Salome Maswime, PhD, MBCHB
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The Next Generation of Global Leaders
Salome Maswime
, PhD, MBCHB, has her sights set on becoming a global leader in health care. And through the support of the
Discovery Foundation MGH Fellowship Award
, the obstetrician/gynecologist at the
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
in
South Africa
– the third largest teaching hospital in the world – is well on her way to achieving that goal.
The fellowship – aimed at boosting South Africa as a leading hub for internationally-recognized clinical research and science – brought Maswime to the
MGH Center for Global Health
for one year to research the causes of stillbirths in HIV-positive women. Maswime has found the centers extensive resources and connections vital to the progress of her research. “
Jessica Haberer
is my mentor and as we have been trying to formulate more research questions, looking at research ideas for next year she always has the right person to talk to,” Maswime said. “That’s one of the benefits of being here, it’s at the cutting edge.”
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LEFT: Agnes Binagwaho, MD, PhD, delivers the Keynote Address; RIGHT TOP: Meti Debala, from the MGH Division of Infectious Diseases, presents her findings to Yap Boum II, PhD, MPH; RIGHT MIDDLE: Stephen Asiimwe, MD, MPH, DrPH, co-moderates the panel discussion on International Partnerships and Global Health; RIGHT BOTTOM: Jason Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP, FIDSA, Dr. Binagwaho, Ronald Kleinman, MD, and Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, DTM&H.
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Pediatric Global Summit
The
MassGeneral Hospital
for
Children
and the
MGH Center for Global Health
hosted the
2018 Pediatric Global Health Summit
on October 15. The event drew health care providers, advocates and scientists from the New England area and was highlighted by presentations from pediatricians across the globe.
The meeting kicked off with an address from
Agnes Binagwaho
, MD, PhD, Vice Chancellor of Rwanda’s
University of Global Health Equity
, titled “Rwanda’s Journey to Reduce Child Mortality”. Dr. Binagwaho, described by MGH
f
C’s Pediatric Global Health Division Chief
Jason Harris
, MD, MPH, FAAP, FIDSA, as “a hero of global pediatric medicine”, recounted the uphill battle she faced as Rwanda’s Minister of Health.
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A Mobile Phone Tower Destroyed in Sa’ada, July 2018. INSET: Authors Louise C. Ivers, MD, MPH, DTM&H and Amir M. Mohareb, MD.
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Disease and Famine as Weapons of War in Yemen
New England Journal of Medicine
Perspective article co-authored by MGH Center for Global Health Executive Director
Louise C. Ivers
, MD, MPH, DTM&H and MGH Infectious Diseases Physician
Amir M. Mohareb
, MD.
How can the medical community take stock of the humanitarian disaster in
Yemen
? The 3-year-old war intermittently garners attention from Western media — for example, in August, when an air strike on a school bus killed more than 50 civilians, mostly children — but is woefully underreported relative to the magnitude of the ongoing crisis. Such neglect highlights the numbing of our collective sensitivity to atrocity. Although the human toll of any war is dreadful, the infliction of suffering in Yemen has particularly toxic characteristics that we believe demand attention from health care providers worldwide: the destruction of health care facilities and the spread of disease and hunger as apparent means of waging war.
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The First Mile program launch in Uganda, from left: Grace Namboze, head of nursing at MUST; Stephen Schwartz of the Wyss Medical Foundation; Pat Daoust, RN, MSN, FAAN, associate director of nursing for Mass General Global Health; MUST Vice Chancellor Celestino Obua, MD, PhD; and Stephen Asiimwe, MD, MPH, DrPH, program director of the MUST-MGH Global Health Cooperative.
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First Mile Program Promotes Health in Rural Uganda
Massachusetts General Hospital
has helped launch a new program that aims to bring disease prevention and early treatment to the rural communities outside one of
Uganda’s
largest cities,
Mbarara
.
The program,
The First Mile
, is the latest initiative of a ten-year partnership that includes Mass General, the
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
(MUST) and the 400-bed
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
(MRRH). Initially focused on the HIV/AIDS crisis, the partnership has grown to include broader biomedical research, think tanks focused on local healthcare challenges, clinical quality improvement initiatives, educational training and community-based programs.
