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Read the latest news from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine’s Havey Institute for Global Health. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about our members’ latest achievements, discoveries and honors. To view past Institute newsletters and other announcements, visit here. Subscribe to our listserv to receive all Institute communications here.
Prioritizing Care for Persons with HIV and Cardiovascular Disease
Improving the health and wellbeing of patients around the world is at the heart of all the work of the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health. Havey Institute trainee Theresia Ottaru, MD, MSc, PhD, embodies that work when it comes to adults living with HIV.
Study Assesses Burden of Aging-Related Comorbidities in People Living with HIV
A team at the Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health is working to assess the burden of aging-related comorbidities, including clinical outcomes, quality of life, and cognitive functioning among a cohort of people living with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
New Study Implements Integrated Care Approaches for Patients with HIV and Cardiovascular Disease
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 1.28 billion adults worldwide have hypertension, and most of them live in low- and middle-income countries. A new study evaluates integrating hypertension management into existing HIV care services in Botswana.
Institute Staff Attend Grant Funding Workshop
Staff from Makerere University, Uganda, and Northwestern University convened at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Grant Funding Workshop in London, UK.
Working at Full Capacity
Research capacity is a key component to the critical work being done by the Havey Institute for Global Health Center for Communicable and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Hepatitis B Network Addresses Research Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Center for Global Communicable and Emerging Infectious Diseases team is leading collaborative efforts for Hepatitis B prevention, care and knowledge to benefit communities in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.
Gerardin Leads Team to Reduce Global Malaria Burden
Within the Center for Global Communicable & Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Malaria Modeling team focuses on reducing malaria burden through the application of analytics and modeling.Past News
2024 Stories
Global Health Education Day 2024
The Heart Health Benefits of Urban Green and Blue Spaces, July 2024
Lumati Named Associate Director of Center for Global Surgery, September 2024
Annual Havey Institute for Global Health Dinner Celebrates Healthcare Work Around the World, September 2024
Institute Hosts Members of NIH Funded Grant, October 2024
Gravitt Discusses Cancer Health Disparities Research at October IGH Seminar, October 2024
Global Pediatric Health
How Impactful Partnerships Begin: Building Strong Relationships One Person at a Time, September 2024
Practice Makes Perfect: Pediatric Simulation Delivers Better Health Outcomes in Kenya, September 2024
Why Building Capacity Is Key to Deliver Better Global Health Outcomes, September 2024
Bidirectional Exchange with Bugando Medical Center Paves the Way for True Global Health Partnership, September 2024
Stellenbosch/Northwestern Universities Knowledge Hub
First Annual Global Health Knowledge Hub Joint Conference to Focus on Bidirectional Partnership, October 2024
Working Groups Drive Innovation and Collaboration at Global Knowledge Hub, October 2024
The Stellenbosch/Northwestern Global Health Knowledge Hub: a first look at the new on-campus facility in South Africa, October 2024
Northwestern Launches Global Health Knowledge Hub with South Africa’s Stellenbosch University, October 2024
Mobile Oncology Clinic
Learn More About the Work Done by IGH Center for Global Oncology, November 2024
Bridging the Divide: Why Health on the Roll Mobile Clinic Brings New Hope, November 2024
Center for Global Oncology Unveils Mobile Clinic for HPV Testing, November 2024
Global Health Day
Students Compete in Intramural Global Health Case Competition, December 2024
Global Health Day Highlights International Collaboration, December 2024