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Building Nursing Capacity through Relationships

2021-09-24T13:49:04-04:00

Mary Sebert, RN, MPH became a nurse 36 years ago. In this time, she has served in a variety of roles, including clinically in hospitals and disaster settings, as a nursing coordinator, as a nursing educator in Uganda, and, currently, as the Director of the MGH Global Nursing Program. Pressed on why she chose the profession, Sebert recalls her grandmother’s premonition. “I think my grandmother led me to nursing,” Sebert starts. “When I was 14, she said that I was going to be a nurse and I actually never really thought about it. Then I went to college and, somehow, [...]

Building Nursing Capacity through Relationships2021-09-24T13:49:04-04:00

Global Health Grand Rounds Relaunch Alongside Brigham and Women’s Hospital

2021-09-24T13:44:32-04:00

The MGH Center for Global Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Division of Global Health Equity have joined together to create a joint Global Health Grand rounds series. This new series combines both department’s former grand rounds series and hopes to bring together a wider community, connecting experts and partners from both institutions. Global Health Grand Rounds brings together a multidisciplinary community of global health practitioners dedicated to learning and sharing ongoing efforts for global health equity. The series allows for presentation and discussion of recent advances and best practices in global health related to clinical care, nursing, research, [...]

Global Health Grand Rounds Relaunch Alongside Brigham and Women’s Hospital2021-09-24T13:44:32-04:00

COVID-19 Treatment Center Opens in Mbarara

2021-09-24T13:39:54-04:00

On July 1, 2021, Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) opened a COVID-19 Treatment Center designed to expand the hospital’s capacity to care for patients with COVID-19. Construction began on April 1, 2020 and today, has added 60 full isolation beds to the hospital’s capacity. Global Health Collaborative (GHC) Program Director Stephen Asiimwe, MBChB, MS, DrPH, and Program Manager Annet Kembabazi, steered the collaboration that created the center. The treatment center was built with support from Build Health International, the First Mile Program, the Uganda Ministry of Health, MRRH, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, and the Mass General Center for [...]

COVID-19 Treatment Center Opens in Mbarara2021-09-24T13:39:54-04:00

Responding in Haiti

2021-09-24T13:35:50-04:00

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Haiti on August 14, 2021. The USGS estimates that the shaking zone affected more than 2.1 million people. The earthquake caused at least 2,207 deaths, 12,268 injuries, and 129,929 houses damaged or destroyed. Many local hospitals were very quickly overwhelmed.The earthquake preceded Tropical Storm Grace which generated flooding, heavy rains, and strong winds on August 16 and 17. Recent crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and political instability also impacted earthquake response efforts. The country is still recovering from the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the country in 2010, killing over 200,000 people and [...]

Responding in Haiti2021-09-24T13:35:50-04:00

Earthquake in Haiti

2021-09-10T18:06:00-04:00

Last Updated August 25, 2021 On August 14, 2021, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Haiti. The USGS estimates that the shaking zone affected more than 2.1 million people. As of August 20, reports indicate 2,207 earthquake-related deaths, 12,268 injuries, and 129,929 houses damaged or destroyed. Many local hospitals are also overwhelmed. We at the MGH Center for Global Health (CGH) extend our thoughts and attention to the people of Haiti and our partners located there. In 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the country killing over 200,000 people and injuring many others. The country is still recovering from the effects [...]

Earthquake in Haiti2021-09-10T18:06:00-04:00

Holyoke COVID-19 Community Antibody Study Takeaways: An Interview with Ryan Paxton, MPH

2021-07-14T16:51:33-04:00

When COVID-19 forced public health organizations to act, the universal strategy included social distancing, quarantine measures, comprehensive contact tracing and testing, mask wearing, and other strategies in order to prevent the virus from spreading. Enacting this strategy taxed public health infrastructure across the globe. In many communities in the United States, this constellation of responses required local Boards of Health to significantly alter their operations. In Holyoke—a city in western Massachusetts with an approximately 53% Latinx population that was hard-hit early in the pandemic—the Board of Health changed many city employees’ roles, including having school nurses serve as contact tracers [...]

Holyoke COVID-19 Community Antibody Study Takeaways: An Interview with Ryan Paxton, MPH2021-07-14T16:51:33-04:00

Responding to COVID-19: The Role of Mental Health in Global Research

2021-05-27T17:23:00-04:00

Andrew Wooyoung Kim, PhD, knew the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a global mental health crisis, including among his research participants and staff in South Africa. Kim, a biological anthropologist and 2020 Fogarty Fellow, has conducted research in South Africa since 2017 and lived in the country since August 2019. His research primarily focuses on the intergenerational effects of racial trauma on mental health. As part of his PhD work at Northwestern University, Kim works within the Birth to Twenty study. The study has followed a cohort of South African mother-daughter pairs since the dissolution of apartheid in the early [...]

Responding to COVID-19: The Role of Mental Health in Global Research2021-05-27T17:23:00-04:00

Supporting India’s COVID-19 Response

2021-07-07T13:20:02-04:00

On Monday April 26, India reported 352,991 cases of COVID-19 infection, breaking the world-record for daily cases in a country for the fifth consecutive day. On the same day, India reported 2,812 deaths, bringing the country’s total to 195,123 deaths. India has vaccinated less than 10% of its population and is struggling to meet vaccine demand. Though the country has been an important producer of vaccine doses, many of these doses have been allotted for other high-income nations. Recent supply shortages have also hampered India’s vaccine production. In comparison, over 42% of the United States population has gotten at least [...]

Supporting India’s COVID-19 Response2021-07-07T13:20:02-04:00

Steering the Asylum Clinic to the Future: How the Asylum Clinic Responded to COVID-19

2021-07-07T10:56:56-04:00

The MGH Asylum Clinic at the Center for Global Health—founded in October 2017—provides forensic medical and psychological evaluations to survivors of persecution seeking asylum in the United States and to seeks to educate the medical community on caring for asylum-seekers and refugees. Since its inception, the clinic, a part of the MGH Center for Global Health’s Disaster Response and Humanitarian Action programs, has completed evaluations for 325 asylum-seekers. Asylum Clinic Director Matthew Gartland, MD, shares updates on the clinic and the current efforts being made to increase clinic’s capacity and advocate for asylum-seekers and detainees. What services does the Asylum [...]

Steering the Asylum Clinic to the Future: How the Asylum Clinic Responded to COVID-192021-07-07T10:56:56-04:00

Advancing Equitable Global Health Research

2021-03-12T11:33:49-05:00

Jessica Haberer MD, MS believes that strong global health research starts with equitable partnerships. Dr. Haberer is the Director of Research at the Mass General’s Center for Global Health (CGH). She is a leader in HIV/AIDS research—specifically around adherence to antiretrovirals and pre-exposure prophylaxis. Her global health work began in the early 2000’s when she found herself working for the Clinton Foundation in China. There she worked with the Ministry of Health and helped start a pediatrics program focused on HIV medication adherence. “I got asked by some people, ‘Why are you in China? Why aren’t you helping your own [...]

Advancing Equitable Global Health Research2021-03-12T11:33:49-05:00
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