Image of a disease map with the text "Global is Local is Global" overlaid.
Chickens at a live bird market in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo by: Cindy Beard
Image of a map with connector lines with the text "In an increasingly interconnected world, global health is changing."
Dr. Nicole Hoff and Center Director, Dr. Anne Rimoin, cross through standing water while doing fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo by: Dr. Anne Rimoin
Decorative shapes with the text "Health problems at the local level can evolve into globally-significant events."
A Ministry of Health vehicle in the field in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo by: Dr. Anne Rimoin
Image of several people together with the text "At UCLA, we are rethinking global health through an equity lens."
MPH student Brittany Meyer in American Samoa, where she studied the prevalence of gestational diabetes among pregnant women. Photo by: Brittany Meyer
MPH student Graham Toth in the field in Cambodia, where he studied the health and well-being of female entertainment workers while interning with KHANA, Cambodia. Photo by: Graham Toth
A colorful market in Apia, Samoa. Photo by: Brittany Meyer
Doctoral student Marta Bornstein takes a break with colleagues in Malawi. Photo by Marta Bornstein.
The results are not as different as might be expected
Article from The Guardian about how the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed shortcomings and inequalities in the global humanitarian aid system and why a global reset of the system is long overdue.
The GloCal Health Fellowship is a program that supports a 12-month, mentored research fellowship for investigators interested in study diseases and conditions in developing countries. The application window for the 2021-2022 cohort of the fellowship is now open.
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