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<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong> Volume 49<br />
OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
NUVANCE HEALTH<br />
Global Health Program<br />
LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE<br />
NUVANCE HEALTH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE<br />
Global Health <strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful<br />
Happy<br />
Planet<br />
New Year<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
Rumi’s Gates<br />
Gate 1. Say only what is true.<br />
Gate 2. Say only what is necessary.<br />
Gate 3. Say only what you can say kindly.<br />
Editor; Majid Sadigh, MD<br />
Contributing Editor; Mitra Sadigh<br />
Creative Director; Amanda Wallace
OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Perspective<br />
Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity<br />
Written by Mary Shah, MLS, AHIP<br />
Many people focus, especially in the last few<br />
years, on the importance of inclusion, equity, and<br />
diversity.<br />
You can make the argument that in the financial<br />
sector, it strengthens group dynamics and<br />
cohesion while resulting in stronger decisions and<br />
increased profit margins with greater employee<br />
and customer engagement. You can make the<br />
argument for diversity from the question of<br />
biology: that a larger gene pool increases the<br />
chance of survival and protects the species as well as the environment on which<br />
the species depends. For me, it is the right thing to do. I was raised to revere<br />
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and practice connecting with people based on the<br />
content of their character. I have also been on the receiving end of serious<br />
hatred because of this practice. Instead of discouraging me, this confrontation<br />
has strengthened my resolve. I believe that I have an obligation to do what I<br />
can to make sure that if someone is affected by a decision, they have input and<br />
control over the process. In hearing more perspectives, I learn more and can<br />
take a larger view.<br />
Rather than blindly accept the classic status of Albert Camus’ “The Stranger,”<br />
about a French man who murders an unnamed Algerian, I learn more about<br />
humanity from Kamel Daoud’s “The Meursault Investigation” which details the<br />
same murder from the perspective of that murder victim’s brother. Rather than<br />
read Wilbur Smith’s “Cry Wolf” about three westerners trying to save Ethiopians<br />
from the Italian invasion during World War II, I gain greater insight from reading<br />
Maaza Mengiste’s “The Shadow King,” a fictionalized account of what the<br />
Ethiopians did to try to overcome the invasion of the Italians.<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
Lake Champlain, Burlington, VT (Majid Sadigh)<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
We mustn’t blindly accept everything from another person’s perspective. It is<br />
essential that we listen to one another with trust and respect. In making this<br />
connection, we will—as the African proverb states—go further together.<br />
References<br />
1. Ely, R. J., & Thomas, D. A. (2020). Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough<br />
Already with the Business<br />
2. Case. Harvard Business Review. https://doi.org/https://hbr.org/2020/11/<br />
getting-serious-about-diversity-enough-already-with-the-business-case<br />
3. Xu, S., Böttcher, L., & Chou, T. (2020). Diversity in biology: definitions,<br />
quantification and models. Physical biology, 17(3), 031001. https://doi.<br />
org/10.1088/1478-3975/ab6754<br />
4. Malavisi, A. (2019, August 10). “Engaging Philosophy with Global Health<br />
Ethics,” Health and Human Rights Journal. Retrieved March 22, 2020, from<br />
https://www.hhrjournal.org/2019/08/engaging- philosophy-with-globalhealth-ethics/<br />
5. King, M. L., & Washington, J. M. (1992). I have a dream: Writings and<br />
speeches that changed the world. HarperSanFrancisco.<br />
6. Camus, A., & Ward, M. (1989). The stranger. Vintage International.<br />
7. Daoud, K., & Cullen, J. (2015). The meursault investigation. Other Press.<br />
8. Smith, W. A. (2018). Cry wolf. Zaffre Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.<br />
9. Ba, M., Gebremedhin, L. T., Masako, P., Msigallah, F., Kone, K. E., & Baird, T.<br />
L. (2021). Diversity and solidarity in global health. The Lancet. Global health,<br />
9(4), e391–e392. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00029-2<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
Bobcat, New Milford, CT (Rose Schwartz)<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Highlights<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
Global Health Narrative Medicine<br />
Class<br />
Written by Andrea Green MD<br />
Professor of Pediatrics and Director of<br />
Global Health in Department of Pediatrics at<br />
UVMLCOM<br />
In December 2021, I offered a four-week reading<br />
elective on the topic of Global Health Narrative<br />
Medicine. Themes of the course were explored<br />
through a mixture of fiction and memoir<br />
complemented with journal articles. At the end of<br />
each reading, students wrote a short reflection on the assigned reading and its<br />
accompanying articles. A range of topics was made available to students who<br />
had the option of choosing six core readings and their accompanying journal<br />
articles.<br />
On the following page is a reflection from one of the students who participated<br />
in this course in 2022.<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
What’s in a Name<br />
Written by Mark Oet<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
It’s pronounced “Oh-et,” like ‘Poet’<br />
(I hate writing though—too permanent,<br />
public, private)<br />
Yes, it’s made-up<br />
(It’s a long story but my dad was a refugee<br />
and architect)<br />
I’m Russian, not really, but my parents are<br />
from the former Soviet Union<br />
(his old name wasn’t Russian; it was very<br />
Jewish)<br />
Don’t worry, I get this question a lot<br />
(and did you know ‘Poiesis’ is the Greek root for creation?)<br />
I suppose I like it—it is my name<br />
(we’re not Greek though)<br />
You’re right, it makes a good story<br />
(I’m getting tired of explaining)<br />
I wonder about his old name<br />
(Who would I be?)<br />
—Was it selfish to cut off the past<br />
(He lost our history)<br />
And was the new one better?<br />
(Is it fair to be angry…)<br />
You’re right, he didn’t choose his birth-name either<br />
(It was brave to start again)<br />
And now my name has a meaning<br />
(This story is our history)<br />
Oet is like poet is like ‘poiesis’—to make new<br />
(My siblings changed their names and so could I)<br />
It sets intentions for the future, for growth<br />
(but I like my name—I think I’ll keep it)<br />
Anyway, it’s nice to meet you<br />
(Thank you)<br />
I’ll be taking care of you this visit<br />
(I wonder what’s in your name)<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Global Mental Health<br />
Written by Susan Byekwaso<br />
Coordinator of the Global Health Program at Makerere<br />
University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS)<br />
The COVID-19 pandemic and the fast rate of<br />
population growth in Uganda have increased the<br />
gap in the nation’s available healthcare providers.<br />
The Nuvance Health Global Health Program has<br />
continued to support building human capacity<br />
by supporting residents in the Department of<br />
Psychiatry at MakCHS. This is done with an objective of increasing the number<br />
of scholarly promising psychiatrists in Uganda. In 2022, three new residents<br />
were selected as Rudy Ruggles Scholars in global mental health to increase<br />
the number to six scholars, with the entire cost of living and education covered<br />
by a generous gift from Dr. Rudy Ruggels. This gift enables these scholars to<br />
concentrate on their studies and provide care to patients in Mulago and Butabika<br />
Hospitals without being distracted by financial burdens.<br />
It is a moment of celebration to note that the first cohort of Ruggles Scholars<br />
were able to present their research projects at the Joint Annual Scientific<br />
