Assailed at Home; Champions Abroad: The ACNM ’ s Push for Maternal Healthcare Advancements in Nigeria
In 1982, the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) created a Special Projects Section (SPS) whose goal was to combat deteriorating maternal and infant health, improve the lives of women, and advance the field of midwifery. By the late 1980s, the SPS adopted an increasingly international focus with notable Safe Motherhood projects in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, and Kenya aimed at combating maternal deaths, promoting family planning services, and strengthening midwifery programs. At the backdrop of these international projects was a maternal healthcare crisis in the US ...
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Chimpanzee in Kibale National Park, Uganda
A chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
[Research supported by a U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (DGE 1650441) and grant DEB 1700786.]
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2019 James C. Hill Memorial Lecture: Ending AIDS: The Wild West
2019 James C. Hill Memorial Lecture
HIV physician-scientist Dr. Diane Havlir will deliver the 2019 James C. Hill Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, April 30 at 3 p.m. in Lipsett Amphitheater, Bldg. 10. Her talk, “ Ending AIDS: The Wild West, ” will examine strategies used to control the HIV epidemic in San Francisco and rural western Uganda and Kenya, highlighting insights from each approach.
Havlir is chief of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, where she directs the renowned HIV clinic, Ward 86. She also is professor and associate chair of clinical res...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 23, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Ending AIDS: The Wild West
HIV physician-scientist Dr. Diane Havlir will deliver the 2019 James C. Hill Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, April 30 at 3 p.m. in Lipsett Amphitheater, Bldg. 10. Her talk, “ Ending AIDS: The Wild West, ” will examine strategies used to control the HIV epidemic in San Francisco and rural western Uganda and Kenya, highlighting insights from each approach.
Havlir is chief of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, where she directs the renowned HIV clinic, Ward 86. She also is professor and associate chair of clinical research in the Department of Medicin...
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CC Grand Rounds: 1) Deep Phenotyping of a Family with Nodding Syndrome from Uganda at the Clinical Center: A Feat in Multi-Institutional Collaboration. and 2) Nodding Syndrome is an Autoimmune Encephalopathy Caused by Onchocerca Infection
For more information go tohttp://www.cc.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.htmlAir date: 1/24/2018 12:00:00 PM (Source: Videocast - All Events)
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