Consortium of Universities for Global Health

Having been active in global health for over a decade I have witnessed and experienced many alterations of plans, and many episodes of project failure. Most have been easily attributable to single causes e.g. an individual’s incompetence, a lapsed grant, or a political coup. However, a recent collaborative failure in which I was involved was … Continue reading Consortium of Universities for Global Health →

Ketamine

China is pushing the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to place ketamine on a schedule of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.This would severely restrict access.As many of you know, ketamine is the only available anesthetic in most rural areas of low resource countries, and is the anesthetic of choice in disaster relief.Placing ketamine on any schedule … Continue reading Ketamine →

Adaptability

Extreme Affordability Conference 2015

© 2014 The University of UtahSave the Date!University of UtahCenter for Global Surgery Extreme Affordability Conference: Collaborations for Surgical CareLocation: Rice Eccles Stadium,Salt Lake City,UtahWhen: April 10th & 11th, 2015Registration and Call for Abstracts will be open soon.@UUCGS (and others) will be tweeting with #ExAff(If you missed the talks from the 2013 conference, here they … Continue reading Extreme Affordability Conference 2015 →

Recovering one by one.

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” - Isaac Asimov, "A … Continue reading Recovering one by one. →

Global Health Credentialing

Yale medical diploma awarded Asaph Leavitt Bissell, Class of 1815There is a trend in the global health literature calling for an authority to credential those who undertake medical humanitarian missions in low-income countries (LICs). The argument is that there is no oversight as to the medical or cultural competencies of these providers, and that harm … Continue reading Global Health Credentialing →