Weekly News and Notes
From the Duke Global Health Institute
Greetings!
Duke has more than 20 student-led organizations focused on some aspect of global health and health disparities. The passion of Duke students grows more by the semester, and is contagious! Next week Duke students will celebrate Global Health Week with a variety of festivities and opportunities to expand their knowledge and have fun at the same time. Read more about next week's Global Health Week below. I hope to see you at one or all of the events.
Until Next Week,
Geelea Seaford and Everyone at DGHI |
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Healthy Planet, Healthy People: 2009 Global Health Week
Sponsored by the Global Health Forum
Next week, March 23-28, is Global Health Week at Duke. This weeklong focus on global health is organized by the Duke Global Health Forum, a student-run organization that facilitates interaction between students, groups, faculty, and the larger community relating to global health. This year's theme is Healthy Planet, Healthy People, and will feature a wide variety of international foods, dance and celebrations. Highlights include a panel discussion on global health-related careers, an event featuring the Lost Boys of Sudan, and a Fun Run to raise money for Nourish International's student-led project in Mexico. See the full lineup of Global Health Week activities will be available later this week at http://dukeghforum.org/cal-events/details/1-ghweek |
News and Announcements
Peter Piot to Cap Off this Semester's University Seminar on Global Health Series 
Peter Piot, former Executive Director of UNAIDS, will visit Duke on April 23 and give the final University Seminar on Global Health of this semester. He will speak at 4:30 pm in the School of Nursing Auditorium on Trent Drive. (Parking is available in the Clinic Parking Garage on Trent Drive.)
Piot led UNAIDS from its creation in 1995 until resigning in December 2008. Under his leadership, UNAIDS became the chief advocate for worldwide action against AIDS, and brought together ten organizations of the United Nations system around a common agenda on AIDS.
Later this year, Piot will take the helm as the first director of a new global health institute being created at Imperial College London.
Clinical Trials Procedures Now Available
The Clinical Trials Unit at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center has prepared numerous Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for clinical trials that meet NIH requirements. DGHI is pleased to share these documents with others who are working in resource-limited locations. Although most of these SOPs were developed for AIDS clinical trials, many of these documents can be modified and extrapolated to meet your specific project needs. SOPs are available in the areas of Administration, Clinical, Data Management, Laboratory and Pharmacy. To access, go to http://globalhealth.duke.edu/resources/sops |
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