Conference (JASHC) in September 2022 in Uganda. The three scholars were able<br />
to successfully complete their training and are awaiting graduation in February<br />
<strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
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Resources<br />
Dr. Claire Kwagala explaining her research findings during JASHC, Munyonyo Uganda<br />
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OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
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Wishing You All a Merry Christmas and<br />
a Blessed New Year <strong>2023</strong><br />
Written by<br />
Sister Jane Frances Nakafeero<br />
Director of St. Francis Naggalama Hospital<br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
St Francis Naggalama Hospital is a nice, clean,<br />
and well-organized 100-bed rural general<br />
hospital in Mukono District, Uganda. Great strides<br />
have been made to identify gaps in service<br />
delivery including the need for a private ward<br />
which was constructed by the efforts of Eva Landeggar to whom we owe a<br />
lot of gratitude. The Mother Kevin Ward was officially opened by His Lordship<br />
Christopher Kakooza on June 18, 2022.<br />
The global health fraternity choosing to visit and/or work at St Francis Naggalama<br />
Hospital is a beneficial tropical adventure. Visitors are accommodated in a selfcontained<br />
guest house surrounded by greenery and complete with a television,<br />
kitchen, computer, and internet with a spacious back veranda for your rest,<br />
reflection, and comfort. The local needy, sick, and yet smiling patients make<br />
the community experience—especially the Palliative Care services sponsored<br />
by Professor Randi Diamond and Dr. Howard Eison—quite unique. The discovery<br />
of dusty village roads to reach patients leaves characteristic gray patches on<br />
white clinical coats.<br />
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Left to right: Sister Jane Frances Nakafeero, His Lordship Christopher Kakooza, and Eva Landeggar<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
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<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Meanwhile, the staff, both medical and nonmedical, are friendly and ready to<br />
share knowledge and skills while also being open to learning. A range of services<br />
are available in the departments including outpatient, orthopedics, dental care,<br />
radiology, pediatrics, antenatal, maternal & childcare, physiotherapy, general<br />
and surgical services. Meanwhile, with over 50 patients being referred out every<br />
month approximately 40 km away to Kampala for CT scan services, the Board<br />
advised on improving radiology services through raising funds for the acquisition<br />
of the CT scan.<br />
Despite all this, various factors affected health service delivery at Naggalama,<br />
especially with the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects. This<br />
exacerbated the low-resourced healthcare inequality and further weakened the<br />
nation’s already-strained healthcare systems, leading to a reduction in patient<br />
numbers due to poverty, self-medication, and limited access to healthcare arising<br />
from lockdowns and consequent budget shortfalls. While still staggering to take<br />
momentum from the effects of COVID-19, fears of Ebola settled in. Naggalama<br />
has to-date not encountered any case of Ebola. However, the fears affected the<br />
remaining Global Health Elective student who had to be re-routed to India. It<br />
was a sad moment, yet understandable.<br />
We now face <strong>2023</strong> with hope and courage, and management will endeavor to<br />
embrace investment through CT scan services, service delivery expansion via a<br />
Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, digitalization through patients’ data upgrade, and<br />
strengthening of local and international partnerships. We continue to pray for<br />
guidance, good health, and renewal of our collaboration in <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and blessed New Year <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
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Among the Letters<br />
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Resources<br />
Waiting for Spring (Rose Schwartz)<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Global Health Grand Rounds–<br />
Chagas and Other Neglected Tropical<br />
Diseases impacting Global Health<br />
Written by Stephen Scholand, MD<br />
On December 14, Dr. Norman L. Beatty, Assistant<br />
Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida<br />
College of Medicine, Division of Infectious<br />
Diseases and Global Medicine gave a passionate<br />
and inspiring Grand Rounds lecture on Neglected<br />
Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The World Health<br />
Organization recently published a Roadmap for<br />
NTDs in order to highlight the impact of these diseases toward improving global<br />
health. Diseases such as leprosy, rabies, and snake bites are among horrific<br />
diseases not yet eradicated by health authorities. A world expert on Chagas<br />
disease, one of the major NTDs impacting the United States, Dr. Beatty gave<br />
an insightful overview of the problems. It was unsettling to learn about the very<br />
large undiagnosed populations in the U.S. who may be affected by this insidious<br />
disease. Certainly more needs to be done for Chagas and other neglected<br />
diseases to improve the health of the world.<br />
Dr. Beatty currently continues his work in infectious diseases and global health<br />
and recently ran a large health fair for migrant farm workers in central Florida.<br />
Our Nuvance Global Health Program partners were inspired and energized by<br />
Dr. Beatty and look forward to improvements in human health on the road to<br />
more equitable healthcare for our global community.<br />
Link to Global Health Grand Rounds>><br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
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Dr. Norman L. Beatty,<br />
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OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
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All Boards Retreat<br />
During “All Boards Retreat” at Summit on December 22nd, Dr. Majid Sadigh, the<br />
Director of the Global Health Program presented the program’s structure and<br />
function to over 25 board members at Nuvance Health. During this presentation,<br />
board members learned about the scope of the program’s activities as well as<br />
its most recent achievements locally and internationally.<br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Meeting with the Director of Nursing Education at Nuvance<br />
Health<br />
During a Zoom meeting with Dr. Deborah Hewitt, MS, MBA, NEBC, RN, Assistant<br />
Vice President of Nursing Professional Development at Nuvance Health and Dr.<br />
Catherine Winkler, Director of the Nuvance Health Global Health Nursing Division,<br />
the future direction of this division was discussed. There will be grand rounds for<br />
nursing staff to introduce the concept of global health and make them aware<br />
of available activities. Interested nurses will be encouraged to participate in<br />
the <strong>eMagazine</strong> and to become members of the Nuvance Health Global Health<br />
Academy.<br />
Engagement of the Nuvance Health Global Health Program<br />
with the Latinx Community in Danbury<br />
During a Meeting with Mr. Elvis Novas, Advisor for the Dominican Community<br />
Center and member of the Board of Directors of Housatonic Habitat for Humanity,<br />
Danbury, CT, and Adamys Collado, the visiting cardiology resident from<br />
the Heart Institute in Santo Domingo, strategies of partnerships between the<br />
Nuvance Health Global Health Program with the Latinx Community in Danbury<br />
including establishing a new scholarship for selected academically promising<br />
high school students were discussed.<br />
Photo News<br />
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Resources<br />
Joint Master Degree in Medical Education<br />
