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SUMMARY:Overcoming Health Inequities for Maya Populations in Guatemala
DESCRIPTION:  \nAs rural Indigenous communities face unique vulnerabilities and structural historical barriers\, innovative health care delivery models are more critical than ever. This session will explore how Maya Health Alliance has spent the past 15 years pioneering culturally and linguistically competent care in these communities. Dr. Waleska López\, Chief Medical Officer of Wuqu’ Kawoq at Maya Health Alliance\, and Dr. Peter Rohloff\, co-founder and Chief Science Officer for Maya Health Alliance and Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard\, will discuss lessons learned from their work developing a standard of excellence for engaged\, community-based care for rural indigenous communities in Guatemala. Dr. Louise Ivers will moderate the conversation.  \nOur speakers will showcase strategies for transforming lives through community-centered healthcare\, highlighting their recent efforts to address high maternal-infant morbidity and mortality\, heat-related injury in agricultural workers\, and other critical health issues faced by Guatemala’s Mayan population. This conversation will aim to inform how lessons learned in Guatemala could apply to improving the health outcomes in rural and Indigenous populations globally.    \nThis event is free and open to the public.  Please note the event will be available in both English and Spanish with translation by an interpreter through Zoom. \nRegister \nAbout the Speakers\n  \n \nDr. Peter Rohloff\, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer for Maya Health Alliance\, Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine\, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital  \nDr. Rohloff’s research is focused on using dissemination/implementation and quality improvement methodologies to investigate and improve barriers to health care delivery. In addition to their position at Brigham and Women’s Hospital\, they are the co-founder and Chief Science Officer for Maya Health Alliance\, a primary care organization working with indigenous Maya communities in rural Guatemala. Primary research interests include behavior change interventions for cardiovascular disease and diabetes; epidemiology of chronic kidney disease; determinants of food insecurity and chronic child malnutrition; and family-based interventions to support early child development. \n  \n \nDr. Waleska López\, Chief Medical Officer of Wuqu‘ Kawoq at Maya Health Alliance \nDr. Maxbeny Waleska López Canú is the Chief Medical Officer of Wuqu’ Kawoq at Maya Health Alliance\, overseeing a team of more than 100 healthcare workers and providing essential healthcare in indigenous languages. Dr. López \, who fled Guatemala’s civil war for refuge in Mexico as a child\, was inspired by her family’s dedication to helping refugees and pursued a career in medicine\, becoming one of the few indigenous doctors in the region. She has worked extensively in Mexico and Guatemala for Ministry of Health programs to extend coverage to rural areas.  \nDr. López is internationally recognized and has been invited to speak on subjects such as women’s leadership and health equity. She is also a co-author of several articles addressing global and indigenous health challenges. Her journey is a testament to her unwavering dedication and resilience in her mission to build a better world.  \n  \n \nDr. Louise C. Ivers\, MD\, MPH\, DTM&H\, Faculty Director\, Harvard Global Health Institute \nDr. Louise C. Ivers\, MD\, MPH\, DTM&H is the Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Executive Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Global Health. Dr. Ivers is also the David Bangsberg Endowed Chair in Global Health Equity at MGH and a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ivers has spent her career providing care to the rural and urban poor and engaging in patient-oriented investigation that offer solutions to barriers to healthcare. She works on the design\, implementation\, and evaluation of large-scale public health programs in resource-limited settings with the goal of achieving health equity. She has worked on healthcare delivery in India\, Southeast Asia\, and Africa. From 2003-2017\, Dr. Ivers served in various leadership roles for Partners in Health\, including Clinical Director\, Chief of mission\, and Director of strategic implementation. In addition to expanding access to healthcare for the poor\, Dr. Ivers has contributed to published research articles on HIV/AIDS\, food insecurity\, and cholera treatment and prevention and is involved in global policy and advocacy. \n  \nAbout the Global Health Coffee Sessions Event Series\nThe HGHI Coffee Sessions Virtual Series takes place on the last Friday of each month from 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Eastern Time. Showcasing global health researchers and practitioners from Harvard and beyond\, this series aims to explore the role of partnership and collaboration when working to advance global health equity. A diverse range of topics will be covered; including climate change and health\, global health security\, mental healthcare\, reproductive healthcare access\, financing and governance for global health\, healthcare in conflict areas\, digital health\, and more. This series will take place online over Zoom\, and all sessions will be recorded and available on our YouTube Channel. \nThrough our events and programs\, the Harvard Global Health Institute provides a platform for different perspectives and debates within the field of global health through a variety of media. The views expressed in these events and programs are solely those of the speakers\, authors\, researchers\, and participating audience. As such\, they do not speak for the Institute or the university.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/overcoming-health-inequities-for-maya-populations-in-guatemala/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Forging Bidirectional Accompaniment in Global Health
