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UBC Tropical and Geographic Medicine, Intensive Short Course

February 9, 2016
Opportunity to learn an approach to preventing, diagnosing, evaluating, treating and managing people with tropical diseases: May 2-6, 2016. Read More >

NGDI hosts Peter J. Hotez: Centennial Session in Global Health

February 9, 2016
April, 28, 2016 from 7:00 – 8:30 PM at Paetzold Lecture Theatre, 1st Floor, Pattison Pavilion, VGH Campus, 899 West 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC Read More >

UBC Global Health Online Network

October 20, 2015
It’s here!   Do you want a place to connect with other UBC members interested in Global Health? Do you have a question that you’d like to ask an expert? Then look no further because there is a new UBC specific online network coming your way! This private network (CWL password protected) for UBC students, […] Read More >

Nominations open for Vic Neufeld Mentorship Award

September 21, 2015
Nominate your favourite Global Health Mentor today! Read More >

World Sepsis Day Event Sep 11, 2015

September 1, 2015
Please join us on Sept 11 for an early event in recognition of World Sepsis Day on Sunday Sept 13, 2015. The UBC community has recently made breakthroughs in the treatment and diagnosis of Sepsis and in our understanding of the disease. Read More >

Integrated health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa

July 21, 2015
Providing HIV care at local health clinics in South Africa has led to a massive increase in the number of people there receiving vital treatment. Photo credit: Angeli Rawat Read More >

World’s top HIV/AIDS researchers converge on Vancouver

July 16, 2015
UBC and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) will welcome more than 6,000 of the world’s leading HIV/AIDS experts to Vancouver next week. Read More >

Biomedical Engineering Student Team Public Debriefing

May 29, 2015
BEST’s International Medical Device Initiative (IMDI) was reporting on a recent fact-finding trip to Uganda and Kenya. Read More >

UBC Engineering Students Contributing to Global Health

May 20, 2015
Surgical Screw cutter a Promising Device for Orthopaedic Care in Developing Countries Read More >