During a meeting with Dr. Shalote R. Chipamaunga Bamu PhD, MEd, BEd, DNE,<br />
SCM, RNM, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Health Professions Education,<br />
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, the content<br />
of a new Memorandum of Understanding with Zimbabwe University to establish<br />
a joint Masters Degree in medical education with a focus on “decolonization of<br />
global health education” was discussed.<br />
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<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Reflections<br />
Keep silent!<br />
Written by Hossein Akbari, MD,MSc<br />
NVH Global Health Academy Faculty<br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
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Photo News<br />
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Resources<br />
When being asked to review papers on<br />
health equality, I usually decline, as I still<br />
have a bad feeling about one encounter.<br />
It was my birthday, and I was 6,000 km<br />
away from family and friends. But I had<br />
hope. There were amazing days in Mulago,<br />
with deep self-reflection and a drive to be<br />
with those in need.<br />
I had a hectic schedule that day. A patient suffering from burns who required<br />
major debridement. I was able to find a surgical gown and join the sevenhour<br />
procedure, split by two breaks that I wish I hadn’t taken.<br />
During the first break, I had just left OR 1 and was walking through the dimlylit<br />
hall when I saw a young woman, possibly 23-24, and very scared. Nobody<br />
was around and she was waiting for the surgery. I couldn’t just leave her,<br />
though sometimes I wish I had.<br />
There was no note around to review, so I asked her what happened. She<br />
spoke a few words in English and Luganda and in brief, stated that she was<br />
very anxious about the foot operation that the doctors said she needed.<br />
I saw her leg in a yellow plastic bag, which was surprising but I did inquire<br />
further. I tried to make her comfortable and mentioned that she does not<br />
need to be worried as the physicians only do it for her sake, especially in<br />
resource-constrained regions. Again, I wish I had remained silent.<br />
Two hours later, during the next break, I came directly to her room where I<br />
witnessed the most tragic scene I have ever seen in Mulago: a lower limb<br />
thrown in a bin-shaped metal container with a very unpleasant smell. The<br />
operation was an above-the-knee amputation. I was shocked. I thought of<br />
the fate of women in this region at baseline, let alone women with limited<br />
mobility.<br />
I immediately sat somewhere in the hall to collect myself before asking those<br />
better-informed about the whole story.<br />
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She was walking in the street when she was hit by a car. She immediately<br />
came to the hospital but couldn’t afford the doppler, angiography, or other<br />
required tests. When family and friends tried to help her in the National<br />
Referral Hospital in the capital city, three days passed and she came up with<br />
wet gangrene in the yellow bag. There is no health insurance in Uganda,<br />
meaning that patients need to pay for what they receive.<br />
Now, every time I hear about health equality, I remember this patient. I am<br />
still processing this encounter. Every time I want to say even a single word to<br />
a patient, I am now extra cautious!<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
The Berkshires, Massacusettes (OLwen Gurry)<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
A Contented Eye Sees No Faults<br />
Written by Ali Sadeghi<br />
Senior student at AUC<br />
The ideas I tried to convey in my first<br />
reflection were brought to an abrupt halt<br />
due to my inability to formulate my ideas into<br />
words. I would jot down small notes as the<br />
days passed and allowed them to simmer<br />
on the backburner. Ibn-Arabi was not the<br />
only Muslim philosopher to place great<br />
emphasis on the importance of the heart<br />
to the human state. Ibn Ata-llah considered<br />
the root of every disease to be man’s selfsatisfaction.<br />
And Ghazali described the heart as the most important organ,<br />
both literally and figuratively. He explained its role in human subjectivity,<br />
identity, and the way we go about understanding the world around us. The<br />
reason I continue this conversation regarding the heart is that I have no other<br />
way of describing what it is that I have witnessed and experienced while<br />
interacting with patients both in Naggalama, Uganda and now in the rural<br />
village of Sawangi, India.<br />
This central region of India is considered the “oral cancer capital of the<br />
world.” An unprecedented 45% of cancers in men are directly attributed<br />
to their cultural practice of chewing tobacco. In the state of Maharashtra,<br />
one in three people consume smokeless tobacco products. The university’s<br />
newly-built oral cancer hospital is the hub for patients undergoing surgeries<br />
for squamous cell carcinoma of the oral mucosa. Most cases involve wide<br />
local excision of the lesion, partial glossectomy and mandibulectomy with<br />
neck dissections, and reconstruction using the pectoralis major. The patients,<br />
many of whom are on the state’s government-sponsored insurance plan,<br />
travel many hours by public transportation to have the surgery completed.<br />
This healthcare catastrophe cannot be understood without understanding<br />
the local traditions and norms.<br />
The ethical and moral answers are only determined by the perspective of<br />
reality adopted by the individuals and the community they form. While it is<br />
easy to be a keyboard warrior and proclaim the necessity for improved public<br />
health education and promotion to curb all forms of smokeless tobacco, it is<br />
a naïve comment to make. Cultural and behavioral changes will not come<br />
about by “educational promotion.” Understanding of this phenomena and<br />
understanding at the local level operate on different planes. While the cost<br />
estimate for this national health burden may be important for policymakers,<br />
as a student witnessing radical change in patients’ diminished quality of life<br />
post-surgery, surgery is not the ultimate solution. Primary prevention is. If only<br />
the solution was as straightforward as pointing the finger at the culprit.<br />
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Fibroids: The Silent Pandemic<br />
Written by Joshua Matusuko<br />
Medical student at MaKCHS<br />
One morning while clerking female patients<br />
admitted to the gynecology ward at<br />
Kawempe National Referral Hospital, I<br />
noticed that more than 50% of patients<br />
were suffering from uterine fibroids. One<br />
particular patient, a 36-year-old nulligravid<br />
woman, had a 12-year history of irregular<br />
menstrual bleeding lasting more than<br />
two weeks, pressure symptoms, and a pelvic mass. She had been waiting<br />
for her scheduled myomectomy for over five months and still had hopes of<br />
one day carrying a child. On further clerking of patients with uterine fibroids,<br />
one complaint common was that they were in line for surgical therapy<br />
(myomectomy and hysterectomy. Once diagnosed and the decision is made<br />
for surgical therapy, patients at Kawempe had to wait between 5 to 12 months<br />
to the day of surgery, primarily due to the very high number of patients on the<br />
waiting list, with some patients having to wait almost an entire year.<br />
Uterine fibroids are the biggest causes of benign uterine masses and currently<br />
one of the biggest gynecological concerns in the country. Some studies have<br />
indicated a prevalence as high as 28.2% with about 70% being symptomatic<br />
(https://doi.org/10.24248/ EASci.v4i1.x © Adawe et al). Management options<br />
in private facilities normally are extremely high in cost for the average<br />
Ugandan with gynecological consultations only ranging 50,000 - 150,000<br />
Ugandan shillings (UGX) (13.4 - 41.23 USD) depending on the private hospital.<br />
For women who want non-hormonal medical treatment, especially for those<br />