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MGH Center for Global Health Welcomes Faculty Network Members
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Associates in Global Health
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Affiliates in Global Health
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Join the Global Health Faculty Associate Network
Building community is a core pillar of the
MGH Center for Global Health
. This year, we are taking the steps to build our
Faculty Associate Network
. If you are an
MGH-MGPO
faculty or fellow in good standing and engaged in substantive global health activities as part of your career, we hope you will consider joining the network by becoming an
Associate in Global Health
, an
Affiliate in Global Health
or a
Fellow in Global Health
.
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Ingrid Bassett, MD, MPH, in her office at MGH.
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“Meet Them Where They Are”: The Role of
Hair Salons in South African Sexual Health
Less than half of individuals diagnosed with
HIV
in
South Africa
, the country with the largest HIV epidemic in the world, receive adequate treatment. Ever since her first research project related to HIV testing in South Africa in 2004,
Ingrid Bassett
, MD, MPH, has been focused on connecting vulnerable populations with available services. “Failing to link to care became a defining part of what my research was trying to grapple with over the next 10 years,” she said. “It was a defining study for me.”
It was this issue that came to mind one Monday morning several years back when one of her young research assistants in
Durban, South Africa
, came to work with a new set of hair extensions and braids. After finding out that the salon appointment had lasted upwards of three hours, Dr. Bassett and her team began to brainstorm. “We just started to think about all the ways in which a hair salon could be a supportive and conducive environment to offer health interventions,” she said.
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In an effort to bolster the global progress being made to support female rising stars from low and middle-income countries, the
Harvard Global Health Institute
and the
Women and Health Initiative
at the
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
together have developed a new fellowship program for women in Global Health.
This groundbreaking opportunity is open to
women from all continents, regions, disciplines and sectors
. The program will include a rigorous semester of mentorship, custom leadership training, speaking platforms, and protected time to focus on research. While in residence at
Harvard University
, fellows will have access to all the university has to offer, from its many schools (
Public Health, Business, Government, Medical, Arts & Sciences, and others
) to cross-university centers and peer fellowship programs.
Applications are now open!
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CAMTech Empire State Opioid Epidemic Demo Day
During the
Empire State Opioid Epidemic Innovation Challenge
September 28-30, innovators co-created solutions to curb the local and national opioid epidemic.
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Cli
ck
here
to watch
a video on
CAMTech's Empire State Opioid Epidemic Innovation Challenge
, held
September 28-30
, 2018
at
Columbia University
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Jennifer Duran, RN, in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at MGH. INSET: Duran working with a nurse at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda.
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Global Nursing Fellow Works with Ugandan Counterparts on Neonatal Intensive Care
Jennifer Duran
, RN, knew she wanted to care for sick children from a young age after witnessing compassionate nurses caring for her sick brother. Now a registered nurse in the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(NICU) at
MGH
, Duran gets to carry out her childhood dream on a daily basis and recently had an opportunity to do so halfway around the globe.
As a recipient of an
MGH Global Nursing Fellowship
through the
Center for Global Health
, Duran recently spent 18 days teaching and training with nurses, students, midwives and residents in the
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital
(MRRH)
NICU
in
Uganda
. “This was a dynamic group of learners eager for professional development, so the energy was powerful,” she said.
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TOP LEFT: Jean Bernhardt, NP, covers the CHC surgical ward in Saipan following Typhoon Yutu; TOP RIGHT: Lindsay Martin, NP, discusses health concerns with a patient in Peru while deployed on the USNS Comfort; BOTTOM LEFT: Lynn Black, MD, MPH, strategizes with an IMC staff member in Raleigh, North Carolina following Hurricane Florence; BOTTOM RIGHT: Amy Cameron, PA, center, and Philip Manners, MD, right, pose with IMC staff in Florida following Hurricane Michael.
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Office of Global Disaster Response
Provides Relief at Home and Abroad
The
Mass General Center for Global Health
(CGH)
Office of Global Disaster Response
(GDR) was working overtime this fall, deploying four teams of medical professionals to respond to three natural disasters and an ongoing humanitarian crisis. Fourteen
MGH
employees provided hundreds of hours of medical care domestically and abroad while serving as volunteers with
International Medical Corps
(IMC),
Americares
and the
U.S. Southern Command
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MGH Global Health in the News
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