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Register for Global Health Ethics at the Public Health Institute

Global health, while a relatively new field, carries a long legacy. This course will explore the ethical frameworks that need to be considered in global health engagements.
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The Brocher Declaration: A Guide for Ethical Global Health Engagement

The Brocher Declaration guides policy on short-term global health engagements like medical missions to reduce harm, protect patients, prioritize host communities, and address power imbalances.  
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Global Health in Local Contexts: International Partnerships for a Transnational Learning Experience

For the first time this past fall, the CGHSR’s Global Health in Local Contexts course included a unique opportunity for students to learn alongside peers in other countries.
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IOM Partnership for Innovative, Online Refugee Health Screening Training

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty and staff from CGHSR, the Medical School and other institutions worked to convert in-person health screening training to online training.
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Global Health Seed Grants: Request for Proposals

CGHSR has released the Request for Proposals for our 2022 Global Health Seed Grants. Awards of up to $25,000 are available to fund interdisciplinary research collaborations to advance new global health research.
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Multidisciplinary Team Takes First Place at Case Competition

CGHSR successfully held our ninth annual Global Health Case Competition the last week of January, which included over 50 student participants from 13 University of Minnesota schools or colleges. 
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Updates from the Field: Jessica Deere, CGHSR Scholar

"To truly understand and manage the threat of disease to both the chimpanzees and people living near them, we must expand assessments to include local communities that recognize local needs, capacities, and priorities."

2021 Events and Webinars from CGHSR

Happy New Year from the Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility. Even as we prepare for the year ahead, we are reflecting back on our accomplishments in 2021. For CGHSR, it was a time to refocus and explore new models of…

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