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an insightful conversation on the concept of bidirectional accompaniment in global health with Dr. Joia Mukherjee\, Director of the Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery program and Global Medical Education and Social Change program at Harvard Medical School and Chief Medical Officer at Partners In Health alongside Dr. Anatole Manzi\, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Learning and Quality Health Systems Strengthening at Partners in Health. This session will delve into the profound definition of accompaniment as articulated by Paul Farmer: “Being present on a journey with someone and committing to that person’s well-being.  Accompaniment is both an objective that is set at the beginning of a task and a mode of follow through.”  \nDrs. Mukherjee and Manzi will illustrate how bidirectional accompaniment is a cornerstone of success in global health practice\, where sharing new skills\, tools\, and approaches is not an optional endeavor\, but a crucial element. The pair will provide concrete examples of how this concept plays out in global health\, defining exactly what it looks like as well as what it does not. Dr. Louise Ivers\, Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute\, will moderate the discussion. \nThe event is free and open to the public. \nRegister \nAbout the Speakers\n \nJoia S. Mukherjee\, MD\, MPH\, Chief Medical Officer\, Partners In Health\, Director and Advisory Dean\, F.W. Peabody Society\, Director\, Master in Medical Science in Global Health Delivery\, Harvard Medical School; Associate Professor of Medicine\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital \nDr. Mukherjee is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Global Health Equity\, Department of Medicine\, Brigham and Women’s Hospital\, and associate professor of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School. She directs the Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery program and the Program in Global Medical Education and Social Change. She teaches infectious disease\, global health delivery\, and human rights to health professionals and students from around the world. Dr. Mukherjee has helped to create new residency and fellowship training programs for Rwandan and Haitian physicians as well as global health residencies and fellowships for US trainees at Harvard and other American universities. \nDr. Mukherjee’s scholarly work focuses on the provision of health as a human right and on the design\, implementation\, and evaluation of comprehensive health care in resource-poor settings. \nDr. Mukherjee is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School\, trained in infectious disease\, internal medicine\, and pediatrics at the Massachusetts General Hospital\, and has an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. Since 2000\, Dr. Mukherjee has served as the chief medical officer of Partners In Health\, a nonprofit medical organization focused on reducing global health disparities by strengthening health systems through public sector support and community-based programs. She provides strategic guidance on the implementation of clinical programs at PIH’s sites in Haiti\, Rwanda\, Malawi\, Lesotho\, Peru\, Mexico\, Russia\, Sierra Leone\, and Liberia and has served as an expert consultant for the World Health Organization and Ministries of Health of HIV\, TB\, health systems strengthening and health workforce development. \n  \nDr. Mukherjee also serves on the board of directors for Village Health Works (Burundi) and Muso (Mali) and the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. She advises various grassroots organizations throughout the developing world in their work to deliver health care with a human rights-based approach to the poorest of the poor. \n  \n \nAnatole Manzi\, PhD\, MPhil\, MPH\, Deputy Chief Medical Officer\, Learning and Quality Health Systems Strengthening\, Partners in Health \nAnatole Manzi serves as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer at Partners In Health (PIH)\, where he oversees learning and quality health systems strengthening. In this role\, Dr. Manzi collaborates with PIH-supported countries to develop and implement strategies for quality improvement and health systems strengthening. His work focuses on integrating quality management with clinical practice through innovative solutions. Additionally\, he manages relationships with various partners\, including academic and non-academic global health organizations\, to support the