In the battle against systemic racism, the realm of global health is far from immune to its negative and often destructive impact. As Black communities remain disproportionately and deeply affected by racist policies and structures that obstruct their well-being and access to care, global health leaders like Bridgette Smith – a third-year PhD student at UC Davis – and Dr. Karen Lincoln – Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health and Director of the Center for Environmental Health Disparities Research at UC Irvine– are leading the charge to initiate the candid conversations centering diverse and often ignored members of Black communities and on-the-ground work that can strengthen care systems from the ground up.
Congratulations to UCGHI Education Director Dele Ogunseitan for receiving $150,000 from UC Online for digital inclusion to further support UCGHI's educational activities across UC in global health!
Dr. Jalika Joyner, a PhD student, veterinarian, and GloCal Health Fellowship alumna, was recently featured for her research in the Bwindi region of Uganda examining how vector-borne diseases spread among both humans and animals through mosquitoes.
This month, the Student Ambassadors had a networking session with Dr. Waru Gichane, an assistant professor at UCSF whose research studies how structural disparities affect sexual and reproductive health outcomes in the US and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mariah Jiles is a second-year student at UC Berkeley in the MPH program concentrating in Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health. She is passionate about the wellness of birthing individuals and women’s health, and is particularly interested in the health of Black pregnant people in the United States.
The One Health Workforce – Next Generation Project, American Rescue Plan Act, AFROHUN Côte d’Ivoire, and AFROHUN Cameroon are fighting COVID-19 vaccination misinformation and promoting vaccination on university campuses. Dr. Jaber Belkhiria of the OHW-NG Project gets the inside scoop.
Dr. Ushma Upadhyay recently published an Op-Ed with The Los Angeles Times, in which she discusses the accessibility of abortion pills in pharmacies. Though there has been progress in recent years, the FDA should be doing more to address arbitrary regulations that deter pharmacies from selling mifepristone.
The UCSF HEAL Initiative is hiring! They are recruiting a full time Operations Officer. This position can be remote. This is a rare role to be part of a growing global health social justice organization!
A recently published article inAdvances in Global Healthhas found that the COVID-19 pandemic had adverse consequences for sexual and reproductive health among adolescent girls and women in Kenya.
