by mjb843 | Nov 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Amanda Blazek This past summer Neha, Rafa, and I comprised our GROW team. Every summer, the GROW team travels to the site of GlobeMed’s partner organization – the Adonai Child Development Centre in Namugoga, Uganda – to assess the status of previous fundraising...
by mjb843 | Oct 9, 2014 | Global Health, Public Health, Social Justice, Uncategorized
By Nicholas Wang We are inching closer to Article 25’s Day of Action on October 25. If all goes according to plan, it will be a monumental day for this brand new organization, which was founded within the past year by university students who had a simple idea for a...
by mjb843 | May 27, 2014 | Global Health
By Michael Zingman Key Statistics and Health Indicators: Sources: WHO Uganda Statistics Summary, UNICEF Uganda Statistics, and MIT Global Health Uganda Country Briefing – Health Total Population – ~36,346,000 Median Age – 15.7 years Population Living...
by mjb843 | May 17, 2014 | Community Building, GlobeMed
By Gordon Younkin Hometown: Chicago, IL Major: Cognitive Science Minor: Global Health Studies Siblings: Two sisters, who are 12 and 19, and one brother, who is 11. Favorite food: “PIZZA! I love pizza so much it’s only a tad bit ridiculous.” Favorite place she’s ever...
by mjb843 | May 5, 2014 | Community Building, Fundraisers, GlobeMed
By Amanda Blazek NSH Impact Week here at Northwestern kicked off Sunday night, with the seven opposing teams joining for a dinner of Indian food and team rallying before the week of rivalry ahead. GlobeMed had a strong turnout and (I would say) the loudest cheering...
by mjb843 | Apr 29, 2014 | Domestic, Global Health, GlobeMed, International, Policy, Public Health
By Michael Zingman We hear about immunizations in the news. We are encouraged to get vaccinated. We hear friends and family talking about how they just “never got vaccinated” for something. We then hear about outbreaks and re-emergence of vaccine-preventable diseases....
by mjb843 | Apr 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
Gideon is a teacher at Adonai. He is the assistant head of the childcare department. Gideon welcomed the 2013 GROW Team to the Adonai center on their second day in Uganda by leading student skits, dances, and other musical performances. He served as the GROW...
by mjb843 | Apr 8, 2014 | Community Building, GlobeMed, Uncategorized
By Matthew Zhou From the sandy beaches of California to the metropolitan areas of Washington D.C, GlobeMed chapter members flooded into Evanston from across the nation for the GlobeMed 2014 Summit. Co-presidents, chapter members, speakers and panelists of all...
by mjb843 | Mar 12, 2014 | Community Building, GlobeMed, Uncategorized
Matt Zhou Year: Junior Hometown: Palatine, IL Major: Anthropology Fun Fact: I’ve broken my arm by falling out of my bed while I was asleep Brittany’s Spirit Animal (chosen by Matt): Chipmunk Previous GlobeMed Experience: GROW Coordinator, GHU Co-director Brittany...
by mjb843 | Mar 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Ivan Illich, author of “To Hell With Good Intentions,” in addition to being an Austrian philosopher, was also a Catholic priest and critic of modern western institutions. By Gordon Younkin Last week in my Introduction to International Public Health class...
