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Don't Miss
this Important Event!
The Canadian Conference on
Global Health 2010 (formerly Canadian Conference on International
Health) is being held from
Sunday, October 31 to Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Ottawa
Hotel, 101 Lyon St. N., Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Registration is now open.
Early registration ends September 15th, 2010
The theme for this year's
conference is: “Global Health: A Humanitarian Crisis?”
Read more....
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World
Hepatitis Day
On May 19th, 2010 Canada
joined with groups around the world to raise public awareness about
hepatitis B and C, two forms of life-threatening liver disease. About
500 million people -- one in 12 worldwide -- are living with chronic
viral hepatitis B or C. In Canada, it is estimated that 600,000 people
are infected and many don’t know it.
Visit
www.whdcanada.ca to find out
more about World Hepatitis Day 2010 activities in Canada and
www.amInumber12.org to
learn more about the global campaign and how to get involved.
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International
Internships
While the Canadian Society
for International Health works to secure funding for paid international
internships in global health, it is launching a new program to arrange
internships for students and recent graduates able to pay their own way.
Read more at Global
Citizens for Global Health.
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Global Hepatitis C Network in Canada
The Canadian Society for
International Health (CSIH) is pleased to be implementing the Global
Hepatitis C Network in Canada. CSIH is the Secretariat for this
initiative which is being funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Read more....
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Ottawa, Training Ground for Global Health
Diplomacy
While the Summit of the
Americas was taking place in Trinidad and Tobago, the University of
Ottawa, Centre for Global Health and Centre for Globalization and Health
Equity in partnership with the Canadian Society for International Health
were positioning Ottawa as a leading centre for the training of global
health “diplomats”.
To learn more view the
complete
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