D-Prize is a program looking for budding leaders who can start a new social enterprise and increase access to global poverty solutions. Winners of our entrepreneurship competition are given up to $20,000 in funding to launch a pilot program of their idea. We are especially interested in supporting students who are just getting started in their social impact careers!
D-Prize wants to award you up to $20,000 to solve the world’s global health, energy, education, and corruption challenges. You make up the next generation of social impact leaders and we want to hear your ideas! Check out our Summer 2016 competition, select one of the challenges, and then pitch your two-page idea to D-Prize by October 3. Up to 15 winners will be awarded seed capital and given support to launch a pilot. Join the competition at www.d-prize.org.
Beat the rush for @thedprize competition and apply early on Sept 19
Jumpstart your social impact career with @thedprize! Apply by Oct 3 for the chance to put your idea into practice
Looking to get your #bopbiz idea funded? Apply for @thedprize, which awards grants to ventures distributing poverty-tech!
The Global Health Ideas Repository (GHIR) is a forum that connects educators, innovators, & students from various disciplines interested in tackling global health challenges from an engineering perspective.
Have you spent your summer working in a developing country and have firsthand experience with the pressing global health challenges of today? Share those challenges with others who are passionate about applying engineering solutions to current global health problems. Through this site, managed by the biomedical engineering department at Boston University, you can submit a challenge, propose a solution, or collaborate on a project!
GHIR is currently looking for submissions of global health challenges from those who have been working in the field. Since so many students are returning from practicums abroad, now is a great time to provide GHIR with a better understanding of the health challenges that you've experienced on the ground.
Children are one of the most vulnerable groups in society with regard to exposure to environmental stressors. There is still a lot to be done to protect children. We can learn from many professionals about the latest developments. The 8th International Network on Children’s Health, Environment and Safety (INCHES) Conference is organised in Barcelona.The conference has the following objectives:
to provide an international forum for the latest research findings in children’s environmental health
to define the relationship between environmental contaminants and children’s health
to strengthen the importance of prenatal exposure to environmental factors on pregnancy outcome and children’s health
to identify opportunities to minimize childhood prenatal and postnatal exposure to environmental contaminants
to provide insight in the activities in the field of science and policy interface
to build a platform of knowledge at an international level
to develop a greater awareness among health professionals about children’s health and the environment
to initiate future directions in research in the field of children’s environmental health
8th International Conference on Children’s Health and the Environment – Blog
Date: 14th to 16th September 2016
Location: Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Doctor Aiguader, 88 (at CREAL), Barcelona, Spain
Location: Parc de Recerca Biomèdica de Barcelona, Doctor Aiguader, 88 (at CREAL), Barcelona, Spain
Janestic Mwende Twikirze (pictured above with her book, Professional Social Work in East Africa) is a faculty member at Makerere University in Uganda. Dr. Twikirze also serves as a member of the Global Health Learning Community for at the Boston University School of Social Work Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health. For more information on Dr. Twikirze and this event, click here.
You are invited to this year's Global Health Catalyst summit. The Global Health Catalyst (GHC) at Harvard, builds on the successful collaboration-driven model of Harvard Catalyst to catalyze high impact international collaborations primarily via the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) complemented by diaspora engagement, with ultimate vision to eliminate global health disparities. Specific objectives include facilitating the building of partnerships, and knowledge sharing for collaborative global cancer care, research and education; leveraging ICTs to enhance/complement the effectiveness of other global health initiatives; increase access, lower costs, strengthen healthcare systems, especially in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) in Africa.
Overall, participants at all levels will come from Harvard Catalyst affiliated institutions, other leading USA institutions, representatives of leading international health agencies, the World Health Organization, partner institutions from a number of African Countries, as well as global leaders of industry, policy makers, and African Diaspora groups/institutions.
Join us April 29-30, 2016 @ Harvard Medical School for the 2016 Global Health Catalyst Summit. It would be a pleasure to have some representatives from your department there.
“The World You Are Shaping: Our Role in Sustainable Development Goals” features a global showcase to network, thematic/regional breakout sessions, and a panel to highlight and generate awareness for sustainable development efforts locally and globally. Join us Friday, April 22 at 4:30 PM in the Photonics Colloquium Room (9th Floor) to learn, engage, and take action towards the SDGs! Please RSVP and join the Facebook Event!
Interested in Global Mental Health? WHO & the World Bank are co-hosting a two-day series of events focusing on Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority. Live stream from 4:00pm-5:00pm today with the link below:
And if you missed it check out last week's BUSPH twitter chat by following #BUSPHchat #GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthNow
Mental health issues impose an enormous disease burden on societies across the world. Depression alone affects 350 million people globally and is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Despite its enormous social burden, mental disorders continue to be driven into the shadows by stigma, prejudice and fear. The issue is becoming ever more urgent in light of the forced migration and sustained conflict we are seeing in many countries of the world.
A two-day series of events, co-hosted by the World Bank and the World Health Organization during the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings, aims to move mental health from the margins to the mainstream of the global development agenda. The events to engage finance ministers, multilateral and bilateral organizations, the business community, technology innovators, and civil society will emphasize the urgent investments needed in mental health services, and the expected returns in terms of health, social and economic benefits.