who want to have children or do not feel comfortable with hormonal therapy,<br />
tablets such as Tranexamic at a cost of 1,500 UGX per tablet and can be<br />
taken for as long as the doctor determines. Meanwhile Mefenamic acid costs<br />
500 UGX per tablet. Hormonal treatments which normally offer a wider range<br />
of options such as combined oral contraceptives cost 8,000 UGX per month<br />
while injectables cost 5,000 UGX per injection. There are more expensive<br />
tablets such as Ulipristal which costs 8,000 UGX per tablet, making the total<br />
cost 240,000 UGX per month. One may need to take these for three months.<br />
There are also injections that help shrink the fibroids such as Zoladex and<br />
Luprodex and cost 350,000 - 400,000 UGX per month.<br />
Then for patients in for surgical treatment, one of the new surgical<br />
interventions for fibroids in Uganda is Uterine Artery Embolization (UAE) which<br />
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costs 10 to 12 million UGX (3000 USD). Myomectomies and hysterectomies can<br />
cost 2.5 - 6 million UGX depending on the hospital. With costs being so high,<br />
many patients flock to government facilities like Kawempe, hence the longer<br />
waiting time and decreased quality of treatment outcome. This has resulted<br />
in a large proportion of patients having to live with poor or no treatment,<br />
leading to worse prognosis. More subsidized or free treatment is needed to<br />
curb this increasing silent condition. More women suffer from fibroids than we<br />
know with many not receiving the necessary treatment or not receiving it in<br />
time.<br />
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Innovation and Technology in<br />
Global Health<br />
Written by Swapnil Parve, MD<br />
Director of International Affairs at the NH/<br />
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A number of ground-breaking technologies<br />
have emerged in the twenty-first century<br />
that have changed the way we monitor<br />
our health. Wearables provide real-time<br />
information about some of the most<br />
important health parameters like heart rate,<br />
blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and<br />
blood glucose levels. The use of handheld<br />
devices (smartphones, tablets) to perform echocardiography or point-ofcare-ultrasound<br />
have revolutionized the way physicians approach patients.<br />
One of the greatest impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been<br />
digitalization of health, including but not limited to the penetration of<br />
telemedicine or telehealth. Although we previously had digital tools, the<br />
pandemic has forced us to augment its use to organize, train, mobilize, and<br />
deploy scattered healthcare human resources. Healthcare institutions can<br />
now more effectively distribute limited resources among competing demands<br />
thanks to technology.<br />
In this new section we will be bringing the latest technological innovations in<br />
global health along with insights, expert opinions, and commentaries to our<br />
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In the previous issue we highlighted the World Health Organization’s (WHO)<br />
study results on new technologies and trends relevant to global public health.<br />
One of the key areas highlighted in the report was artificial intelligence (AI).<br />
In this issue we will be sharing with you a short documentary developed by<br />
German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle.<br />
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By not being too niche, the documentary helps even the non-medicos to<br />
understand the impact of integrating technology in medicine. The link to the<br />
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An Aging Population Across the World<br />
and Senior Care: Part 2<br />
Written by<br />
Catherine G Winkler, PhD, MPH, APRN-BC<br />
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As populations age, countries will need to continue to assess and weave elders<br />
into the fabric of society at much higher numbers to meet the needs of older<br />
persons as well as to utilize their skills and knowledge to ensure that there<br />
are efficient, cost-effective approaches to achieving societal balance across<br />
all age groups. Some countries have begun innovative programs or modified<br />
existing ones to promote infrastructure changes that support public services<br />
for elderly persons while concurrently adding benefits to society. Japan, which<br />
is the world’s oldest county, instituted caring relationship tickets or currency<br />
to encourage volunteer services for elders by younger folks that then can be<br />
later used to support their own older family members. Further, education on<br />
dementia has been provided with some communities instituting wellness checks,<br />
QR codes in elders’ clothing to help identify a senior who might have wandered,<br />
and cafes who cater to elders with forgetfulness or dementia. Other countries<br />
such as Germany have shared apartments where eight roommates who all have<br />
dementia can live, learn, and share responsibilities within a home with 24-hour<br />
nursing care. Additionally, in China where nursing homes are uncommon, the<br />
government continues to support the notion that 90% of the elderly population<br />
receives support and care from family with 6% at the community level with elder<br />
centers and 4% at nursing homes. This is a challenge with fewer young people<br />
who can serve as caregivers due to the one-child rule that has since been lifted<br />
along with many young people moving from rural homes to the urban setting to<br />
work, leaving seniors alone. China has started a University of the Aged to provide<br />
education and a sense of connection for those who attend and a Silver College<br />
with cultural activities.<br />
Here in North America, nursing homes (extended care facilities) and short-term<br />
rehabilitation facilities have been common for several years. Currently, 1.5 million<br />
Americans reside in nursing homes (Stats., 2022) with projections citing that more<br />
than 70% of people in the U.S. will require long-term care (Stats, 2022). However,<br />
others believe that the need for nursing homes will decrease in the future due<br />
to alternatives in elder care management such as assisted living, while others<br />
believe that with an increase incidence in dementia and many skilled facilities<br />
closing during the pandemic (estimated 300) with another 400 pending per<br />
Becker’s Review (2022) it is difficult to predict.<br />
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Whether the need for skilled long-term care remains or not, what is agreed upon<br />
is that it is expensive and requires most patients to rely on Medicaid (funding by<br />
the state and federal government) to cover the cost over time. With this being<br />
the case there are many actions that can be standardized to improve costs,<br />
increase efficiencies, and provide safe, quality care.<br />
Recommendations to bridge care from the hospital to the post-acute care phase<br />
are many and we can go into detail in the next publication about the necessary<br />
changes to better transition patients. Generally, patients should be discharged<br />
on Friday before 3 PM or if necessary between 12 noon and 3 PM on Sundays<br />
if they are not discharged from the hospital during the week. This change will<br />
ensure that medications from off-site pharmacies are available, that physicians<br />
and nurse practitioners are available within 24 hours to admit the patient, and<br />
that that the transfer occurs when nursing is better-staffed (on days).<br />
A report from provider to provider predischarge would be advantageous<br />
and an integrated or linked medical record will provide enhanced and timely<br />
communication. Additionally, patient-centered care, improved transportation<br />
for medical follow-up, accessible equipment at facility and home, tighter<br />
relationships with homecare and hospice services, and perhaps a consortium<br />
between the principles in senior care to include hospitals, ECFs, hospices,<br />
pharmacies, senior centers, and community groups would also be incorporated.<br />
