Unite for Sight, a non-profit organization founded by a Yale student that provides eye care to medically underserved people around the globe, will hold its fifth annual International Health Conference on April 12 and 13, at Yale.The conference will bring...
The Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS) will host a conference titled “Health Crisis in South Asia: Socioeconomic and Opportunistic Disease Consequences of AIDS” at the Henry R. Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue, on February 18–...
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale announces the following week of events to commemorate World AIDS Day: Monday, Dec. 1Topic: “AIDS in China: Lessons Learned” Speaker: Wan Yanhai, Yale World Fellow, Chinese AIDS Activist...
International researchers, medical practitioners, policy makers and others who have been on the “frontlines” of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic will share their experiences in a workshop held Sept. 19 to 21 at Yale University....
When nurse Denise Walsh arrived at Redemption Hospital in Liberia, Africa, which is now just emerging from years of civil war, the basic systems that help hospitals run smoothly and effectively were nowhere to be found. Most beds were empty - except in...
The Yale School of Public Health is partnering with Tsinghua University in Beijing to provide management and leadership education for 500 underserved women in China working in the healthcare field. The partnership, beginning in 2009, is part of the...
In an effort to accelerate improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare in developing nations around the world, Yale University has launched the Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI). The mission of the GHLI is to strengthen the...
In the hope of stemming one of the biggest public health crises in Southeast Asia, Yale University is partnering with the University of Malaya to fight the spread of HIV among drug users in Malaysia who are completing prison terms and transitioning back...
As part of its continuing engagement in global health issues, Yale University’s Global Health Leadership Institute is partnering with Tsinghua University to launch a four-year leadership development program in healthcare management for women in China. The...
In a packed room at Woodbridge Hall, the leaders of Yale and University College London (UCL) and their affiliated hospitals signed an agreement on Oct. 8 that creates what they hope will be a prolific transatlantic partnership in biomedical research and...