design\, implementation\, evaluation\, and dissemination of best practices in patient safety and systems improvement. \nPreviously\, Dr. Manzi held the positions of Director of Clinical Practice and Quality Improvement and Director of Global Learning and Training at PIH. In these roles\, he led the organization-wide education and training strategy\, including the development and standardization of guidelines and tools essential for delivering high-quality care in PIH-supported countries. He also designed and directed the Mentorship\, Enhanced Supervision for Healthcare and Quality Improvement (MESH-QI) program\, an innovative health systems strengthening approach that significantly improved core clinical domains such as maternal and newborn health\, infectious diseases\, and non-communicable diseases. \nDr. Manzi has served on various technical working groups at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Rwandan Ministry of Health. As an implementation scientist\, his research focuses on developing\, adapting\, and validating healthcare quality measurement and improvement metrics in resource-limited settings. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Global Health Equity and a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. \n  \n \nLouise C. Ivers\, MD\, MPH\, DTM&H\, Faculty Director\, Harvard Global Health Institute \nDr. Louise C. Ivers\, MD\, MPH\, DTM&H is the Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Executive Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Global Health. Dr. Ivers is also the David Bangsberg Endowed Chair in Global Health Equity at MGH and a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ivers has spent her career providing care to the rural and urban poor and engaging in patient-oriented investigation that offer solutions to barriers to healthcare. She works on the design\, implementation\, and evaluation of large-scale public health programs in resource-limited settings with the goal of achieving health equity. She has worked on healthcare delivery in India\, Southeast Asia\, and Africa. From 2003-2017\, Dr. Ivers served in various leadership roles for Partners in Health\, including Clinical Director\, Chief of mission\, and Director of strategic implementation. In addition to expanding access to healthcare for the poor\, Dr. Ivers has contributed to published research articles on HIV/AIDS\, food insecurity\, and cholera treatment and prevention and is involved in global policy and advocacy. \nAbout the Global Health Coffee Sessions Event Series\nThe HGHI Coffee Sessions Virtual Series takes place on the last Friday of each month from 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Eastern Time. Showcasing global health researchers and practitioners from Harvard and beyond\, this series aims to explore the role of partnership and collaboration when working to advance global health equity. A diverse range of topics will be covered; including climate change and health\, global health security\, mental healthcare\, reproductive healthcare access\, financing and governance for global health\, healthcare in conflict areas\, digital health\, and more. This series will take place online over Zoom\, and all sessions will be recorded and available on our YouTube Channel. \nThrough our events and programs\, the Harvard Global Health Institute provides a platform for different perspectives and debates within the field of global health through a variety of media. The views expressed in these events and programs are solely those of the speakers\, authors\, researchers\, and participating audience. As such\, they do not speak for the Institute or the university.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/forging-bidirectional-accompaniment-in-global-health/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Virtual
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SUMMARY:A Partnership for a Shared Vision of Equity in Global Health
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jessica Haberer of Harvard Medical School and Professor Yap Boum II of the Institute Pasteur of Bangui will discuss their decade-long collaboration promoting global health equity through advocacy\, mentorship\, and empowering communities. They will present their new project\, “The Village”\, an AI digital platform connecting researchers\, clinicians and institutions worldwide without barriers. By facilitating cross-border connections\, The Village aims to decolonize global health by giving communities access to diverse resources and empowerment to develop innovative\, locally led solutions. Drs. Haberer and Boum will reflect on the lessons learned from their long-standing partnership\, including the key strategies and approaches that helped them to collaborate effectively and overcome challenges together. Dr. Louise C. Ivers will moderate the conversation. \nThe event is free and open to the public. \nRegister \nAbout the Speakers\n \nJessica Haberer\, MD\, MS\, Professor of Medicine\, Harvard Medical School; Director of Research\, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health \nJessica Haberer\, MD\, MS is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Research at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health. Her research primarily focuses on the prevention and treatment of HIV and tuberculosis