SIUE SOP Global Education

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Global Education endeavors continue virtually with the SOP collaborating with the SON on their upcoming medical mission trip to Guatemala. Greg Jennings, MS, APRN, FNP-C, and Bernadette Sobczak, DNP, APN, CPNP-PC, PMH, invited the SOP to facilitate medication consults during their medical mission at the Land of Hope in Escuintla, Guatemala from October 19-23, 2021. Misty Gonzalez, PharmD, BCPP, will serve as the consult pharmacist, with the hopes of creating a longitudinal service for other pharmacist and student pharmacist participants. The goals of this trip include serving the medical needs of the people served by the Land of Hope, implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system, and creating a longitudinal virtual pharmacist consult service.

Read more at https://www.buildinguate.org/land-of-hope.

Big updates coming for Hands Helping Haiti's School 🤩🤩See their website for new photos of the kitchen construction at the school and our on-line store. www.handshelpinghaiti.org
For donations to the 501c3 organization: https://www.handshelpinghaiti.org/donate.html

Today, the Office of Global Women's Issues joins the global community in celebrating the inaugural International Day for People of African Descent! Check out the latest DipNote featuring interviews with five African-Descendant women on race and gender in the Western Hemisphere. 👇

Advancing Racial and Gender Equity and Equality in the Western Hemisphere: Interviews with Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean, and African-Descendant Women - United States Department of State “I want to occupy the spaces that have been denied to us, those spaces that were not intended for Black women, but that today we have now occupied,” said Daniela López of Mexico and 2019 Study of the United States Institute (SUSI) alumna. August 31, 2021 marks, for the first time ever, the Inte...

Global Health and Planetary Health are intricately related. From the warming oceanic waters causing the rapid strengthening of Hurricane Ida to the illegal wildlife trade often blamed for the current pandemic, we need a comprehensive new approach. Read more here:

‘Different faces of a single threat’: Global Health Must Play a Bigger Role in Planetary Health The pandemic has led to a scramble to fund new infectious disease prevention measures aimed at averting future pandemics.

Item list for new Afghan refugee donations. See International Institute of St. Louis contact information for how else you can help our new community members.

April is National Minority Health Month and this year's theme is focused on empowering communities to get the facts about COVID-19 vaccines and get vaccinated. We are proud to support and encourage communities to be . Learn how you can help raise vaccine confidence by visiting: www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/nmhm

Felíz Semana Santa en Guatemala 🇬🇹

Semana Santa in Antigua, Guatemala The Spanish tradition of Semana Santa (Holy Week) arrived with the Spaniards to Guatemala in 1524. Almost 500 years later, Guatemala holds one of the most elaborate celebrations in the world. With grand processions, lavish floats and intricately designed alfombras (“carpets”), Antigua, Guatemala...

Check out P4 Public Health APPE Megan as she puts her medical Spanish skills to work and reviews common questions about the COVID-19 vaccines to help our Spanish-speaking patients 🌎😀

Spanish COVID19 vaccine education Public Health Education video

Creative learning continues despite not traveling! SIUE SOP student Megan Patrich, is participating in an online medical Spanish tutoring session. Her teacher is a Guatemalan instructor from Spanish2Tor in Guatemala and Megan is in Illinois on her global public health elective APPE. 🌎🇬🇹🇺🇸 http://spanish2tor.com/

A major pharmaceutical advancement! "Long-acting injectable is more effective than daily pill to prevent HIV in women: Goats and Soda: NPR"

Protecting Women Against HIV Just Got 9 Times Easier A single injection of a drug called cabotegravir given every two months has been shown to be more effective than a daily oral dose of Truvada.