Global Health

Meet MGH Global Health:
Kristen Giambusso

Meet MGH Global Health:
Kristen Giambusso

The “Meet MGH Global Health Series” spotlights the passionate, diverse members of our global health team at home and abroad who believe everyone, everywhere has a right to good health. Meet MGH Global Health: Kristen Giambusso Kristen Giambusso, MPH Today we introduce Kristen Giambusso, MPH! Giambusso is the Deputy Director of Global Disaster Response and Humanitarian Action (GDRHA). She is a Boston University School of Public Health graduate with experience working overseas in Zimbabwe and Peru before joining CGH. What does your day-to-day job look like?  Working in global health, especially in disaster response, no two days are [...]

Meet MGH Global Health:
Kristen Giambusso2021-11-11T17:00:46-05:00

Building a Team of Technicians in Haiti

One of the unrecognized backbones of medicine is machine technology. Oxygen concentrators, anesthesia machines, incubators, ventilators, and so many more machines are integral to modern medical care. According to the World Health Organization, “Without medical devices, common medical procedures – from bandaging a sprained ankle, to diagnosing HIV/AIDS, implanting an artificial hip or any surgical intervention – would not be possible.” What happens when these lifesaving machines break and there is no one around who knows how to fix them? Tom Monaghan, a biomedical engineering technician in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Perioperative Services Team, is part of a team [...]

Building a Team of Technicians in Haiti2021-11-01T11:22:35-04:00

Meet MGH Global Health:
Manami Uechi

The “Meet MGH Global Health Series” spotlights the passionate, diverse members of our global health team at home and abroad who believe everyone, everywhere has a right to good health. Meet MGH Global Health: Manami Uechi Manami Uechi, MD, MMSc Today we introduce Manami Uechi, MD, MMSc! Uechi is the Program Coordinator for the MGH Asylum Clinic at the Center for Global Health and is a primary care physician and global health practitioner by training. She trained in clinical settings of different scales in the United States, Japan, Indonesia, Hungary, Bhutan, and Cambodia prior to moving to Boston. [...]

Meet MGH Global Health:
Manami Uechi2021-10-28T17:34:57-04:00

Meet MGH Global Health:
Edward Alexander

The “Meet MGH Global Health Series” spotlights the passionate, diverse members of our global health team at home and abroad who believe everyone, everywhere has a right to good health. Meet MGH Global Health: Edward Alexander Edward Alexander, MPH Today we introduce Edward Alexander, MPH! Alexander is the Communication Specialist at CGH. He has been at the Center for Global Health for just under a year and holds a Master of Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health. What does your day-to-day job look like? In short, my day is a lot of talking to people [...]

Meet MGH Global Health:
Edward Alexander2021-10-08T12:46:33-04:00

Condemning Inhuman Treatment of Migrants

On August 14, 2021 a magnitude 7.2 earthquake—causing 2,207 deaths, another 12,268 injuries, and the destruction of 129,929 homes—struck Haiti and was soon followed by Tropical Storm Grace which directly interfered with earthquake response efforts. These natural disasters came amid years of political instability, marked by the assasination of President Jovenel Moïse on July 7 of this year.These interlocking crises placed a spotlight on migration from Haiti which has increased over the past decade, especially in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake that struck the country. However, many Haitians now presenting at United States borders have in actuality spent months [...]

Condemning Inhuman Treatment of Migrants2021-09-25T11:29:43-04:00

Supporting Palliative Care Across the Globe

“Most of the history of medicine was palliative care,” according to Mark Stoltenberg, MD, MA, a faculty member of the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatrics at MGH. Before the dawn of modern medicine, much of healthcare was not actually curative. “We couldn't fix, or cure or anything,” Stoltenberg continues. “We didn't have safe surgery. We didn't have antibiotics.” Mark Stoltenberg, MD, MA, (left), and Bethany Rose Daubman, MD, (right), Co-Directors of the MGH Global Palliative Care Program Over time, scientific advancements and improvements in technology changed the face of medicine. In 1948, Cicely Saunders, a British physician, [...]

Supporting Palliative Care Across the Globe2021-09-24T14:02:59-04:00

The Toll of COVID-19 on Health Workers

Over the last year, at least 17,000 health workers have died from COVID-19. A July 2020 investigation found that workers in 63 countries faced shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) even as they treated COVID-19 patients. These shortages combined with the inequitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines—low-income countries have vaccinated 1.9% of their populations—means that health workers in low-income countries face greater risk of infection and death than those in high-income countries. “This pandemic has not really been easy for health workers in our city [Mbarara, Uganda],” Stephen Asiimwe, MBChB, MS, DrPH, Program Director of the Mbarara University of Science and [...]

The Toll of COVID-19 on Health Workers2021-09-24T13:55:59-04:00

Building Nursing Capacity through Relationships

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

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

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
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