Spotlight on globalhealthU: GlobeMed at BC, GlobeMed at MIT, and network-wide poverty-health cycles
Check out some highlights from the thoughtful and creative work that chapters have been doing in globalhealthU all year long:
Poverty-health cycles
This year’s theme of the globalhealthU curriculum looks at how poverty relates to health. Chapters discussed the intrinsic relationship between the two and created a visual representation of the poverty-health cycle based on their chapter discussions. Check out these beautiful photos of their representations.
GlobeMed at BC: A case study in post-earthquake rebuilding
In the globalhealthU curriculum, students study six developmental economists with different views on the root cause of poverty and a different suggested method to combat poverty. Chapters held discussions or debates about the economists to open a dialogue on the varying opinions.
GlobeMed at Boston College tied together chapter members’ voices, their partner organization, and the opinions of the economists into a unique case study. They looked at Ayacucho, Peru (a city with a 72.5% poverty rate), which has been hit by an earthquake. The ghU coordinators, Sahil Angelo and Debi Lipman, created a case study in which the people of Ayacucho were too impoverished to bring themselves out of disaster and the Peruvian government was not motivated to help the people of Ayacucho.
They provided their chapter with a goal:
We need to rebuild the community in terms of infrastructure (water, roads, electricity etc), jump start the economy, and address the health needs of the people suffering. The only question that remains is “how.” Create a solution and present it to the GlobeMed chapter. Remember the relationships between international and national politics, international aid/NGOs and institutions, how they interact, and how they may support/conflict each other.
As a chapter, BC proposed a solution that implemented partnerships within the community (similar to GlobeMed’s own partners!) to raise Ayacucho out of poverty. Boston College’s supplemental case study resulted in “the best ghU yet!”
Check out the full case study!
GlobeMed at MIT: World Day of Social Justice newsletter
MIT started a monthly globalhealthU newsletter for chapter members and MIT students. Written by globalhealthU Coordinators Emma Broderick and Danielle Class, it showcases different global health issues, profiles chapters in the network, and describes a local global health organization.
February’s newsletter gave the history of the World Day of Social Justice and current issues surrounding social justice.
This newsletter profiled Oberlin (LGBT Rights), MIT, George Washington University, Whitman College (Women’s Rights), and Boston College (Labor Rights) as examples of the different areas of social justice that GlobeMed promotes.
In addition, they informed students on world news with “Global Health Update” and brought in their community through the “Local Organization Spotlight.”
Check out the GlobeMed at MIT newsletter here!
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These are just three great examples of globalhealthU happenings at 46 chapters all year long! E-mail globalhealthU@globemed.org for more information about our educational program or the going-ons at chapters.
Written by Jill Shah
SPOTLIGHT
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