[GlobalHealth] This Week in Global Health April 7

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This Week in Global Health


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Events and news for the week of April 6, 2009.

April <http://depts.washington.edu/deptgh/news_events/conferencecentral.php>
3-5 Conference Highlights: Transcending Global Health Barriers: Education &
Action 

Events
<http://myuw.washington.edu/cal/setView.do?viewType=monthView&calendar=ghrc>


Monday, April 6
Prospects, Opportunities & Challenges
7 p.m., Kane Hall

Tuesday, April 7
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Information Session
3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m., Sieg Hall Auditorium, Room 134

Coffee: From the Grounds Up: Sustainability from Crop to Cup
7 p.m., 210 Kane Hall

Wednesday, April 8
Race, Stigma, HIV: Dinner and Discussion
5 p.m.-7 p.m., Northwest African American Museum

Thursday, April 9-April 11
Exhibit- Transforming the Human Spirit, From a Culture of Violence to a
Culture of Peace
9 a.m.-9 p.m., HUB 200abc

Thursday, April 9
Transforming the Human Spirit: Speaker Series 1
6 p.m.-8 p.m, HUB 200abc

Upcoming Events: April 30
Global Health Discovery Through the Lens: Phil Borges, Washington Global
Health Alliance Discovery Series
5:30 p.m, Hogness Auditorium

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Department <http://depts.washington.edu/deptgh/news_events/deptnews.php>
News
UW researcher Mari Kitahata, MD, MPH, lead author on New England Journal of
Medicine article, "Effect of Early versus Deferred Antiretroviral Therapy
for HIV on Survival" released April 1, 2009 (published April 30, 2009).
Widespread media coverage, including Time.
<http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1889251,00.html>  

Editorial in New England Journal of Medicine March 26, 2009, " "Prevention
of Viral Sexually Transmitted Infections - Foreskin at the Forefront" by
Drs. Matthew Golden and Judith Wasserheit, received coverage in more than
176 media outlets worldwide including interviews with the authors on BBC
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7960798.stm>  , CBC
<http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/25/circumcision-herpes-hpv.html> ,
Associated
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/25/AR200903250
2561.html>  Press, ABC
<http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Sex/Story?id=7172989&page=1>  News, Science
<http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/42142/title/Male__circumcision_f
ends_off_the_most_common_STDs>  News, Bloomberg
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&refer=home&sid=aTdP.rwLv33w

> , HealthDay

<http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/03/25/circumcision-
guards-against-stds.html> , and more.

Bill <http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl/9780385527019.html.>
Gates, Sr.'s new book, Showing Up for Life, includes a profile on Dr. Bill
Foege. More on Seattle
<http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/philanthropy/2009/03/16/bill_gates_sr
_book_out_in_apri.html>  Times blog. 

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for more

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Funding and International Opportunities
Global Engagement Summer Institute  <http://www.mycge.org/> (for
undergraduates)

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Announcements
Cancer Health Disparities <http://cancer.nmsu.edu/conference.shtml>
Conference: Building Bridges to Improve Rural Health, May 27-29, 2009; Las
Cruces, New Mexico; Poster <http://cancer.nmsu.edu/abstracts_posters.shtml>
Abstract Submissions due by Monday April 6, 2009

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 <http://depts.washington.edu/deptgh/news_events/newslinks.php> Newslinks
Health news compiled by a variety of sources from UW Health Sciences News &
Community Relations and others. Updated weekly.

CBC. Circumcision
<http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/03/25/circumcision-herpes-hpv.html>
protects against 2 common sexually transmitted diseases: studies (Drs.
Golden, Wasserheit). See related video with Dr. Golden on web page
Scientific
<http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=circumcision-cuts-r
isk-of-herpes-hp-2009-03-25>  American: Circumcision cuts risk of herpes,
HPV (Drs. Golden, Wasserheit) 
BBC: Call for higher <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7960798.stm>
circumcision rate (Drs. Golden, Wasserheit)
Seattle PI: Male
<http://www.seattlepi.com/local/404312_circumcision26ww.html>  circumcision
reduces herpes, study finds (Drs. Golden, Wasserheit)
Xconomy: Obama
<http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2009/03/23/obama-stimulus-plan-may-generate-
300m-research-windfall-uw-says/>  stimulus plan may generate $300M research
windfall, UW says (Linden Rhoads, UW Tech Transfer)
San Francisco Chronicle: Study
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/24/BA8S16MBVA.DTL>
finds a different type of TB patient
New York Times: Vaccine
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/health/24glob.html?ref=health>  delays in
poorer nations raise health risks for infants
Seattle Times: 2
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008931569_webhutchawards26
m.html>  Fred Hutch scientists win research awards worth $1.5M each (Harmit
Singh Malik, Toshiyasu Taniguchiare)
Seattle PI: Nursing <http://www.seattlepi.com/local/404025_Bailey20ww.html>
home for AIDS patients faces funding crisis (Bailey-Boushay, Virginia Mason
Medical Center)
New York Times: New York's
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/nyregion/20hhc.html?_r=1>  public
hospital system to cut jobs and programs
KPLU: More
<http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE
_ID=1483797>  kids face poverty (UW Human Services Policy Center)

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