and involves diverse methodologic approaches and disciplines\, including clinical epidemiology\, behavioral science\, implementation science\, data science\, mHealth\, mathematical modeling\, and ethics. Current collaborations are ongoing in Uganda\, Kenya\, and South Africa. Dr. Haberer is also committed to active mentorship\, promotion of diversity in the work force\, and equity in global health research partnerships. She is the co-founder of Homegrown Solutions for Health and The Village – an AI-driven digital platform to promote equitable career development and collaboration in global health. \n  \n \nYap Boum II\, PhD\, MPH\, MBA\, Executive Director\, Institute Pasteur of Bangui \nProfessor Yap Boum II is Executive Director of the Institute Pasteur of Bangui in Central Africa Republic. He is the former Regional Representative for Epicentre in Africa\, which he joined in 2008 after obtaining his master’s in microbiology and a PhD in Biology at Université Paris-Sud. He holds an MPH from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine\, and an MBA from University of Cape Town. \nProfessor Boum has implemented several research projects including clinical trials on tuberculosis\, malaria\, NTDs\, Ebola\, COVID-19 in Uganda\, Guinea\, DRC and Cameroon among others. This work has earned him more than 130 scientific publications. For the last two years he has been involved in the COVID-19 response as the Chief of Operations of Public Health Emergency Operating Center in Cameroon. \nBoum is the co-founder of Kmerpad\, a nonprofit that developed washable sanitary pads to empower women and allow them to fully participate in their education and limit waste. He has also co-founded iDocta\, a digital platform that brings healthcare services to the community. Professor Boum started Homegrown Solutions for Health (HS4Health) to promote the creation of a critical mass of Africans to find homegrown and innovative solutions toward addressing the social and health challenges Africa faces. The Village digital platform is the development of HS4Health that will break barriers and connect scientists to transform and decolonize global health. \n  \n \nLouise C. Ivers\, MD\, MPH\, DTM&H\, Faculty Director\, Harvard Global Health Institute \nDr. Louise C. Ivers\, MD\, MPH\, DTM&H is the Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Executive Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Global Health. Dr. Ivers is also the David Bangsberg Endowed Chair in Global Health Equity at MGH and a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ivers has spent her career providing care to the rural and urban poor and engaging in patient-oriented investigation that offer solutions to barriers to healthcare. She works on the design\, implementation\, and evaluation of large-scale public health programs in resource-limited settings with the goal of achieving health equity. She has worked on healthcare delivery in India\, Southeast Asia\, and Africa. From 2003-2017\, Dr. Ivers served in various leadership roles for Partners in Health\, including Clinical Director\, Chief of mission\, and Director of strategic implementation. In addition to expanding access to healthcare for the poor\, Dr. Ivers has contributed to published research articles on HIV/AIDS\, food insecurity\, and cholera treatment and prevention and is involved in global policy and advocacy. \nAbout the Global Health Coffee Sessions Event Series\nThe HGHI Coffee Sessions Virtual Series takes place on the last Friday of each month from 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Eastern Time. Showcasing global health researchers and practitioners from Harvard and beyond\, this series aims to explore the role of partnership and collaboration when working to advance global health equity. A diverse range of topics will be covered; including climate change and health\, global health security\, mental healthcare\, reproductive healthcare access\, financing and governance for global health\, healthcare in conflict areas\, digital health\, and more. This series will take place online over Zoom\, and all sessions will be recorded and available on our YouTube Channel. \nThrough our events and programs\, the Harvard Global Health Institute provides a platform for different perspectives and debates within the field of global health through a variety of media. The views expressed in these events and programs are solely those of the speakers\, authors\, researchers\, and participating audience. As such\, they do not speak for the Institute or the university.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/shared-vision/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Oral Histories\, Microsensors\, and Parametric Insurance: When Poor Women Workers Drive the Research Agenda
