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VIGH Seeks Candidates for Director
The Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health (VIGH) seeks an experienced and visionary leader with a distinguished academic record for the position of Director. We are a world-class research, education and training, and service center within the Institute for Medicine and Public Health of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center based in Nashville, Tennessee. Learn more »
Friends in Global Health Success Stories — Health Counselors: A Key Element in the Fight Against HIV
Ilda Pedro is an HIV positive patient, and Bethe Gavriel is her health counselor. They have grown close and work together to manage the health of her and her HIV-positive son and husband. Ilda is grateful for the "miracle" performed by the local health unit supported by Friends in Global Health (FGH). "I did not think my son would be alive today. Even his hair color had changed. Today he plays and goes to school. He's the one that asks for his medication when the time comes to take it."
Ilda is one of the many mothers that has benefited from services provided by health counselors in the 14 FGH-supported districts within the Zambézia Province as of September 2016. Read more about Ilda's story here »
Health Policy Grand Rounds: "From Pilot Intervention to National Policy: Male Engagement in Antenatal Care Services in Mozambique"
On Thursday, Dec. 1,
Dr. Carolyn Audet will share her research on the importance of male partner engagement during pregnancy and the postpartum period to improve health outcomes. Her community-clinc linkage intervention is supported by the Ministry of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and has led to national-level policy changes in Mozambique. (link)
Nov 30 | 4-5 pm
Vanderbilt Master of Public Health (MPH) Program: Information Session (link)
Dec 1 | 9 - 10:30 am
World AIDS Day in Nashville 2016
Commemoration at Scarritt-Bennett Center

Keynote speaker, Mr. Stephaun E. Wallace, Senior Community Engagement Project Manager for the HIV Vaccine Trials Network located at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington, will address the gathering with a unique perspective on the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the role of community collaboration in reaching the goal of ZERO new HIV/AIDS infections in our community by 2020. Learn more about this event  »
Other Events
Dec 1 | 12-1 pm
ID Grand Rounds:
"A Focus on Quality: Unplanned Interruption from HIV Care in Nigeria" presented by Aima Ahonkhai, MD MPH (link)
Dec 5 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Vanderbilt International Journal Club: Special Surgery in LMICs (link)
Dec 8 | 12-1 pm
Newman Society Seminar: The Nuts and Bolts of Getting What You Need to Succeed (link) open to MPH graduate students
VIGH Events Calendar
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