Global Health

Partners in Global Growth: Dr. Paul Farmer Visits UVM

Written by Bryce Bludevich ’17
A few weeks ago, on a rainy Vermont afternoon, a man came to Ira Allen chapel to give a talk. He told us this was not going to be a talk about the “four S’s,” the shorthand for an approach he’s developed for his wide-ranging global health work. Instead, he said this was going to be a talk about change. A change in the mindset of those who think about and act on global health issues. The talk became personal for me from the moment it started. I have had the opportunity to travel to Russia and Uganda through the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine Global Health Program, which has molded my world view and exposed me to the world’s healthcare disparities.

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Forest People: Conservation & Medicine in Indonesia

Written by Stefan Wheat ’18
My father and I woke at 4:30 each morning to the sound of a loudspeaker on our neighbor’s roof announcing the call to prayer. We would read by the light of our headlamps before rising with the sun for our morning exercise routine, ending it with a breakfast of fresh fruit. Then, we would walk down the street to the Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI) clinic in Sukadana, Indonesian headquarters for Health in Harmony, a conservation-medicine NGO based out of Portland, Oregon.

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Opening My Eyes: A J1 Scholar from Vietnam Visits Connecticut

Written by Dr. Tran Quang Khanh
I had a truly amazing time in the United States. I spent six months, from July to December 2015, in a training course specializing in cardiovascular diseases at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. The program was comprehensive. I attended each morning and noon conference, daily teaching rounds, weekly grand rounds and EKG conferences. I learned a great deal from the attendings who shared interesting cases and their experience-based insights about the best clinical practice strategies.

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