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00:55How To Be Prepared For a Career In Global Health
This week, Dr. Elvira speak with Laura Altobelli, a public health professional specializing in international maternal child health and nutrition. They will discuss her work in Peru and share advice and suggestions about what it takes to be successful in the field of Global Health.
Dr. Altobelli is Country Director in Peru for the international non-profit Future Generations, based out of Franklin, WV, whose founders were/are professors at The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. She has worked for many years in community-based health programs, mainly in Latin America, beginning as a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1970s, continuing as a researcher, evaluator, and project consultant on community health and nutrition programs for a variety of international cooperation agencies and NGOs. She currently conceptualizes, designs, manages, and provides guidance for the work of Future Generations/Peru among hundreds of community health clinics and programs throughout Peru, conducts health policy research and advocates for policy changes with the government health ministry. She also teaches maternal and child health in the School of Public Health and Administration of the Peruvian Cayetano Heredia University in Lima, and teaches during the residential module in Peru for the Future Generations Graduate School Master´s Program in Applied Conservation and Community Change.
She has a Doctor of Public Health in Maternal and Child Health, and a Master of Public Health in International Health, both from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland
Tags: Global Health Professional Mentor Millennium Development Goals Student
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:31
Global Health Leaders and the Health Center
This show will present innovative ways Global Health Leaders use to improve the quality of care delivered in clinics and health centers.
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals MIDEGO
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:59
How to Improve Communications in Global Health
This week, Dr. Elvira will speak with Todd Cavalier, the Executive Director of Informatics Studio to talk about his work in designing communication, evaluation, and traning systems that support target audiences in accessing, understanding and engaging with critical information. Todd Cavalier holds an MFA in communications design from Rhode Island School of Design where he was a RISD Presidents Fellow in Graphic Design. He was a Professor of design and communication theory, and held several research fellowships at Carnegie Mellon University prior to starting Informatics Studio in 1992, an interdisciplinary design and strategic communications firm with national and international clients based in Pittsburgh with a strong presence in Washington DC. Informatics Studio is an audience analysis, communications strategy and design firm with distinguished capabilities in complex program evaluation, strategy and implementation. Informatics applies user-oriented design methodologies and best-of-practice technology to envision and develop engaging and effective communication tools and knowledge resources, streamlined knowledge management systems, online collaborative community frameworks, program branding, messaging, marketing and training in five domains:
•International Development • Economics • Science + Health • Education • Environment
Todd served as Design Program Specialist for the US Information Agency in their Eastern European Program. His design of user interfaces for statistical software tools for visualizing American census data were sponsored by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and Sun Microsystems, and are included in the permanent Research and Technology Collection at the Smithsonian. His work has been published and presented internationally at conferences and speaking engagements focusing on design, technology and social marketing.
Tags: Global Health Aid Effectiveness Communication Public Health Leaders Millennium Development Goals
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:47
Global Health leaders in Africa
This show will present the work of global health leaders who are achieving great success in their own countries in Africa.
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals MIDEGO
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:42
Global Health Leaders and Community Health
This show will discuss the main steps to ensure your health program meets the needs of all in the community and most importantly helps realize human rights, particularly the right to health. Mr. Auwalu Bashir, Community Health Expert will share his experience improving community health in Bauchi State, Nigeria.
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals MIDEGO
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:35
Global Health Leaders Led by Faith
“Global Health Leaders” is a unique radio show that shows how global health leaders are making a difference. This week’s show will be about the work of Dr. Eoba Lubunga, a leader in reducing violence against women in DRCongo. The show will be at 9 am Eastern Standard time on Friday, February 8th. Dr. Elvira will interview Dr. Lubunga to learn about his work, his hospital and the communities he is changing 1% at a time every day.
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals Country ownership
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:45
Global Health Leaders and Effective Aid
Dr. Elvira will talk about what makes effective aid to support global health leaders work.
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals MIDEGO
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:42
Global Health Leaders
How to succeed in global health by becoming a global health leader. In this show,, we will have Dr. Eoba Lubunga from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a global health leader that is doing innovative work to achieve quality health care for all and fullfill his career mission in his country.
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals MIDEGO
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:47
Global Health Leaders that Make Health Systems Work
In this show, Dr. Elvira will discuss ways health professionals make the health systems in their countries work. Dr. Elvira will interview Mr. Bashir from Nigeria, who mobilizes this communities to improve their health services and share practical and simples ways to improve how health systems work. This is a "must-listen" show for health professions that what to become leaders in their country, save more lives and develop their country. Email your questions to Dr. Elvira at info
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals MIDEGO
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:41
Global Health Leaders
How to get started to make global health impact and become a leader
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals Health Care
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:34
Hospitals and Global Health
What role do hospitals play in improving global health? How can hospitals make a bigger impact? Dr. Elvira will discuss these and other questions related to hospitals. Don't miss it!
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals MIDEGO
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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00:31
Global Health Leaders and Community Health part 2
This show will continue the discussion on the role of community health in delivering quality health care for all and realziing the right to health. Listen for practical ideas and approaches.
Tags: Country leaders Global Health Aid Effectiveness Millennium Development Goals MIDEGO
by Global Health Leaders in Health
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