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AIDs and Inequality: Global 99 in Action

To celebrate World AIDS Day on Thursday, Global 99 and the Critical Development Forum aimed to bridge the relationship between global inequality and the AIDS epidemic.The event on campus included a panel of seven AIDS activists and public health practitioners who brought personal experiences, issues in resource-limited countries, and underrepresented topics of the disease to the discussion.

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UW Course on Clinical Management of HIV Wins Global Health Prize

A UW graduate course in HIV has been awarded a global health prize that recognizes the most original project conducted to alleviate poverty-related chronic and/or infectious disease in the last year. The course, Global Health 573 “Clinical Management of HIV,” received the Velji Award for Global Health Project of the Year Nov. 15 at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health conference in Montreal.  The course is directed by Nina Kim, UW assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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UW Showing at Montreal Meeting

Members of the Department of Global Health are making a big showing at the 2011 meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) meeting in Montreal Nov. 13-15. At last count, UW had one plenary speaker -- Patricia Garcia; three moderators -- King Holmes, Judith Wasserheit, Ann Anderson; one commentator -- Stephen Gloyd; one workshop facilitator -- Daren Wade; and one big award for Global Health Project of the Year ( details forthcoming).

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Global99 Group Hold Teach-in that Draws More than 100 Attendees

Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street global movement, a group of faculty, staff and students from the University of Washington created a new collective called “Global 99” to look beyond the United States borders to the 99% around the world struggling for a more just global financial order. As global health advocates, members of Global 99 seek to highlight and act upon the growing health inequalities around the world.

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Global Health Service Corps: Sign the Petition!

U.S. investments in medical education in global health can channel a growing interest in health and humanitarian service to improve socioeconomic conditions in developing countries and help foster long-term sustainability and stronger health systems on the ground. Department Chair King Holmes wants everyone to sign this petition to create a Global Health Service Corps.

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Global Health Journalism Class

UW Global Health reporting student Allison Barrett found that Bhutan, rated top on the worl'd happiness index, is not such a happy place for ethnic Nepali citizens. She writes an interesting insight into deaf Bhutanese refugees now living in Kent.

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HIV Risk and Birth Control

An International Clinical Research Center-led study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases showed a troubling link between hormonal contraception and HIV. The study received widespread press coverage because of the popularity of injectable birth control like Depo-Provera in parts of Africa hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic. The observational study of nearly 3,800 couples in Africa found that women using hormonal contraception --such as Depo-Provera – are at double the risk of acquiring HIV.

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Spotlight on NCDs

On Sept. 19-20, the United Nations held a big meeting that could affect the future of global health. We have several related news items:
* Two UW physicians -- David Watkins and Jim Logerfo wrote an opinion piece in the Seattle Times on the rise of NCDs. "The chronic-disease pandemic will be the "face" of global health in the coming decades...Seattle can play a leading role in the fight against premature death and disability from chronic diseases."

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UW Researchers Hosted Landmark Hepatitis C Conference in Seattle Sept. 8-12

Seattle, one of the world leaders in hepatitis C research and treatment, will be hosting HCV2011, the 18th International Symposium on Hepatitis C and Related Viruses at the Seattle Sheraton. This conference is being held in Seattle for the first time and will attract around 800 people worldwide, including Michael Houghton from the University of Alberta who discovered Hepatitis C in 1989,  Steve Wiersma (WHO), Michael Gale (UW), Barbara Rehermann (NIH), Ray Chung (Harvard), Andrea Cox (Johns Hopkins), Hugo Rosen (University of Colorado), and Charlie Rice (Rockefeller University).

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