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Global Health Night 2011-2012

The fifth annual McGill Global Health Night, held on March 8th, 2012, featured an enlightening presentation by Dr. Joanne Liu, as well as a wine and cheese reception, student poster presentations, and award and poster prize announcements.  The evening's guest speaker, Dr. Joanne Liu, has been working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since 1996, and also works at Ste-Justine Hospital and the CHUM Travel Health Clinic.  Dr. Liu received an Alumni Award from McGill in 2010 for Community Service, and a Woman of Distinction - Community Involvement award from the YWCA of Montreal in 2011.  Global Health Night 2011-12 was well attended with about 100 guests and was host to lively discussion among students and faculty involved in global health. 


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 2011-12 Chan Prize in Multicultural and International Medicine, Niall Filewod.  Congratulations Niall!

Click here to view the 2011-2012_Chan_Prize_Applications.pdf.

For further details about the Chan Prize, please click here.

About Niall's elective

Niall spent his Family Medicine rotation in East Africa, travelling to Tanzania and Kenya for two months in the winter of 2011.  In his application, Niall articulates how his experience abroad "resulted in a far-ranging adventure that profoundly changed [his] understanding of how social, cultural, and economic problems underpin illness and disease".  While working in Moshi, Tanzania in a mobile clinic, Niall reflected on the lessons he learned about the sustainability of healthcare missions, as well as about linguistic and cultural aspects of healthcare provision.  In Nairobi, Kenya, his experiences working in a sexual health clinic provided an invaluable experience of working with marginalized populations as well as learning about the politics of sex work.  Finally, at a district hospital in Siaya, western Kenya, Niall gained first-hand knowledge of infectious diseases, as well as more subtle influences on health, such as "how tribal politics inform health-care delivery, and how cultural conflicts conflate health-care challenges". 

In order to read Niall's full application, as well as the other 14 submissions, please click on the link above.

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