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VECD Fogarty Global Health Fellows Conference
U.S. Ambassador-at-Large Deborah Birx, M.D., U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, engaged in a lively debate along with Venkat Narayan, M.D., Emory University, on whether or not PEPFAR's mission and funding should encompass non-communicable diseases (NCDs) prevention, screening and treatment at the conference on Chronic Consequences of Global Infectious Diseases held in Nashville from January 22-24. The three-day conference culminated with a farewell reception to Dr. Sten Vermund. Read more about Dr. Birx's visit to Vanderbilt here, and view conference photos here. 
Global Health Case Competition Week
The 7th annual Global Health Competition started yesterday, Feb. 2, with the case reveal, and a meet and greet with distinguished Haitian physicians, Dr. Telemaque and Dr. Pierre. The topic for this year's competition is "Improving Maternal and Child Health Outcomes in Haiti by Expanding Access to Safe Surgery."

Interdisciplinary teams will present their case analysis and recommendations to a panel of expert judges and audience members on February 11. The public is invited to watch the final presentations and hear the keynote speaker, Dr. Christophe Millien, M.D., from Partners in Health Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti. The winning team will represent Vanderbilt University at the annual Emory International Global Health Case Competition in Atlanta, GA.
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Global Health Conferences

2017 Annual CUGH Global Health Conference: Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: Implementation, Leadership & Sustainability in Global Health. Register now.
2017 Annual Unite For Sight Global Health & Innovation Conference. This must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, change makers, and participants from all sectors of global health. Register here. 
Upcoming Events
Feb 6 - 10 
Islamic Awareness Week: The Fight for Freedom: Combatting Islamophobia and Organizing for Social Justice. (link) 
Feb 6 | 12 - 1:30 pm
Haiti Week: Kreyol Lesson (link)
Feb 7 |  8 am - 2 pm
American Red Cross Blood Drive at Vanderbilt (link) 
Feb 8 | 12 - 1 pm
World on Wednesdays Lecture: Ghost mining towns in Mongolia and the Appalachia USA: What went wrong and can we prevent it from happening in the future (link)
Feb 8 | 6 - 8 pm

Haiti Week: Haitian cooking class by the Latin America and Caribbean Student Association. RSVP here: (link)
Feb 9 | 12 - 1 pm
WEBINAR present by ASPPH: Accessing and Using Public Health Data
Speakers from the National Library of Medicine (NLM and ASTHO) will showcase several available data sources, and discuss data standardization. (link)
Feb 9 | 4 - 5 pm
Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Learners and their Families in Uncertain Times
A panel discussion hosted by Peabody College (link)
Feb 10 | 12:10 - 1 pm

Haiti Week: Lecture Separating Haiti's first conjoined twins presented by Haitian guest speaker, Dr. Christophe Millien from Partners in Health Hospital, Mirebalais, Haiti. Lunch provided. (link)
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