Before the next Global Health <strong>eMagazine</strong> edition, please send your ideas or<br />
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Calling for Writers<br />
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As we ring in the new year, it is important to<br />
have new ideas and new topics brought to<br />
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and views shown to us. To do this, I would<br />
like to open this column for other women<br />
and new writers to submit articles about<br />
issues and topics they feel are important.<br />
As our societal norms and beliefs are different in each culture and country,<br />
providing a space for new voices can bring to light issues we had not thought<br />
about. It also allows us to see a new perspective on issues we may have been<br />
aware of. New perspectives can provide valuable information and change the<br />
thoughts and assumptions we previously had.<br />
I am calling for readers to reach out and send in articles on topics that they are<br />
affected by or are passionate about that relate to women’s health or women’s<br />
issues. If you would like to write, please send me an email at Sarah.cordisco@<br />
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How Does Occupation-Related Stress<br />
Lead to Increased Rates of Heart<br />
Disease Among South Asians?<br />
Written by Ritesh Vidhun<br />
This month’s edition will explore a proposed<br />
research question and a quick background<br />
on the topic, related to a significant disparity<br />
affecting the South Asian population in the U.S.<br />
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I: Research Question<br />
How does occupation-related stress lead to increased rates of heart disease<br />
among South Asians?<br />
II: Background/Justification<br />
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an overarching term used to describe a series<br />
of problems related to the heart and blood vessels (WHO, 2021). Many of<br />
these conditions are built up over time due to a variety of factors, especially<br />
atherosclerosis–a process in which plaque builds up in the arteries, reducing<br />
blood flow to the heart (AHA, 2017). Although there are many preventative as<br />
well as interventional measures in modern-day medicine which reduce the risk<br />
and damage from CVD, it is still the leading cause of death globally (WHO, 2021).<br />
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), one person dies from heart<br />
disease every 36 seconds in the United States. Roughly 1 in 4 deaths can be<br />
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attributed to CVD, which is around 659,000 Americans every year (CDC, 2022). As<br />
the number one killer in the U.S., it further emphasizes the importance of studying<br />
heart disease and its current status.<br />
Additionally, heart disease has the largest economic toll on the U.S. healthcare<br />
system, costing $216 billion per year and leading to $147 billion in lost productivity<br />
(CDC, 2022). The impact of CVD clearly extends beyond individual health<br />
and impacts many other aspects of society. According to a 2017 study by RTI<br />
International, costs related to this disease are expected to exceed $1 trillion by<br />
2035. These increasing costs will only further put a strain on the already inefficient<br />
American health care system, especially as the vulnerable population continues<br />
to increase.<br />
Heart disease has a wide impact in the U.S., but not all people are impacted<br />
the same. There are many social factors that play major roles in how likely a<br />
person is to suffer from CVD, especially socioeconomic status, race & ethnicity,<br />
immigration, and stress. When analyzing how different populations experience<br />
heart disease, South Asians in the U.S. are at heightened risk compared to the<br />
general population. In a 2006 study published by the American Heart Association,<br />
South Asians had the highest CHD mortality compared to those of European<br />
or Chinese descent (Gupta, Singh, and Verma, 2006). This group includes those<br />
with roots in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh, and has such<br />
a diversity of culture as well as lifestyles which makes this issue particularly<br />
interesting. As a person of South Asian descent, I feel particularly passionate<br />
about this issue as it deals with my own life and has personal implications.<br />
One of the key risk factors for heart disease includes stress, which can be<br />
heightened by educational and occupational events. Immigrants from Asia have<br />
the highest median household income among all groups in the U.S. (Hanna and<br />
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Batalova, 2021), and significant levels of education (Pew, 2018). Current evidence<br />
indicates that higher levels of cholesterol and presence of diabetes may play a<br />
role, but the relation to stressors has not truly been investigated. Given the overall<br />
success of the South Asian population in the U.S., it makes this problem ever so<br />
interesting to see if these stressors are at all related to measures of “success.”<br />
From personal experience, educational attainment is reinforced throughout<br />
childhood and could lead to increased pressures later in life that contribute to<br />
a higher incidence of heart disease among the population. I would like to use<br />
observations from my own life combined with current data to determine whether<br />
any significant relations exists among these factors. In the coming weeks, I will be<br />
crafting a preliminary research document outlining data source, measurement,<br />
directed acyclic graph (DAG), and potential implications.<br />
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ourselves and replenishing them with clarity<br />
and hope. The arts remind us of our individual<br />
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Christian Ringnes put artwork outside the Iranian embassy – VG<br />
Thursday 24th November 2022 02:48 PM<br />
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On Thursday evening November 24th, the “Fearless Girl” statue was placed<br />
outside the Iranian embassy. He is supported by Conservative politician Mahmoud<br />
Farahmand. Photo: Espen Sjølingstad Hoen / VG<br />
The statue “Fearless Girl” has stood<br />
outside the Grand Hotel in Oslo. Now it<br />
has its eyes fixed on the Iranian embassy<br />
– with a hijab in hand.<br />
The statue in Oslo is a copy of the original<br />
statue of the same name, which stands<br />
in the financial district of Manhattan New<br />
York.<br />
The statue that stands in Oslo, on the<br />
other hand, is owned by billionaire,<br />
property investor and art collector<br />
Christian Ringnes – and was first unveiled<br />
outside the Grand Hotel in 2018.<br />
Now, however, he has moved it – to the<br />
Iranian embassy in Oslo.<br />
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– The starting point is everything<br />
that takes place in Iran, of course,<br />
explains Ringnes.<br />
For over two months, there has<br />
been a wave of demonstrations<br />
against the clerical regime across<br />
Iran in the wake of the death of the<br />
young woman Mahsa Amini (22) in<br />
the custody of the morality police –<br />
due to the “wrong” use of the hijab.<br />
IMPORTANT: Christian Ringnes has<br />
moved his “Fearless Girl” statue.<br />
Photo: Espen Sjølingstad Hoen / VG<br />
Important action<br />
– I hope that it is allowed to stand<br />
and that no one takes it, says<br />
Ringnes to VG.<br />
The statue was moved on Thursday evening, and a hijab has also been placed<br />
in the statue’s hand.<br />
– It’s a bit of civil disobedience, but we don’t talk about that, says Ringnes with<br />
a smile.<br />
Storting representative from the Conservative Party, Mahmoud Farahmand,<br />
heard about the move and went down to see. It is a symbolic act, he believes.<br />
Link to the Article: Moving Statue<br />
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These younger women are now in the streets. The movement they’re leading is<br />
educated, liberal, secular, raised on higher expectations, and desperate for<br />
