Global Health Events @ Penn School of Nursing 

• FRIDAY, APRIL 20 TH - Noon - 1:30pm
  HAITI TASKFORCE MTG.
  LOCATION:  FAGIN HALL, ROOM 435
  
   
• WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 - NOON - 1:30pm
  Practice and Research Approaches to Dysphagia:
  How to evaluate a pharynx and prevent aspiration pneumonia?
  PRESENTER: YUMI CHIBA, PhD, RN, PhN, VISITING SCHOLAR, UNIV. OF PENN SCHOOL OF NURSING
  LOCATION:  FAGIN HALL, ROOM 214
  
  
  

• Global Health Reflections Week
  Dates:  Monday, February 20 - Saturday, February 25, 2012
  Location:  Fagin Hall, Penn School of Nursing

  • Monday, February 20 - 12pm - 1:00pm
     "Improving access to maternity care in somaliland?"
    Presenter:  dr. edna adan ismail, Director, Edna Maternity Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland
    location:  fagin hall room 213
    
    
  • Monday, February 20 - 4:00pm - 5:15pm
    “Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing in Botswana”
    Presenter: Dr Moteshedi Sabone, Head, U Botswana SoN
    The Dean’s Distinguished International Scholar 
    location:  Fagin Hall Room 110
    Reception to Follow: 4th floor lobby
    Entertainment: penn lions
    
    
  • Tuesday, February 21- 9:30pm -11:00am *
    “Aspects of Botswana Culture that Promote Mental Health”
    Presenter: Dr Moteshedi Sabone, Head, U Botswana SoN
    The Dean’s Distinguished International Scholar
    locaton:  Fagin Hall Room 435
    
    
  • Tuesday, February 21- 12:00pm - 1:30pm *
    “Dynamics, Dilemmas, and Opportunities of HIV/AIDS: The cultural context of Botswana”
    Presenter: Dr Moteshedi Sabone, Head, U Botswana SoN
    The Dean’s Distinguished International Scholar
    location:  Fagin Hall Room 435
    
    
  • wednesday, february 22 - 4:30pm - 5:45pm
    Student-Faculty Panel on Study Abroad
    Presenter: UPenn and Drexel School of Nursing Faculty and Student pairs
    location:  fagin hall, room 213
    Reception to Follow: 3rd Floor Lobby
    Entertainment: African Rhythms Dance Troupe
    
    
  • Thursday, February 23 - 11:30am – 1:00pm
    Faculty & Staff International Potluck Lunch
    **Bring Your Favorite International Dish**
    locaton: mezzanine
    
    
  • Thursday, February 23 - 12pm – 1:00pm
    “Contesting Epidemics: How Brazil's Response outpaced the United States & the other Emerging Nations"
    presenter:  Dr. Eduardo Gomez, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
    location:  Biomedical Research Building Room 253
    
    
  • Friday, February 24 - 12pm - 1pm
    “Addressing Human Resources Challenges in Global Health -- A Perspective from India"
    presenter: Nachiket Mor, PhD, Health Care Economist
    location:  fagin hall, room 213
    
    
  • Saturday, February 25- 8:00am – 2:00pm
    Global Health Career Day
    Location: BRB II/III
    online registration required:  http://www.med.upenn.edu/globalhealth/GHCD2012.shtml

   

  *Contact Geralyn Grosso, gmb@nursing.upenn.edu, if you want a copy of Dr. Motshedisi Sabone’s papers

  Ongoing Event: Daeyang Nursing College, Lilongwe, Malawi Book Drive Collection baskets will be in Fagin Hall

    

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Global Health Events Outside Penn School of Nursing

1. Title:   Patient Simulation in Education Congress for Health Professionals
   Dates:  March 21 - March 23, 2012
   Location:  Panama and University of South Florida, USA
   URL:  SCadena@Health.usf.edu
   
   
2. Title:  Global Health & Innovation Conference
   Dates:  April 21 - 22, 2012
   Location:  Yale University, Connecticut
   URL:  http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
   ABSTRACT DEADLINE: August 31, 2011
   
   
3. Title: 9th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference (WRIHC)
   Date:  April 29, 2012
   Location: University of Washington, Seattle campus
   URL:  http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/209976
   
   
4. Title:  International Nursing Conference, Nursing: Caring to Know, Knowing to Care
   Dates:  June 4 - 7, 2012
   Location:  Jerusalem
   URL:  http://israel.rnao.ca
   ABSTRACT DEADLINE: July 15, 2011
   
   
5. Title: NI 2012 Advancing Global Health Through Informatics
   Dates:  June 23 - 27, 2012
   Location: Montreal, Canada
   URL:  http://www.ni2012.org/overview
   ABSTRACT DEADLINE: August 31, 2011)
   
   
6. Title: 9th Conference of the Global Network of WHOCC Nursing and Midwifery
   Dates: June 30 - July 1, 2012
   Location: Kobe Portopia Hotel, Kobe, Japan
   URL: http://who2012.umin.jp/
   
   
7. Title:  XIII Pan American Nursing Research Colloquium
   Dates:  September 5 - 7, 2012
   Location:  Miami, FL
   URL:  www.umpanamconference2012.com
   
   
8. Title:  Third International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector
   Dates: October 24 -26, 2012
   Location:  Vancouver, Canada
   URL:  http://www.oudconsultancy.nl/vancouver/index.html
   
   
9. Title:  ICOWHI 19th International Congress on Women’s Health 2012: 
   “Partnering for a Brighter Global Future”
   Dates:  November 14 - 16, 2012
   Location:  Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
   URL:  To Be Anounced
   ABSTRACT DEADLINE:  To Be Announced
   
   
10. Title:  ICN Congress 2013 - (Abstract Deadline - 9/14/12)
    Dates: May 18 - 23, 2013
    Location:  Melbourne, Australia
    URL:  www.icn2013.ch
    
    
    

Please also visit the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Global Health Calendar: 
http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/thyme/index.php?v=events&calendar=27