News and updates
Ireland, MDGs and health: A drop in the ocean or a real contribution?
‘Health Dialogues’ 16 June 2010, 2.00 – 4.30pm
How is Ireland doing in its contribution to the health MDGs and where do we go after 2015?
• Why are we not reaching our targets: The gaps in maternal child health (based on research findings from Malawi and Tanzania), Eilish McAuliff, Centre for Global Health, Trinity College (TBC)
• NGO’s contribution to the health MDGs: The experience of Concern, Rosalyn Tamming, Head of the Health Support Unit, Concern Worldwide/Lecturer Centre for Global Health
• The effect of global HIV initiatives on country health systems: what is the evidence? Ruairi Brugha, Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons
• Chair: Diarmuid O’Donnovan, Chair Irish Forum for Global Health
RSVP: info@globalhealth.ie
Aiming for Maternal Survival: Promoting the Rights of Women and Girls
IFGH International Conference March 2008 Dublin
Aiming for Maternal Survival:
Promoting the Rights of Women and Girls
A one-day conference in Dublin to mark International Women’s Day
Health research – a future for you?
Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED)
Health research – a future for you?
IFGH Annual General Meeting 2007
Irish Forum for Global Health
Upcoming Annual General Meeting
Thursday 8th November 2007
4 p.m.
Seminar on Disability and Development Co-operation
Seminar on Disability and Development Co-operation
Thursday 8th November 2007
Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Supported by Irish Aid
Facilitated by Dóchas & the Centre for Global Health, TCD
Educating Health Workers for Peace International Symposium
Educating Health Workers for Peace
An international symposium enhancing training and research
on peace and conflict issues in the health sector.
On June 13-15th, 2007, an international symposium will focus on the peace potential
of medical and health science institutions. The conference will take place at the
northernmost university of the world, the University of Tromsø, Norway.
NUI Maynooth Workshop on Global Health and “The Modern Plagues”
One-Day Workshop on Global Health and “The Modern Plagues”
The Department of Anthropology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth is pleased to host a one-day workshop on 21 April 2007.
This workshop explores the interface between current research into, and attempts to control, infectious diseases (especially, the so-called ‘diseases of poverty’), in societies of the South.
The speakers have all been involved with on-the-ground programmes aimed at TB and HIV control in Africa and India. The day will conclude with a roundtable discussion involving a panel composed of anthropologists, immunologists, public health specialists and NGO members.