Global Health

May 2013 • By Diana Austin
Envisioning the Future of Global Health Nursing
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As interest in global health grows rapidly among practicing and aspiring clinicians, faculty from UCSF Global Health Sciences and UCSF School of Nursing seek ways to ensure that the interest translates into real health improvements.
April 2013 • By Kate Darby Rauch
Nursing in Disasters
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UCSF nurse leaders consider collaboration with a first-of-its-kind Japanese doctoral program in disaster nursing.
February 2013 • By Diana Austin
Crowdfunding to Support Midwifery Education in Guatemala
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The innovative use of Indiegogo crowdfunding supports midwifery services and training in Guatemala.
December 2012 • By Diana Austin
Graying Globe: Zachary Zimmer Examines Aging Around the World
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Understanding how and where people age can help clinicians and policymakers improve the health of their populations. Zachary Zimmer’s work opens a window on aging around the globe.
September 2012 • By Diana Austin
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: Striving to Improve Global Health
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Nurse scientists collaborate to address factors that affect individual and population health in Africa, Asia, Europe and Central America.
November 2011 • By Diana Austin
Serving Marginalized Populations from Malawi to San Francisco
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A Fulbright-funded exchange program seeks to improve the care of marginalized populations and underserved people from distinct parts of the globe.
November 2011 • By Catherine Rauch
Side Trip Forges Lasting Relationships in the Middle East
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Professor emerita Erika Froelicher helps build a program to train nurses in Jordan.
November 2011 • By Catherine Rauch
Fighting Heart Disease and Smoking in Jordan
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Doctoral student hopes to develop strategies to reduce smoking and heart disease in his native Jordan.
May 2011 • By Diana Austin
Clearing the Air: Lisa Thompson Helps Identify and Fight a Global Killer
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Studying the respiratory ailments striking children in Oakland and Guatemala helps UCSF’s Lisa Thompson identify and fight a global killer.

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