UN Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation

SPECIAL LECTURE!   Catarina de Albuquerque UN Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation FRIDAY OCT 24 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm B100 BLUM CENTER, PLAZA LEVEL In 2010, the UN General Assembly explicitly recognized the human rights to water and sanitation, acknowledging that everyone, without discrimination, should have access to

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USAID-Berkeley $10k Fellowship – Summer 2015

This year, USAID will fund fellowships for up to 20 UC Berkeley PhD and master’s candidates, for summer research conducted with a host organization in one of 7 target countries: Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Senegal, and South Africa. The USAID “RI Fellowship” provides $10,000 per student. Funds can be used for international travel/housing and other expenses incurred during summer

Infectious Disease Expert and UC Berkeley Professor, Art Reingold, offers primer on Ebola Outbreak

See the entire interview here: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/10/06/reingold-ebola-primer/ Ebola 101 video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LleznZCviBM&list=PL4DD1399BBF93AFBC

November 21, 2014: UCSF, UCB, and Stanford present the 2014 Global Health Economics Consortium

Global Health Economics Consortium (GHECon) – Frontiers in Global Health Economics: Planning for the Coming Decades November 21, 2014 – 8:30am – 5:30pm UCSF, UCB, and Stanford present 2nd Annual GHECon Colloquium Frontiers in Global Health Economics: Planning for the Coming Decades Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall | UCSF Mission Bay Campus 600 16th St., San Francisco, California The

MHealth Conference: How can mobile technology improve health in low and middle income countries on Jan. 27th & 28th. Save the Date!

  The explosive growth of mobile technology over the past decade has generated exciting new thinking around the potential of so called “mhealth” to improve health, with evidence beginning to emerge from high-income countries. However, the evidence base from low- and middle-income countries is weak. Accordingly, the University College London Institute for Global Health and

UC Berkeley Global Health Lecture with U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Deborah Birx, M.D., 10/9 : “Delivering an AIDS-Free Generation”

Please join us 1:30-3:00pm  Thursday, October 9th at UC Berkeley (150 University Hall) for a global health talk by Ambassador Deborah Birx, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator for the United States Government. Free and open to all; students are especially encouraged to attend. Please RSVP here.  Hope to see you there! Speaker Bio Deborah L.

*EVENT CANCELLED* UC Berkeley Lecture with Minister of Health of Rwanda: September 30, 2014

Please join us for a lecture on global health and development as UC Berkeley hosts the Hon. Minister Agnes Binagwaho, Minister of Health of Rwanda. ***PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED*** LECTURE TOPIC: Global Health and Development DATE & TIME: Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 3:00-4:30pm LOCATION: Blum Hall, B100 Plaza Level HOSTS &

Global Engagement Finding Big Ideas Essay Contest, Oct 1 deadline

The Finding Big Ideas Essay Contest challenges UC Berkeley students to write about a “big idea” which they have observed making a significant, positive, social impact in a particular community. This big idea could take many forms, from an inspiring new way of organizing community action, to an inventive technology, to a new institution, to a

Paul Farmer @ SF Nourse Theater, 10/3

City Arts & Lectures presents“Ebola: Beyond the Headlines with Paul Farmer”Friday, October 3, 2014   7:30 PMNourse Theater – San Franicsco Tickets: $20 ($10 student discount available)http://www.cityarts.net/event/ebolaFirsthand reports from doctors on the front lines of Ebola.Mounting a global response with Bay Area partners.Partners In Health, Last Mile Health of Liberia, and Wellbody Alliance of Sierra Leone

UCSF Conference October 2nd –The Science of Global Health: What’s Next?

The Science of Global Health: What’s Next Thursday, October 2, 2014, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Rutter Conference Center, UCSF Mission Bay Campus To mark its 10-year anniversary, our friends and colleagues at UCSF Global Health Sciences are thrilled to welcome some of the world’s leading experts in global health to the UCSF Mission Bay

Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity

  The UCGHI Center of Expertise on Women’s Health and Empowerment invites you to attend a special event.Event title: Voice and Agency: Empowering Women and Girls for Shared Prosperity When: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 | 11:00am-12:30pm Where: UCSF Parnassus campus, Cole Hall | 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA Hosted by: UCGHI Center of Expertise on Women’s Health and