health Sciences (Dalla Lana School of Public Health) at the University of Toronto)

A Global Health PhD Network event

Congratulations to Dr Liz Grant on her appointment to the Board of Directors on the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH).

All living things depend on their environment for energy and for the basic requirements that sustain life - air, water, food and habitat. This simple dynamic is not in dispute. However there is a growing body of evidence that suggests the relationship between environment and human health is in fact a reciprocal one, each having complex effects on the other. According to the UN Environment Programme, every human being has the right to a safe, healthy and ecologically-balanced environment...but what exactly are these complex relationships, and how can we ensure that human rights to a safe and healthy environment are delivered, even under conditions of rapid global environmental change?