Here’s to a happy, healthy, and peaceful 2013, a year that will be even better than the last!! Also, check out this article about HIV/AIDS in China and how grassroots organizations (similar to GlobeMed) are stepping up to the plate. If you’re in the GlobeMed chapter, apply to the annual summit here! … Continue reading
Support GlobeMed at Northwestern this holiday season!
First, check out this article from NPR about the ominous new developments regarding drug-resistant malaria in Myanmar and Thailand. Second, a reminder to check out our brand new fall 2012 newsletter. Share the link with your friends and family so they are up to date on the latest news from around the chapter, and … Continue reading
The Fall Newsletter is here!!!
Check it out!! Keep Newtown, Conn. in your thoughts and hearts over the weekend.
Coming soon: the Fall 2012 GlobeMed Newsletter!
The newsletter is almost here!! In the mean time, we invite you to check out the following article about AIDS the role structural violence plays in perpetuating the conditions that allow such a horrible pandemic to exist: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/201212685521152438.html In the spirit of giving, please consider donating to GlobeMed at Northwestern: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/increase-public-health-and-sanitation-in-uganda/
GlobeMed Summit 2013; Violence as a Disease
If you haven’t heard already, the National Office proudly announced that the keynote speaker for the annual 2013 GlobeMed Global Health Summit is Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with two other women in 2011. GlobeMed at Northwestern is extremely excited about this opportunity and we are looking … Continue reading
World AIDS Day
To celebrate World AIDS Day, take a listen to the following inspirational StoryCorps presentation: http://www.npr.org/2012/11/30/166162027/a-lifes-ministry-springs-from-a-dilemma-over-aids For more coverage of the day’s events, news, stories, and to get involved, visit http://www.worldaidsday.org/ In the spirit of giving, please consider donating to GlobeMed at Northwestern: http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/increase-public-health-and-sanitation-in-uganda/
Condolences and Updates
On behalf of GlobeMed at Northwestern, we wanted to express our deepest condolences for the family and friends of Alyssa Weaver, a Junior who died last week while studying abroad in the United Kingdom. We were saddened to hear of her passing and will keep her and her loved ones in our thoughts as this … Continue reading
Post-Thanksgiving updates
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and a nice break from work and school and the like. A bunch of links today: First, a wonderful piece about the mental and physical health of Americans during the recession written by a former Northwestern student and member of GlobeMed’s National Office for The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/11/how-the-recession-improved-life-expectancy-but-didnt-make-us-healthier/265401/ … Continue reading
GlobeMed’s Brand New Web Thrift Profile!
GlobeMed at Northwestern is pleased to introduce our new online storefront through webthriftstore.com. Items donated to GlobeMed can now be sold conveniently online, and all of the proceeds directly benefit our brand new chapter, the Adonai Child Development Center in Namugoga, Uganda. Please visit this site and consider either donating or shopping for items and … Continue reading
Pumpkin Pie for Adonai!!
GlobeMed at Northwestern hosted a very successful pumpkin pie bake sale to raise money for the Adonai Center. Hope everyone has a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving!!
GlobeMed Grapevine, from Northwestern University 