normality: college and foreign travel, decent jobs, rule of law, access to the<br />
Apple Store, a meaningful role in politics, the freedom to say and wear whatever.<br />
They are quite unlike those who came before them; sometimes they feel more<br />
like transnational Gen Z than Iranians: they are vegans, they de-Islamicize their<br />
names, they don’t want children. I’ve often wondered what has made them so<br />
rebellious, because their ferocious character was evident well before 22-yearold<br />
Mahsa (Jina) Amini, arrested at a metro station by the morality police who<br />
enforce the dress code, died after being held in their custody on Sept. 16, setting<br />
off the most sustained uprising in the 43-year history of the Islamic Republic. The<br />
average age of arrested protesters is notably low—Iranian officials estimate as<br />
young as 15. I can only conclude that when a generation’s aspirations for freedom<br />
appear tantalizingly within reach, the more humiliating the remaining restrictions<br />
seem, and the less daunting the final stretch of resistance feels.<br />
Link to the Article:<br />
Heroes of the Year 2022; Women of Iran<br />
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Tucson Twilight, Facing West (Stephen Scholand)<br />
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Try a Little Kindness<br />
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Watch the video here >> Glen Campbell Try<br />
A Little Kindness Live 2002<br />
If you see your brother standing by the road<br />
With a heavy load from the seeds he sowed<br />
And if you see your sister falling by the way<br />
Just stop and say, “You’re going the wrong way”<br />
You’ve got to try a little kindness<br />
Yes, show a little kindness<br />
Just shine your light for everyone to see<br />
And if you try a little kindness<br />
Then you’ll overlook the blindness<br />
Of narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets<br />
Don’t walk around the down and out<br />
Lend a helping hand instead of doubt<br />
And the kindness that you show every day<br />
Will help someone along their way<br />
You got to try a little kindness<br />
Yes, show a little kindness<br />
Just shine your light for everyone to see<br />
And if you try a little kindness<br />
Then you’ll overlook the blindness<br />
Of narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets<br />
You got to try a little kindness<br />
Yes, show a little kindness<br />
Just shine your light for everyone to see<br />
And if you try a little kindness<br />
Then you’ll overlook the blindness<br />
Of narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets<br />
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Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Editor; Dilyara F. Nurkhametova, MD, PhD<br />
Director of Nuvance Health Global Health<br />
Electives Program for AUC/RUSM<br />
This new column exhibits the beauties of our<br />
planet earth and our everyday destructive<br />
actions against it. We are witnessing Earth<br />
undergoing a profound transformation. In this<br />
recently launched section, we appreciate the<br />
gems of our planet while raising awareness of<br />
climate change. We invite our global health<br />
community to share photos, videos, inspirational<br />
resources, and stories. We want to hear from you<br />
how climate change affects people and health<br />
in your part of the world.<br />
Toward a Net-Zero Health Care System: Actions to Reduce<br />
Greenhouse Gas Emissions<br />
New England Journal of Medicine 2022; DOI: 10.1056/CAT.22.0307<br />
In this commentary authors discuss the contribution of healthcare in the global<br />
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Vinoth et al. (2022) describe sources of GHG<br />
in healthcare and ways to reduce that to develop environmentally sustainable,<br />
net-zero health systems. Authors propose potential interventions in buildings,<br />
waste, pharmaceuticals, transport, food, and highlight the key role of health<br />
care providers.<br />
Read the full text of article here >><br />
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education and coordinating activities among members. The GCCHE mission is<br />
“to unite health professional training institutions, health societies, and regional<br />
health organizations to create a global climate-ready health sector, prepared to<br />
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mobilize and lead health promotion and response in the era of climate change,<br />
while restoring the health of the planet.”<br />
In the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education Knowledge Bank you<br />
can find a collection of courses and resources, useful data about climate and<br />
health, important reports and articles.<br />
Upcoming events<br />
Reinforcing health systems in climate crisis: One Health in action<br />
and floating hospitals. Webinar Be-cause health Working<br />
Group on Planetary Health.<br />
<strong>January</strong> 25, <strong>2023</strong>, 10 – 11:30 am CET (virtual)<br />
This webinar with the key speaker Dr. Runa Khan (Founder & Executive Director<br />
Friendship NGO, Bangladesh), facilitated by Prof. Dr. Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux<br />
(Université de Liège), One Health expert, will discuss how much adaptation is<br />
crucial and what is the role of One Health and Planetary Health global community<br />
and international aid.<br />
Register via this link<br />
Sea change<br />
The Sea Change Project brings together a team of media and science<br />
professionals who aim to contribute to the protection of South Africa’s marine<br />
environment by connecting people to the wild through stories supported by<br />
scientific knowledge. Their work includes films, books, exhibitions, marine biology<br />
research, and campaigns.<br />
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‘Mother of mothers’ video was created by Craig Foster, co-founder of Sea<br />
Change Project. It reflects on how we have forgotten that we are part of nature,<br />
and our global loss of biodiversity is the biggest threat to the survival of all species<br />
on earth, including humans. It carries a message of hope and renewal and<br />
aims to inspire people all over the world to do what they need to get closer to<br />
nature, to remember that we are wild.<br />
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Watch the video here Mother of Mothers<br />
Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards<br />
The second Mkapa Exhibition is open at the Nairobi National Museum, Kenya.<br />
From October 27 2022 to February 28, <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
GRAND PRIZE | Mountain Gorilla<br />
| Volcanoes National Park,<br />
Rwanda | By Michelle Kranz of<br />
Boulder, Colorado, USA<br />
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HIGHLY HONORED | COEXISTENCE & CONFLICT| Great White Pelicans | Lake<br />
Nakuru National Park, Kenya | By Manoj Shah of Nairobi, Kenya<br />
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HIGHLY HONORED | COEXISTENCE & CONFLICT | Desert Locusts | Meru, Kenya |<br />
By Yasuyoshi Chiba of Nairobi, Kenya<br />
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WINNER | AFRICAN CONSERVATION HEROES | Caregiver Mary Langees and<br />
African Elephant Orphan | Reteti Elephant Sanctuary, Samburu, Kenya | By<br />
Anthony Ochieng Onyango of Nairobi, Kenya<br />
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HIGHLY HONORED | AFRICAN CONSERVATION HEROES | African Lion Translocation|<br />
Tswalu Reserve, South Africa | By Marcus Westberg of Stockholm, Sweden<br />
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HIGHLY HONORED | AFRICAN CONSERVATION HEROES | Wheelchairs for<br />
Conservation Program | Kijereshi Game Reserve, Tanzania | By Peter Mangolds of<br />
Jackson, Wyoming, USA<br />
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HIGHLY HONORED | AFRICAN CONSERVATION HEROES | Posseh Kamara and<br />
Western Chimpanzee Orphan | Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Freetown,<br />
Sierra Leone | By Renato Granieri of London, England, UK<br />
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WINNER | AFRICA’S BACKYARD WILDLIFE | Karoo Prinia on Gate | Western Cape,<br />
