Department of Global and Public Health - <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/spgh">School of Population and Global Health</a> /global-public-health/articles/rss en Transition in Leadership for ۲ݮƵ Global Health Programs /global-public-health/article/transition-leadership-mcgill-global-health-programs &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;La version française suit&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Dear SPGH Community,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We would like to update you on a change in leadership within the ۲ݮƵ Global Health Programs (GHP) office. Dr. Charles Larson, who has served as Director of GHP since his appointment in July 2020, has concluded his term. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Larson for his unwavering dedication and significant contributions to advancing global health initiatives at ۲ݮƵ University and beyond during his tenure with GHP.&lt;/p&gt; Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:47:54 +0000 Madhukar Pai and Timothy Evans 660 at /global-public-health Inaugural seminar of the Department successful /global-public-health/article/inaugural-seminar-department-successful &lt;p&gt;On September 20th, 2023, the Department of Global and Public Health held its inaugural seminar. We welcomed Dr. Louise Pilote for a talk titled Sex and Gender Determinants of Vascular Disease in the Global Context. The event was held both on Zoom and in-person in the School of Population and Global Health. If you missed the event, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://shorturl.at/ryJK8&quot;&gt;review Dr. Pilote&#039;s slides.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Tue, 03 Oct 2023 21:47:36 +0000 aiche.danioko@mcgill.ca 632 at /global-public-health Pandemic management: Learning from our mistakes /global-public-health/article/pandemic-management-learning-our-mistakes &lt;p&gt;“We can thank omicron for one thing. Now everyone realizes that to avoid repeated waves of the pandemic we need to vaccinate the whole planet,” says Joanne Liu, MDCM, a professor in ۲ݮƵ University’s School of Population and Global Health. “Closing borders won’t be enough.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;When she arrived at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in May 2021, Dr. Liu, former international president of Doctors Without Borders, sat down with the school’s director, Timothy Evans, MD, to set up the Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL for short).&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:04:46 +0000 Jean-Benoît Nadeau 617 at /global-public-health Prioritizing supports to specific neighbourhoods is key to curbing COVID-19 transmission /global-public-health/article/prioritizing-supports-specific-neighbourhoods-key-curbing-covid-19-transmission &lt;p&gt;The COVID-19 pandemic has uneven impacts across cities and provinces, with some regions struggling more than others. A new study shows hotspots of COVID-19 infections across Canadian cities are linked to occupation, income, housing, and markers for structural racism.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:59:41 +0000 Shirley Cardenas, ۲ݮƵ Newsroom 616 at /global-public-health Men who paid for sex more likely to live with HIV /global-public-health/article/men-who-paid-sex-more-likely-live-hiv &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Surveys from 35 African countries suggest 68 percent of men used a condom in most recent paid sex encounter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Twenty years’ worth of surveys suggest that nearly one in ten sexually active men in 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been clients of sex workers. These men are about 50 percent more likely to be living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a team of international researchers, including &lt;a href=&quot;/epi-biostat-occh/mathieu-maheu-giroux&quot;&gt;Professor Mathieu Maheu-Giroux&lt;/a&gt; and Caroline Hodgins of ۲ݮƵ University.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:17:50 +0000 ۲ݮƵ Newsroom 618 at /global-public-health Student initiative confronts vaccine hesitancy in Montreal’s most diverse borough /global-public-health/article/student-initiative-confronts-vaccine-hesitancy-montreals-most-diverse-borough &lt;p&gt;Home to nearly 34,000 residents who speak 60 languages, Parc Extension is one of the brightest threads in Montreal’s vibrant cultural tapestry. But in a neighbourhood where two out of three residents are immigrants or refugees, linguistic and cultural barriers play a significant role in perpetuating health inequities. When ۲ݮƵ EBOH student Tammy Bui observed low vaccination rates in communities like Parc Extension, she resolved to work toward a solution.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:56:20 +0000 Eliana Chow 615 at /global-public-health “An opportunity to give back” through two WHO committees /global-public-health/article/opportunity-give-back-through-two-who-committees &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rimuhc.ca/-/madhukar-pai-md-phd&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;Dr. Madhukar Pai&lt;/a&gt;, senior scientist at the Research Institute of the ۲ݮƵ University Health Centre and Canada Research Chair of Epidemiology &amp;amp; Global Health, ۲ݮƵ University, was recently selected to serve the World Health Organization (WHO) on two committees. His appointment to the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for TB in the South-East Asia Region was effective June 1, and appointment to the Advisory group on Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Laboratory Strengthening, on July 19.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:40:18 +0000 RI-MUHC 620 at /global-public-health Dr. Madhukar Pai inspires the Class of 2021 with Convocation address /global-public-health/article/dr-madhukar-pai-inspires-class-2021-convocation-address &lt;p&gt;Even a global pandemic can’t prevent graduation from being a monumental milestone. Nor can it stop the ۲ݮƵ community from celebrating the outstanding achievements of our graduating students.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In spite of all the unprecedented challenges students faced during the past year, ۲ݮƵ will confer degrees on 7,976 graduates this spring, an uptick from the 7,830 grads in the spring of 2020.&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:37:35 +0000 François Shalom 619 at /global-public-health