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Irish Launch of the Lancet Countdown Report at NUI Galway, 3rd November 2017

by globalhealth on Nov 2, 2017 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, News, Resources

On Friday 3rd November, NUI Galway will host the Irish launch of the Lancet Countdown 2017 report on climate change and global health, “Tracking progress on health and climate change: … Continue reading "Irish Launch of the Lancet Countdown Report at NUI Galway, 3rd November...

Conference Roundup: Climate Change and Health – The Challenges and the Opportunities

by globalhealth on Oct 14, 2017 in Conference Materials, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, IFGH Multimedia, Irish News and Feeds, News, Past Events, Resources

Climate Change and Health: The Challenges and the Opportunities took place at NUI Galway’s Institute for Lifecourse and Society on Friday 22nd September 2017. Over 80 people from diverse backgrounds … Continue reading "Conference Roundup: Climate Change and Health – The Challenges and the...

Climate Change and Health – the Challenges and the Opportunities

by globalhealth on Jul 30, 2017 in Education, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, News, Uncategorized

About this conference Climate change is “The greatest threat to global health in the 21st century”*. The direct and indirect impacts of climate change threaten to hinder progress in global … Continue reading "Climate Change and Health – the Challenges and the...

Guest Editorial: The World Report on Health Policy and Systems Research

by globalhealth on Jun 8, 2017 in Education, Health Workforce/HRH, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, News, Policy, Reports & Publications

Professor Ruairí Brugha, Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and Board member of the IFGH, has written a … Continue reading "Guest Editorial: The World Report on Health Policy and Systems...

Developing a Productive and Effective Health Work Force

by globalhealth on Jun 15, 2016 in Health Workforce/HRH, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Siobhán Tracey “Expenditure on an effective health work force is not a cost but an investment.” The overarching message from the opening speakers at … Continue reading "Developing a Productive and Effective Health Work...

Who cares? Care and society in the modern world.

by globalhealth on Mar 30, 2016 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Ian Hodgson Speaking in March at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin, Ireland, Arthur Kleinman and Iain Wilkinson shared details of their new … Continue reading "Who cares? Care and society in the modern...

The refugee crisis: health burdens and vulnerabilities

by globalhealth on Jan 11, 2016 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Sanskriti Sasikumar Volunteers walk along a pile of vests that belonged to the refugees who landed on the shores of Lesbos Island in Greece. We are … Continue reading "The refugee crisis: health burdens and...

Harnessing Health Informatics: Dilemmas of Big Data and Adaptive Technologies

by globalhealth on Dec 6, 2015 in Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, IFGH Multimedia, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, Research

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Richard Gibney Today, both patient confidentiality and data protection are highly valued. But so is the data itself. Data breaches in the health sector are a … Continue reading "Harnessing Health Informatics: Dilemmas of Big Data and Adaptive...