South Africa | By William Steel of Kasane, Botswana<br />
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WINNER | ART IN NATURE | Lesser Flamingos | Lake Solai, Kenya | By Paul Mckenzie<br />
of Hong Kong<br />
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HIGHLY HONORED | ART IN NATURE | Masai Giraffes in Savanna Storm | Maasai<br />
Mara National Reserve, Kenya | By Maya Maymoni of Petahia, Israel<br />
See more photos from the Mkapa Photo Awards here. Learn more about the<br />
Mkapa Photo Awards, Benjamin Mkapa, and the description of the categories<br />
here.<br />
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Bull’s Bridge, New Milford, CT (Olwen Gurry)<br />
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Dereck DeLeon, MD<br />
We welcome Dereck DeLeon, MD,<br />
the Chief Academic Officer of<br />
Nuvance Health.<br />
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To Ali Ershadi, NVH Global<br />
Health Academy Faculty, for being<br />
matched to the Norwalk Hospital/<br />
Yale pulmonary and critical care<br />
fellowship program.<br />
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To Mitra Sadigh for<br />
acceptance of the submitted<br />
abstract “Creating a Decolonizing<br />
Global Health Curriculum<br />
in Undergraduate Medical<br />
Education: A Collaboration<br />
Among Global Health Leaders<br />
and Medical Students in Highand<br />
Low-to-Middle- Income<br />
Countries” for poster presentation<br />
at the CUGH <strong>2023</strong> Conference<br />
which will be held in Washington,<br />
DC on April 14-16, <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
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To Dr. Khoa D Duong, Global<br />
Health Scholar, for acceptance of<br />
submitted abstracts on “Faculty<br />
Development Experience of<br />
Nuvance Health/UVMLCOM<br />
Global Health Program at ChoRay<br />
Hospital in Vietnam” & “Global<br />
Health Program for Vietnamese<br />
Medical Students: Initial Attempt<br />
at University of Medicine and<br />
Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City.”<br />
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To Dr. Adamys Collado,<br />
cardiology resident at Heart<br />
Institute, Dominican Republic,<br />
for completion of his rotation in<br />
cardiology at Danbury Hospital.<br />
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The first snow (Cima Sedigh)<br />
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Remarks about the collection of talks on panel on decolonization<br />
of global health education at UNGA77<br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Wooooh!!!! Extremely impressive print, graphics and CONTENT. Thank you<br />
global health team for leading this undertaking and thank you everyone who<br />
contributed to this work.<br />
Nelson Sewankambo<br />
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Most excellent. This a document which should be a “bible” re-building ethical,<br />
bilateral Global Health Programs.<br />
Pierce Gardner<br />
What a wonderful piece of work! Thanks to the teams that made this possible<br />
and the editorial team for doing such a great job!<br />
Robert Kalyesubula<br />
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The global health team never ceases to amaze me! I only wish I could have<br />
been there in person to hear it. Always a huge supporter!<br />
LE<br />
Kudos to all involved. What a powerful and important piece. Thank you!<br />
Beth West<br />
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This is great. Thank you and the team for putting this together.<br />
Vincent Setlhare<br />
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Dear all who participated in the UN 77 Panel on decolonization of global<br />
health:<br />
Well done! Very well done! (Je-bale-Ku!) Thanks for sharing! The content,<br />
graphics, and structure are superb!<br />
HA<br />
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Thanks a lot for this great work. Will share it with my colleagues.<br />
Prof Chiratidzo E Ndhlovu, M Med Sci( Clin Epi)<br />
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<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Krishna Scholand and Veena Scholand<br />
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The Joy of Learning<br />
Henry Scholand<br />
Santa and Blakely Cruz<br />
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<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Reflections<br />
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Calendar of Events<br />
Nuvance Health<br />
December 1: Meeting with members of Nuvance Foundation to discuss the vision<br />
and mission of GH Academy<br />
December 1: Dr. Dilyara Nurkhametova met with PGY2 NH resident Dr. Jane Ehret<br />
to discuss potential GH elective<br />
December 1: Meeting with Elvis Novas and Adamys Collado, the visiting cardiology<br />
resident from the Heart Institute in Santo Domingo to talk about engagement<br />
of the Nuvance Health Global Health Program with the Latinx Community in<br />
Danbury by establishing a new scholarship for selected high school students<br />
December 2: Meeting with Dr. Shalote R. Chipamaunga Bamu, Global Health<br />
Academy faculty, to discuss the new Memorandum of Understanding with<br />
Zimbabwe University to have a joint Master Degree in medical education is<br />
currently under review by ZU leadership and the details of “decolonization of<br />
global health education” as a part of curriculum for current faculty in the Masters<br />
Degree program in medical education.<br />
December 3: Weekly touch-base meeting with Dr. Dilyara Nurkhametova<br />
December 3: Weekly touch-base meeting with Wendi Couscina, Manager of the<br />
Global Health Program<br />
December 2-7: Multiple meetings with Amanda Wallace to finalize the content<br />
and artistic digital design of the curriculum for the third day of Global Health<br />
Bridge for UVMLCOM students has been completed<br />
December 4: Finalized Global Health Diaries with Mitra Sadigh and Amanda<br />
Wallace<br />
December 4: Meeting with Dr. Swapnil Parve to prepare a document on the<br />
structure and function of the Global Health Program detailing protocols and<br />
procedures<br />
December 5: An orientation meeting with Elina, the new potential contributing<br />
editor for the column “Art to Remind Us of Who We Can Be”<br />
December 5: Individual orientation session with speakers of Global Health Bridge<br />
in February<br />
December 6: In-person meeting with Dr. Ziganshin to discuss the vision and<br />
mission of the Global Health Academy and the future direction of the Global<br />
Health Program at Nuvance Health and UVMLCOM<br />
December 6: Endowed Chair Dinner<br />
December 7: Meeting with Dr. Andrew Kehrer, PGY3 Anesthesiology Resident<br />
interested in global health<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
December 8: Meeting with Beth West, Director of the PT Teaching Academy, to<br />
discuss the content of a workshop on intercultural training during Global Health<br />
Bridge in February and to review the preliminary itinerary for the Dominican<br />
Republic site-visit in <strong>January</strong><br />
December 8: Board Presentation Dry Run<br />
December 8: Visiting Cardiology Resident, Dr. Adamys Collado, Graduation<br />
December 8: Meeting with Dr. Patrick Drodeick, Chair of the Department of<br />
Emergency Medicine, to review the vision and mission of Global Health Academy<br />
December 8: Debriefing session with Beth West, Director of the PT Teaching<br />
Academy and Wendi Cuscina, Manager of the Global Health Program, to discuss<br />
the objectives of the site-visit to the Dominican Republic<br />
December 8: Feedback session with Dr. Adamys Collado, a cardiology resident<br />
from the Dominican Republic, and Wendy Perdomo, Chief Resident in Internal<br />
Medicine<br />
December 8: Reviewing the final legally approved version of Memorandum of<br />
Understanding with NIH in Armenia<br />
December 8: Handing the certificate of completion for the cardiology rotation<br />
to Dr. Adamys Collado<br />
December 9: Weekly touch-base meeting with Dr. Dilyara Nurkhametova<br />
December 9: Meeting with a pulmonologist/intensivist from North Dakota who is<br />