DESCRIPTION:SEWA members\, Manshi Shah and Kapilaben Vankar\, in conversation with Satchit Balsari\, will describe how the 3 million-strong Self Employed Women’s Association has approached academic partnerships. Over 50 years\, SEWA has partnered with a range of researchers from India and abroad; and established educational programs and exchanges with local academic institutions. Harvard faculty have collaborated with SEWA for over two decades. In this HGHI Coffee Session\, the speakers will describe how a research project examining SEWA’s response to the pandemic evolved into a multi-city traveling exhibition\, that will travel from Harvard to New York and DC and then the west coast. They will share how SEWA’s members\, most at-risk to extreme heat\, are partnering with researchers to inform cutting age climate adaptation products including the world’s first-ever parametric insurance product to protect wages when it’s too hot to work. The speakers will present their vision for what meaningful research partnerships between academic institutions and communities can look like. \n  \nAbout our Speakers\n \nSatchit Balsari\, MD\, MPH\, Associate Professor\, Emergency Medicine\, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Department of Global Health and Population\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health \nDr. Satchit Balsari is Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and in the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Balsari’s research and teaching are focused on complex humanitarian emergencies and digital health implementation science in resource-poor settings. He has worked with populations affected by disaster\, war and the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq\, South Sudan\, Jordan\, Haiti\, Puerto Rico and across South Asia. In the most vulnerable communities in the world\, his team has leveraged cutting-edge digital tools and citizen science to advance public health planning\, advocacy\, and response. The Balsari Lab collaborates directly with populations in distress\, humanitarian response agencies\, civil society organizations\, governments\, and international agencies\, to reduce the information asymmetry that threatens to exclude the poor and disadvantaged from decisions that will impact their lives. Dr. Balsari co-directs CrisisReady.io\, a research-response platform that builds data-driven decision tools for local communities and response agencies affected by disasters globally. Dr. Balsari is founding director of the tri-institute Climate and Human Health fellowship at Harvard\, leads the climate platform at the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute\, and is co-investigator on the Salata Institute’s inaugural interfaculty cluster grant on Climate Change Adaptation in South Asia. He recently has curated an exhibition\, Hum Sab Ek\, which is based on his research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2.9 million-strong Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)\, and its members’ response to it. Prior signature initiatives include EMcounter (a customizable\, portable digital surveillance tool\, the latest iteration of which was used at the world’s largest mass gathering\, the Kumbh Mela in India) and Voices\, a crowd-sourced\, online disaster response analysis tool. In 2018\, in collaboration with Professor Caroline Buckee (Epidemiology)\, he co-led the Hurricane Maria Mortality Study. \n  \n \nMansi Shah\, Senior Technical Coordinator\, Rural Economic and Development; Program Manager\, Future of Work\, SEWA  \nMansi Shah has spent 13 years as the Senior Technical Coordinator in Rural Economic and Development sector for SEWA and is a program manager for the Future of Work activities at SEWA. Under the guidance of SEWA’s director Reema Nanavaty (Commissioner\, ILO’s Global Commission on Future of Work)\, Mansi has orchestrated and lead several workshops and roundtable conferences with poor women workers from informal economy on the nexus of “Women\, Work and Energy”\, “Women\, work and Climate Action” as well as “Role of Informal sector Women Workers in the Food systems”. She has closely assisted Ms. Nanavaty in drafting the strategy for SEWA’s “Clear Skies Campaign” – a campaign to build resilience of SEWA members against the increasingly frequent climate shocks and to bring visibility to their climate action.  \nMansi has been leading SEWA’s work in the areas of Energy\, Climate Change and Renewable Energy and has represented SEWA at various international workshops\, conferences and policy dialogues such as the COP27\, Global Forum on Adaptive Social Protection\, One Planet 4th Global Conference on Sustainable Food Systems\, UNFSS+2 Stock-taking Moment in Rome etc. As a lead coordinator for SEWA’s “Future of Work” initiatives\, Mansi has orchestrated and lead several workshops and roundtable conferences with poor women workers from informal economy; especially with women from fragile and conflict affected areas like Sri Lanka\, Afghanistan\, Myanmar as well as Indian states like Kashmir and north-eastern states like Sikkim\, Nagaland and Meghalaya.  \n  \n \nKapilaben Vankar\, Member and Former President\, SEWA \nKapilaben Vankar is a grassroots leader and has been a member of SEWA for 22 years. She is the past president of SEWA\, who helped drive SEWA’s membership to over 2.5 million across 18 states in India. She is a also farmer from the Anand district of Gujarat. In her role as the president of SEWA\, Kapilaben represented SEWA’s members\, their challenges and their struggle for voice\, visibility and validity at various national and international forums and platforms including to the former US first lady Sec. Hillary Clinton. