World Malaria Day
Ready to Beat Malaria WHO joins partner organizations in promoting this year’s World Malaria Day theme, Ready to Beat Malaria. Read more HERE
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Global Health Grand Rounds
Children's National Hospital 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesSchistosomiasis: Improving Care of an Infection Disproportionately Affecting Impoverished Children and Exploiting Its Biology to Develop New Drugs May 23, 2018 | 8-9 a.m. Michael H. Hsieh, MD, PhD Associate Professor Departments of Urology (primary) and Pediatrics (secondary) George Washington University
International Children’s Day
The World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland, proclaimed June 1 to be International Children’s Day in 1925. It is usually marked with speeches on children’s rights and wellbeing, and other events involving or dedicated to children.
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Global Health Talk
Children's National Hospital 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesHem/Onc Grand Rounds Talk - Global Strategies for Sickle Cell Disease Russell Ware, MD, PhD Director, Division of Hematology University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
World Refugee Day
Every minute 20 people leave everything behind to escape war, persecution or terror. World Refugee Day is an expression of solidarity with people who have been uprooted from their homes by war or persecution. Held every year on June 20th, we commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees. This year, World Refugee […]
Child Health at the Border
Dr. Nathalie Quion and Dr. Lanre Falusi, Attendings at the Immigrant Health Clinic in Adams Morgan, talks about her visit to the Border with the AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) President, Colleen Kraft. View their conversation here. From Brave New Films: "Childhood trauma, like imprisonment and family separation, provokes long-lasting implications caused by high levels […]
Improving Cancer Outcomes in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Importance of Access to Essential Medications
Children's National Hospital 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, United StatesPresented By: Scott Howard, DO, MPH Professor and Associate Dean for Research University of Tennessee Health Science Center
World Population Day
What is World Population Day? World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987.