Student Outreach Group

Webinar Series 2: ‘Donor and Funding Challenges for LMICs and Hospital Readiness in the Time of COVID-19’

by globalhealth on Apr 10, 2020 in COVID-19, Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Student Outreach Group

Webinar Summary Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Update from Ruairi Brugha, Professor Emeritus, a Former Head of the Department of Public Health & Epidemiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland: Advised using the WHO situation dashboard and...

Webinar Week 3 Summary: North-South Partnerships in the Context of COVID19: How Best to Respond

by globalhealth on Apr 10, 2020 in COVID-19, Events & News, Key Correspondent Articles, Student Outreach Group

Webinar Summary Compiled by Ashley Scott, IGHN Key Correspondent/MSc Global Health TCD Ruari Brugha Anchor’s Update: provided a weekly update on the COVID-19 status globally. Ben Simms: Chief Executive, THET Partnership for Global Health. Maintaining communication is crucial with partnerships. Best way of...

Workshop: Smart Phone Video Skills – POSTPONED DATE TBC

by globalhealth on Feb 10, 2020 in Homepage Featured, Key Correspondent News, Student Outreach Group, Upcoming Events

Calling all Citizen Journalists! WORKSHOP: Smart Phone Camera Skills for Beginners and Improvers POSTPONED Date/Time TBC ATTENTION All Key Correspondents This course is being funded by the Irish Global Health Network in support of the Student Outreach Team’s Key Correspondent Programme. Former and...

“Information is Power” by Megan Hayes

by globalhealth on Sep 19, 2019 in Access to Medicines, Key Correspondent Articles, Student Outreach Group

“Information is power” was the running theme of Dimitri Eynikel’s talk on improving access to medicines at the Access to Medicines conference in RCSI on April 16, 2019. Dimitri has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on several healthcare projects in the DRC, South Africa, and Afghanistan. Since 2017...

Engaging Health Systems by Improving Access to Health Information

by globalhealth on Aug 6, 2015 in Education, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, News, Past Events, Student Outreach Group

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Sanskriti Sasikumar Artwork by Charles Isabirye for Partnerships in Health Information. Retrieved from: http://www.phiinafrica.org/ Knowledge empowers individuals to make informed choices. However, in our search for the perfect solution to improve global health, we rarely speak...

The Annual Making Time National Debate 2015

by globalhealth on May 20, 2015 in Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, News, Past Events, Recurring events, Student Outreach Group, Students Corner

Making Time Debate 3rd Annual Final, Galway #MakingTimeDebate2015 This year on the 25th March the 3rd Annual Making Time National Debate (MTD) was held at NUI Galway. This year the MTD final was hosted in collaboration with the fledgling Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Society...

Ending Ireland’s Apathy to Climate Change

by globalhealth on May 18, 2015 in Events, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, Irish News and Feeds, Key Correspondent Articles, Key Correspondent News, Past Events, Student Outreach Group

GLOBAL HEALTH WRITES Citizen Journalist: Colm Duffy As we approach 2050, the world has significant challenges that need to be tackled to ensure food and environmental security. With the global population set to increase to 9-12 billion the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) predicts that food production must...

Who has the responsibility: Ethical partnerships for students working overseas

by globalhealth on Nov 27, 2014 in Conference Materials, Education, Events, Homepage Featured, Homepage recent posts, IFGH 2014 Conference, Key Correspondent News, Past Events, Policy, Student Outreach Group

IFGH Conference 2014 Student Workshop on Ethical Partnerships Key Correspondent: Anneliese Arno A special panel session on ‘Ethical Partnerships: A Student Focussed Discussion and Workshop’ was held at the IFGH November Conference. Led by the Student Outreach Group (SOG), things kicked off with individual...