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Cultural Safety in Medical Education: Notes from Multicultural Colombia
Cultural Safety in Medical Education: Notes from Multicultural Colombia

Juan Pimentel discusses how an unexpected encounter with an indigenous traditional healer in Colombia introduced him to the importance of cultural safety in medical education. 

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthDecember 6, 2017
Committing to a Global Health Agenda
Committing to a Global Health Agenda

Ashley Tseng talks about her trip to the 4th Annual Global Health Security Agenda Ministerial Meeting in Kampala, Uganda. 

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthNovember 29, 2017
To eliminate TB, we need new tools and investments!
To eliminate TB, we need new tools and investments!

Madlen Nash and Vaidehi Nafade argue that to eliminate TB, we need better diagnostics, better treatments, and better vaccines. All of this requires better research and more investments in R&D.

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthNovember 24, 2017
Smoke and Mirrors: Volkswagen’s Unethical Emissions Testing Practices
Smoke and Mirrors: Volkswagen’s Unethical Emissions Testing Practices

In this article, Samantha Zielinski and Kartik Karkala revisit the fallout of Dieselgate and its implications for global health.  

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthNovember 22, 2017
Walls

Brittany Myhre shares a story from her experience in India that forever changed her future.

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthNovember 8, 2017
Our women, at home and abroad: family planning in 2017
Our women, at home and abroad: family planning in 2017

In this article, Vaidehi Nafade reflects on the troubling revival of debates on birth control. 

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthNovember 1, 2017
The Kay Mackenson Clinic for Chronic and Non-Communicable Diseases (Montrouis, Haiti)
The Kay Mackenson Clinic for Chronic and Non-Communicable Diseases (Montrouis, Haiti)

Zahra Kamal discusses her time in Montrouis, Haiti, at the Kay Mackenson clinic, which focuses on early detection, management, education, and prevention of acute and chronic complications of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, kidney disorders, and juvenile arthritis. 

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthOctober 25, 2017
Addressing the global health funding gap: Italy needs to step up!
Addressing the global health funding gap: Italy needs to step up!
McGill Perspectives on Global HealthOctober 18, 2017
Notes from the Field
Notes from the Field

Harry Kim discusses his four-week mission to Iqaluit and Kuujjuaq to join a research project involving the investigation of enteric infections among young children in the Arctic.

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthOctober 11, 2017
Learning about Healthcare in Guatemala
Learning about Healthcare in Guatemala

Christopher Dainton discusses the trade-offs between performing more direct patient care on volunteer trips and obtaining a healthy dose of cultural learning. 

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthOctober 4, 2017
How can immigrant scientists give back to their homelands?
How can immigrant scientists give back to their homelands?

Dr. Madhukar Pai reflects on what it means for immigrant scientists to give back to their homelands. Speaking about his own experience, he shares lessons that may be applicable to immigrant scientists from other countries. 

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthSeptember 27, 2017
Eyelashes
McGill Perspectives on Global HealthSeptember 25, 2017
In Desperate Need

Today, patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis have to endure horrible, long, toxic therapies with poor outcomes. Hopefully, this will change soon!

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McGill Perspectives on Global HealthSeptember 17, 2017
Notes from Moshupa, Botswana
Notes from Moshupa, Botswana
McGill Perspectives on Global HealthSeptember 10, 2017
Inequality and the Brain: Understanding a Global Crisis
Inequality and the Brain: Understanding a Global Crisis
McGill Perspectives on Global HealthApril 25, 2017
McGill Institute for Global Food Security Lecture on the Multi-Functionality of Land
McGill Institute for Global Food Security Lecture on the Multi-Functionality of Land
McGill Perspectives on Global HealthMarch 3, 2017
Silenced by a Signature: The Global Gag Rule
Silenced by a Signature: The Global Gag Rule
McGill Perspectives on Global HealthFebruary 13, 2017
The Ethics of Genetics: "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Ethics of Genetics: "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
McGill Perspectives on Global HealthFebruary 4, 2017
 The Link Between Epidemics and Xenophobia: “When Germs Travel” by Howard Markel
The Link Between Epidemics and Xenophobia: “When Germs Travel” by Howard Markel
McGill Perspectives on Global HealthJanuary 27, 2017
Global Health and the Sustainable Development Goals
Global Health and the Sustainable Development Goals
McGill Perspectives on Global HealthJanuary 15, 2017
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