What's Happening
Search Results
There are 4 item(s) tagged with the keyword "International health".
-
1. The Women Deliver Conference is Coming & YTH Initiative Will Be There, Delivering!
-
By ETR | May 31, 2019
We are all members of a global society. We are excited that ETR’s recent merger with YTH brings a deeper and more experienced global perspective to our organization’s work. YTH has a long history of international work with youth communities. The YTH Initiative presence at the upcoming Women Deliver conference demonstrates this beautifully.
-
2. Atima, Honduras: Transformative Health Education
-
By Jody Gan, MPH, CHES | October 4, 2018
Instructor, Department of Health Studies, American UniversityThree years ago, I became the first health educator to join a volunteer brigade providing medical and public health services to Honduras. For two decades, the Organization for Community Health Outreach (OCHO), based in Baltimore, Maryland, has sent a 40-person medical team to Atima, in the province of Santa Barbara. This is a mountain community of about 16,000 people in one of the most underserved and remote areas of the country.
-
3. Peace Through Public Health
-
By Love Odetala, MPH | August 1, 2017
Kirby Summer Intern, ETRI was born in West Africa and grew up in Senegal.
In Senegal, “Jamm Rekk” is a commonly used phrase. It means “Peace Only,” a phrase we use to pass peace unto others and to accept peace in return. Simply a way of saying hello.
A couple years ago, I started a venture called Jamm Rekk Projects (JRP). These are projects that seek to promote peace through public health.
-
4. The Gift: Inspiration
-
By Marcia Quackenbush, MS, MFT, MCHES | July 28, 2017
Senior Editor, ETRA couple of days ago, I spent some time with ETR's 2017 Kirby interns. What an extraordinary group! This year's interns all bring international background and deep experience to their time at ETR.
The group has given me a healthy dose of inspiration.
(And that fun photo shows Lisa Unti, ETR Research Associate and general internship mentor, Love Odetola, Dharmit Shelat and Selah Agaba.)
Displaying: 1 - 4 of 4
