Upcoming CUGH Events

Webinar | 2019 Lancet Countdown: Opportunities to Improve Health through Climate Action
Friday, January 31, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
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Webinar | Improving access to palliative care: Interdisciplinary approaches to ease serious health-related suffering
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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Webinar | Gun Violence in the Americas
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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Global Health Day 2020 on Capitol Hill
Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 12:00pm to 5:00pm
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2020 Annual CUGH Global Health Conference
Saturday, April 18, 2020 - 9:00am to Monday, April 20, 2020 - 8:45pm
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11th Annual CUGH Conference: Global Health in a Time of Worldwide Political Change

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April 18-20, 2020 (Satellite Sessions, April 17th)
Washington D.C. | Washington Hilton Hotel

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More than 1,900 faculty, students, implementers, government representatives and leaders from more than 55 countries will explore how we can address the pressing global challenges before us through research, education, service, and advocacy. The forum will allow attendees from academia, NGOs, government and the private sector to collaborate, learn, and share cutting edge solutions to improve the health of people and the planet in an increasingly unstable global political environment.

STAR Academic Partnerships - January 2020 Update

Each of the partnerships developed a Memorandum of Understanding to complete specific tasks or deliverables that advance global health practice. In December 2019, STAR completed the first of three Learning Exchanges with each of the partnerships to capture two baseline assessments: one on the actual partnership, completed collaboratively with the two partners; and the other on capacity building around knowledge management (KM), completed by each of the academic institutions individually.

Webinar | Improving access to palliative care: Interdisciplinary approaches to ease serious health-related suffering

Serious health-related suffering (SHS) afflicts over 61 million people worldwide, with over 80% of symptom burden occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Palliative care – an interdisciplinary intervention aiming to relieve physical, psychological, social, and spiritual suffering for patients and caregivers arising from serious illness – can reduce SHS globally. While access to palliative care has been deemed an essential human right by the World Health Organization and other international entities, there are major gaps in palliative care access and delivery that disproportionately afflict those in LMICs. These gaps are exacerbated by a lack of trained workforce, lack of access to pain medications, and inadequate integration into health systems and healthcare delivery.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Webinar | 2019 Lancet Countdown: Opportunities to Improve Health through Climate Action

The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change is an international, multi-disciplinary collaboration that monitors the links between health and climate change through indicators highlighting the threats to health and the solutions. The 2019 Global Report and its companion Policy Brief for the United States were released on November 13, 2019. Dr. Salas and Dr. Patz will discuss how these recent findings present a profound opportunity to improve health and the steps needed to achieve a healthier future for everyone.

Friday, January 31, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

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