interested in membership to the Global Health Academy<br />
December 10: Zoom meeting with Dr. Joseph Kalanzi to discuss possibilities of<br />
active participation of Dr. Broderick in the Emergency Medicine Department at<br />
Mulago Hospital, Uganda<br />
December 11-14: Trip to Burlington<br />
December 11: Finalized Global Health Diaries with Mitra Sadigh and Amanda<br />
Wallace<br />
December 12: Monthly updating meeting with Dr. Deleon, the CAO at NVH<br />
December 12: Meeting with Edward Neuert, Director of the Office of Medical<br />
Communication at UVMLCOM, to discuss future collaboration<br />
December 12: The biweekly global health leadership meeting at UVMLCOM<br />
December 12: Discussion on the future content and structure of the Women’s<br />
Education column in the <strong>eMagazine</strong> with Sarah Cordisco, the section editor<br />
December 13: In-person update meeting with Dr. Mariah McNamara, the<br />
Associate Director of the Global Health Program at UVMLCOM<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
December 13: Dr. Dilyara Nurkhametova had a meeting with GDCHC/CIFC<br />
Health residents - Drs. Alla Ozhigina, Asima Mian, and Arezou Nazary to discuss<br />
their upcoming GH elective<br />
December 14: Debriefing meeting with the leadership of the Global Health<br />
Program at Nuvance Health<br />
December 14: Meeting with a member of the NVH Foundation<br />
December 14: All Boards Presentation AV Test Run<br />
December 14: Global Health Medical Grand Rounds<br />
December 14: Meeting with Dr. Hewitt, Director of Nursing Education at NVH, and<br />
Dr. Catherine Winkler, Director of the Global Health Nursing Division, to discuss<br />
strategies to engage nursing staff interested in global health to participate in<br />
the <strong>eMagazine</strong> and other Global Health Program activities<br />
December 15: All Boards Members Retreat: Global Health Program at NVH<br />
December 16: Reviewing the next steps toward establishing a global health<br />
partnership with NIH in Armenia with Dereck Deleon, the CAO at NVH<br />
December 18: Finalized Global Health Diaries with Mitra Sadigh and Amanda<br />
Wallace<br />
December 19: Weekly touch-base meeting with Wendi Cuscina, Manager of the<br />
Global Health Program<br />
December 19: Weekly touch-base with Dr. Dilyara Nurkhametova, Assistant<br />
Program Director<br />
December 19: Meeting with Professors Chiratidzo E. Ndhlovu and Shalote R.<br />
Chipamaunga Bamu, Global Health Academy faculty, to discuss the details of<br />
the Masters Degree in Medical Education at University of Zimbabwe and the role<br />
of the NVH Global Health Program<br />
December 19: Meeting with Dr. Swapnil Parve, Director of the International Affairs<br />
Office, to review ongoing research projects<br />
December 20: Meeting with Dr. Dilyara Nurkhametova, Assistant Program Director,<br />
to discuss how to hand over medical student feedbacks on Global Health Bridge<br />
in September to the person in charge of evaluations and feedback at UVMCOM<br />
December 20: Meeting with creative editor Amanda Wallace to remove the link to<br />
evaluation and feedback of the Global Health Bridge course from the webpage<br />
December 21: Zoom meeting with Dr. Murphy, CEO, and Grace Linhard, VP of the<br />
NVH foundation<br />
December 21: Discussion of the Global Health Academy with potential donors<br />
and members of the NVH foundation<br />
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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Global Local<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who<br />
We Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Welcome<br />
Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
December 22: Discussion of the Global Health Academy with a potential donor<br />
and members of the Nuvance Health administration<br />
December 23: Discussion of strategic plans to engage academically promising<br />
high school students from the Latinx community with Mr. Elvis Novas<br />
December 23: Zoom meeting with Dr. Rastegar<br />
December 24: Zoom meeting with a Global Health Academy faculty to discuss<br />
his interest in becoming more involved<br />
December 25: Finalized Global Health Diaries with Mitra Sadigh and Amanda<br />
Wallace<br />
December 30: Finalized the <strong>eMagazine</strong> with Mitra Sadigh and Amanda Wallace<br />
UVMLCOM<br />
December 12: Global Health Leadership Team meeting<br />
November 28-December 22: Narrative Medicine in Global Health course led by<br />
Dr. Andrea Green<br />
December 12-23: Core Global Health Topics course led by Dr. Amalia Kane<br />
December 19: Touch-base meeting with Dr. Mariah McNamara<br />
Four MS4 UVM students were selected for winter-spring GH electives:<br />
<strong>January</strong> 30-March 10, <strong>2023</strong>, Zimbabwe - Keara Lynn, Charlotte Gemes,<br />
Micaila Baroffio<br />
April 3-28, <strong>2023</strong>, Vietnam - Lud Eyasu<br />
AUC/RUSM:<br />
November 29: Meeting with Dr. Elina Mukhametshina to work on the final<br />
evaluation form<br />
November 30: Touchbase meeting with Dr. Elina Mukhametshina<br />
December 6: Interviews with AUC/RUSM students applicants for the global<br />
health elective<br />
December 6: Reflections research project discussion with Svanjita Berry and<br />
Salwa Sadiq-Ali<br />
December 7: Meeting with UNIBE coordinators Vera Cristina Farías Santos and<br />
Carolina Altagracia Valdez Valdez to discuss students’ GH electives in UNIBE,<br />
Dominican Republic<br />
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OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>January</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Perspective<br />
December 8: Meeting with Dr. Elina Mukhametshina to discuss the CUGH GH<br />
competencies document, orientation process development, and future research<br />
projects<br />
December 13: Interviews with AUC/RUSM students applicants for the global<br />
health elective<br />
Four AUC/RUSM students will start their GH electives on <strong>January</strong> 9, <strong>2023</strong>:<br />
Zimbabwe - Nahal Torabi (AUC), Georgina Todd (RUSM)<br />
India - Svanjita Berry (RUSM), Monica Berry (RUSM)<br />
Highlights<br />
Reflections<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Women’s Health Education<br />
Photo News<br />
Global Local<br />
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Our Beautiful Planet<br />
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Congratulations<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Global Health Family<br />
Calendar<br />
Photo News<br />
Photo Gallery<br />
Resources<br />
The Mother Kevin Ward was officially opened<br />
by His Lordship Christopher Kakooza on June 18,<br />
2022.<br />
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Majid Sadigh (Woodbridge, CT)<br />
Salem Cat (Amanda Wallace)<br />
Mulago Hospital (Majid Sadigh)<br />
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Global Health & the Arts<br />
Nuvance Health and UVMLCOM Global<br />
Health Website<br />
COVID-19 Resource Center<br />
Nuvance Health and UVMLCOM Annual<br />
Report 2020<br />
AUC/RUSM Annual Report 2018<br />
Cases and Reflections from Mulago<br />
Climb for a Cause 2018<br />
Climb for a Cause 2019<br />
Ebola: Sequences on Light and Dark<br />
Ebola: Two Doctors Respond to the 2014<br />
Ebola Epidemic in Liberia: A Personal<br />
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Global Health Annual Reports<br />
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Ethical Dilemmas book<br />
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Words of Encouragement<br />
UVM Larner College of Medicine Blog<br />
Participant Guide in Global Health,<br />
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Cho Ray International Student Handbook<br />
DRC Facing a New Normal<br />
Photos and Reflections 2019<br />
Coronavirus 2019 Important clinical<br />
considerations for Patients & Health<br />
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Interviews<br />
A Connecticut Doctor in Africa, by<br />
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Majid Sadigh, MD Interview Regarding<br />
Ebola in Liberia (Video)<br />
My Heart Burns: Three Words Form a<br />
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