On November 19th, Global Health Programs and the McGill International Health Initiative co-sponsored the second annual Global Health Night. The event featured a guest lecture by Dr. Fernando Zacarias, a Senior Advisor in Family and Community Health at PAHO, entitled "Health in the Americas: Past, Present and Future". In addition, Chan Prize applicants presented poster displays of their global health service projects and electives in developing countries, as well as other relevant global health initiatives at McGill. Thanks to all who submitted an abstract and who participated in Global Health Night.
The Dr. Yuk Chan Ma and Dr. Yuen Kok Chan Prize in Multicultural and International Medicine
We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2009 Chan Prize in Multicultural and International Medicine, Andrea Evans. Congratulations Andrea!
For further details about the Chan Prize, please click here.
About Andrea's elective
During July and August, and in December 2008, Andrea spent ten weeks in the Andean mountains of Ecuador in a Quicha community of 35 families. Andrea initiated her project independently, contacting the local hospital and indigenous leaders in January 2008 in order to identify an important health issue raised by the community. Having identified women’s reproductive health as an important area of concern, Andrea held interviews, reviewed medical charts, and organized community meetings in order to build toward community-led decision-making within this issue. In addition to these efforts, Andrea conducted lab work in order to compensate for the time committed to her project, and worked in the gynaecology office. Andrea’s time in Ecuador afforded her many learning opportunities regarding social and cultural determinants of health and prompted her to establish a long-term project which will provide future generations of medical students the same opportunity she created for herself.
