In this op-ed, Doctors Jumper and Berggren give tips and guidance on how to vote safely during the upcoming election. They recognize that voting during a pandemic is a difficult task and seek to make it as easy as possible for citizens to exercise their rights. Not only is it important to vote safely during…
Read MoreUniversity of Illinois Center for Global Health Condemns Forcible Sterilization at ICE Facility
The University of Illinois College of Medicine’s Center for Global Health has issued a statement condemning the sterilization of women being held at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia. These serious allegations add to the growing list of human rights abuses that have been reported in ICE detention centers across the United States. The…
Read MoreGlobal Health Leaders on Getting Out the Vote Gallery
In a democracy, the power of the citizen is asserted through their vote. To address the global health challenges before us it is vital that all citizens exercise this right and encourage others to do so too. CUGH is committed to protecting voters’ rights and increasing voter turnout. Browse through the images below to see…
Read MoreVideo Message: Global Health Gets Out the Vote
The most important action anyone in the US can take at this moment to address the global health challenges we are facing is to vote now and ask your friends, family and colleagues to do the same. Please forward this message to your networks and LET’S GET OUT THE VOTE!
Read MoreDefunding the WHO: An Assault on the World’s Poor
PRESS RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE President Trump’s efforts to expedite defunding the World Health Organization’s operations should be of great concern to all US lawmakers and the American public regardless of their political stripe. Diseases do not recognize borders or a person’s politics. They are equal opportunity threats that kill and maim whoever is…
Read MoreDefending the Right To Vote Is Defending Public Health – CUGH Releases The National Campaign, “Global Health Votes”
PRESS RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), the world’s largest consortium of academic institutions addressing global health challenges just released “Global Health Votes” (GHV). This national campaign is focused on mobilizing the hundreds of thousands of health workers and scientists across the United States to vote and ask…
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