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nLouise C. Ivers\, MD\, MPH\, DTM&H\, Faculty Director\, Harvard Global Health Institute \nDr. Louise C. Ivers\, MD\, MPH\, DTM&H is the Faculty Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Executive Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Global Health. Dr. Ivers is also the David Bangsberg Endowed Chair in Global Health Equity at MGH and a Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ivers has spent her career providing care to the rural and urban poor and engaging in patient-oriented investigation that offer solutions to barriers to healthcare. She works on the design\, implementation\, and evaluation of large-scale public health programs in resource-limited settings with the goal of achieving health equity. She has worked on healthcare delivery in India\, Southeast Asia\, and Africa. From 2003-2017\, Dr. Ivers served in various leadership roles for Partners in Health\, including Clinical Director\, Chief of mission\, and Director of strategic implementation. In addition to expanding access to healthcare for the poor\, Dr. Ivers has contributed to published research articles on HIV/AIDS\, food insecurity\, and cholera treatment and prevention and is involved in global policy and advocacy. \n  \nAbout the Global Health Coffee Sessions Event Series\nThe HGHI Coffee Sessions Virtual Series takes place on the last Friday of each month from 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Eastern Time. Showcasing global health researchers and practitioners from Harvard and beyond\, this series aims to explore the role of partnership and collaboration when working to advance global health equity. A diverse range of topics will be covered; including climate change and health\, global health security\, mental healthcare\, reproductive healthcare access\, financing and governance for global health\, healthcare in conflict areas\, digital health\, and more. This series will take place online over Zoom\, and all sessions will be recorded and available on our YouTube Channel. \nThrough our events and programs\, the Harvard Global Health Institute provides a platform for different perspectives and debates within the field of global health through a variety of media. The views expressed in these events and programs are solely those of the speakers\, authors\, researchers\, and participating audience. As such\, they do not speak for the Institute or the university.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/coffee-sessions-june-2024/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Leveraging Partnerships to Improve the Health of Young People Living with HIV in Peru
DESCRIPTION:This event will showcase the essential role of partnerships in designing and evaluating interventions for young people affected by HIV in Peru by spotlighting the successful partnership between Dr. Molly Franke\, Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at the Harvard Medical School\, and Dr. Renato Errea\, Head of the HIV Program at Socios En Salud. Our speakers will describe the tangible impact their work has had on improving access to HIV care for Peruvian adolescents and will offer valuable insights into how they have navigated complex challenges through a bidirectional partnership. \nAbout the HGHI Coffee Sessions\nThe HGHI Coffee Sessions Virtual Series takes place on the last Friday of each month from 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Eastern Time. Showcasing global health researchers and practitioners from Harvard and beyond\, this series aims to explore the role of partnership and collaboration when working to advance global health equity. A diverse range of topics will be covered; including climate change and health\, global health security\, mental healthcare\, reproductive healthcare access\, financing and governance for global health\, healthcare in conflict areas\, digital health\, and more. This series will take place online over Zoom\, and all sessions will be recorded and available on HGHI’s YouTube Channel. \nAbout our Speakers\nMolly Franke\, SD\, Associate Professor and Epidemiologist\, Global Health Research Core\, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine\, Harvard Medical School \n \nDr. Molly Franke is an epidemiologist and Associate Professor in Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. For nearly 20 years she has collaborated with Socios En Salud on research to improve the health of children and adolescents affected by TB and HIV. Her current intervention work includes studies to reduce stigma and improve the well-being of adolescents and young adults living with HIV through the provision of community-based accompaniment and youth-friendly modalities\, such as music videos and social media. \nRenato Errea\, MD\, MMSc\, Head\, HIV Program\, Socios En Salud \n \nDr. Renato Errea is a Peruvian physician researcher with nearly a decade of experience conducting global health research and interventions focused on people affected by HIV and other vulnerable populations in Peru. Dr. Errea is the Head of the HIV Program at the Peruvian non-governmental organization Socios En Salud. In this role\, he leads interventions and studies focused on facilitating access to comprehensive care to the communities most affected by HIV and other prioritized populations in the context of HIV (adolescents and migrants)\, in Peru.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/leveraging-partnerships/
