Department of Global and Public Health - <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/spgh">School of Population and Global Health</a> /global-public-health/articles/rss en Transition in Leadership for 捆绑SM社区 Global Health Programs /global-public-health/article/transition-leadership-mcgill-global-health-programs &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;La version fran莽aise suit&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;聽&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dear SPGH Community,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We would like to update you on a change in leadership within the 捆绑SM社区 Global Health Programs (GHP) office. Dr. Charles Larson, who has served as Director of GHP since his appointment in July 2020, has concluded his term. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Larson for his unwavering dedication and significant contributions to advancing global health initiatives at 捆绑SM社区 and beyond during his tenure with GHP.&lt;/p&gt; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:47:54 +0000 Madhukar Pai and Timothy Evans 660 at /global-public-health Inaugural seminar of the Department successful /global-public-health/article/inaugural-seminar-department-successful &lt;p&gt;On September 20th, 2023, the Department of Global and Public Health held its inaugural seminar. We welcomed Dr. Louise Pilote for a talk titled Sex and Gender Determinants of Vascular Disease in the Global Context. The event was held both on Zoom and in-person in the School of Population and Global Health. If you missed the event, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://shorturl.at/ryJK8&quot;&gt;review Dr. Pilote&#039;s slides.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:47:36 +0000 aiche.danioko@mcgill.ca 632 at /global-public-health Pandemic management: Learning from our mistakes /global-public-health/article/pandemic-management-learning-our-mistakes &lt;p&gt;鈥淲e can thank omicron for one thing. Now everyone realizes that to avoid repeated waves of the pandemic we need to vaccinate the whole planet,鈥 says Joanne Liu, MDCM, a professor in 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 School of Population and Global Health. 鈥淐losing borders won鈥檛 be enough.鈥&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;When she arrived at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in May 2021, Dr. Liu, former international president of Doctors Without Borders, sat down with the school鈥檚 director, Timothy Evans, MD, to set up the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL for short).&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:04:46 +0000 Jean-Beno卯t Nadeau 617 at /global-public-health Prioritizing supports to specific neighbourhoods is key to curbing COVID-19 transmission /global-public-health/article/prioritizing-supports-specific-neighbourhoods-key-curbing-covid-19-transmission &lt;p&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic has uneven impacts across cities and provinces, with some regions struggling more than others. A new study shows hotspots of COVID-19 infections across Canadian cities are linked to occupation, income, housing, and markers for structural racism.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:59:41 +0000 Shirley Cardenas, 捆绑SM社区 Newsroom 616 at /global-public-health Men who paid for sex more likely to live with HIV /global-public-health/article/men-who-paid-sex-more-likely-live-hiv &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Surveys from 35 African countries suggest 68 percent of men used a condom in most recent paid sex encounter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Twenty years鈥 worth of surveys suggest that nearly one in ten sexually active men in 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been clients of sex workers. These men are about 50 percent more likely to be living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a team of international researchers, including &lt;a href=&quot;/epi-biostat-occh/mathieu-maheu-giroux&quot;&gt;Professor Mathieu Maheu-Giroux&lt;/a&gt; and Caroline Hodgins of 捆绑SM社区.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:17:50 +0000 捆绑SM社区 Newsroom 618 at /global-public-health Student initiative confronts vaccine hesitancy in Montreal鈥檚 most diverse borough /global-public-health/article/student-initiative-confronts-vaccine-hesitancy-montreals-most-diverse-borough &lt;p&gt;Home to nearly 34,000 residents who speak 60 languages, Parc Extension is one of the brightest threads in Montreal鈥檚 vibrant cultural tapestry. But in a neighbourhood where two out of three residents are immigrants or refugees, linguistic and cultural barriers play a significant role in perpetuating health inequities. When 捆绑SM社区 EBOH student Tammy Bui observed low vaccination rates in communities like Parc Extension, she resolved to work toward a solution.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:56:20 +0000 Eliana Chow 615 at /global-public-health 鈥淎n opportunity to give back鈥 through two WHO committees /global-public-health/article/opportunity-give-back-through-two-who-committees &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rimuhc.ca/-/madhukar-pai-md-phd&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Dr. Madhukar Pai&lt;/a&gt;, senior scientist at the Research Institute of the 捆绑SM社区 Health Centre and Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology &amp;amp; Global Health, 捆绑SM社区, was recently selected to serve the World Health Organization (WHO) on two committees. His appointment to the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB in the South-East Asia Region was effective June 1, and appointment to the Advisory group on Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Laboratory Strengthening, on July 19.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:40:18 +0000 RI-MUHC 620 at /global-public-health Dr. Madhukar Pai inspires the Class of 2021 with Convocation address /global-public-health/article/dr-madhukar-pai-inspires-class-2021-convocation-address &lt;p&gt;Even a global pandemic can鈥檛 prevent graduation from being a monumental milestone. Nor can it stop the 捆绑SM社区 community from celebrating the outstanding achievements of our graduating students.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In spite of all the unprecedented challenges students faced during the past year, 捆绑SM社区 will confer degrees on 7,976 graduates this spring, an uptick from the 7,830 grads in the spring of 2020.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:37:35 +0000 Fran莽ois Shalom 619 at /global-public-health