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SUMMARY:Better Evidence\, Better Training\, Better Care: Supporting current and future clinicians in Africa to use evidence-based digital tools
DESCRIPTION:This session will explore the partnerships and people that enable Better Evidence at Ariadne Labs to support the frontline health workforce to make the best decisions when and where it matters most. Through 108 local Champions\, the Better Evidence for Training program is facilitating access to digital tools for nearly 90\,000 students and faculty at more than 59 medical schools across 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This session will feature Biliamin Popoola\, President of the Better Evidence for Training Champion Steering Committee and Librarian at the University of Medical Sciences in Nigeria\, and Julie Rosenberg \, Associate Director of Better Evidence. The two will discuss the importance and lessons of partnerships\, how digital tools impact the global health landscape\, and how the program aims to impact global health equity in both the short- and the long run. \nAbout the HGHI Coffee Sessions\nThe HGHI Coffee Sessions Virtual Series takes place on the last Friday of each month from 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Eastern Time. Showcasing global health researchers and practitioners from Harvard and beyond\, this series aims to explore the role of partnership and collaboration when working to advance global health equity. A diverse range of topics will be covered; including climate change and health\, global health security\, mental healthcare\, reproductive healthcare access\, financing and governance for global health\, healthcare in conflict areas\, digital health\, and more. This series will take place online over Zoom\, and all sessions will be recorded and available on HGHI’s YouTube Channel.  \nAbout our Speakers\nJulie Rosenberg\, MPH\, Associate Director\, Better Evidence\, Ariadne Labs  \n \nJulie Rosenberg\, MPH\, is Associate Director\, Better Evidence at Ariadne Labs\, a program working to help current and future health care providers access the latest clinical knowledge at the front lines of care delivery through digital tools. With the Director\, she has led the scale-up strategy\, research and program operations\, leveraging in-kind donations and funding to maximize the impact of the program on patient outcomes.  \nJulie is also Deputy Director of the Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard where she supports health care providers by studying what works in health care delivery and sharing those lessons through courseware and training. Julie has helped lead the development of over 45+ open-access teaching cases published through Harvard Business Publishing and supported the development of an online community of practice engaging 25\,000+ global health providers for over a decade.  \nPreviously\, Julie worked in clinical research at Emory University School of Medicine and in community-based nonprofit organizations in Latin America and the US. Julie is currently pursuing her DrPh in public health leadership. She has an MPH in epidemiology and global health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and a BA in anthropology\, with pre-med coursework and a Spanish language certificate\, from Harvard College. \nBiliamin Oladele Popoola\, MLIS\, Systems\, Scholarly Communications\, and Evidence-Based Medicine Librarian\, Champion for the Better Evidence for Training Program\, University of Medical Sciences\, Ondo City\, Nigeria  \n \nBiliamin Oladele Popoola is an academic librarian\, researcher\, and knowledge management professional from Nigeria. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Anatomy\, a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Studies (MLIS)\, and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Ilorin\, Nigeria. He works as the Systems\, Scholarly Communications\, and Evidence-Based Medicine Librarian at the University of Medical Sciences\, Ondo City\, Nigeria\, where he also serves as a Champion for the Better Evidence for Training programme at the institution. \nBiliamin is a Fellow of the Carnegie Next-Generation Librarians Fellowship Programme at the University of Pretoria\, South Africa\, and a recipient of the Cunningham International Fellowship by the Medical Library Association\, U.S.A. He is also on the NIH’s DS-I Africa Consortium’s Data Science Librarians team and presently leads the Champions Steering Committee for the Better Evidence for Training programme at Ariadne Lab.  \nBiliamin has published widely and presented papers at conferences. He has served as a facilitator\, trainer\, and panellist on several occasions. He is a reviewer and editor for some scholarly journals in librarianship and currently serves as the Secretary-General for the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA).  \nBiliamin has a special interest in health information librarianship\, public health\, knowledge management\, professional development\, knowledge synthesis\, information literacy\, and emerging technologies. 
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/better-evidence-better-training-better-care-supporting-current-and-future-clinicians-in-africa-to-use-evidence-based-digital-tools/
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