Brighton and Sussex Medical School Global Health

29/02/2012

Noswaith dda!
Dydd Gwŷl Dewi Sant hapus!

Well – Happy St. Davids day as of tomorrow.. Oh and happy leap year too! Hope all is well with everyone. We are now coming to the last few weeks of 2nd term, time flows fast!

News

~Fair trade, the London conference on Somalia, and the Mali refugee crisis http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/feb/28/news-roundup-fair-trade-somalia-liberia

~ Thousands march through Valencia in cuts protest http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17212793

~Catalytic Clothing – fashion that cleans the air…http://www.catalytic-clothing.org/

~Palestinian runner uses Gaza marathon to prepare for London 2012 Olympics http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/29/palestinian-gaza-marathon-london-olympics

~ If Britain were Greece…http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17202274


Events

~5th March, 11-5pm, Plant trees for Green Week! 850 to be planted in the area.. there are also lots of other events going on as part of Green Week: http://www.sussexstudent.com/environment/news/index.php?page=article&news_id=269703

~7th March, 1-2pm Arts C133, ‘No patients, no cure’ Intellectual property rights in human genetic materials and biopolitics. Global Studies Lecture series.

~12th March, 1-2.30pm, Room 221, IDS – Militias and the New Geography of Violence across African States. http://www.ids.ac.uk/events/militias-and-the-new-geography-of-violence-across-african-states




Hwyl!

Amy :-)

News round-up: 25 years of the Fairtrade movement, debating Somalia's future, and the human cost of conflict in Mali

18/02/2012

Hello!

Hope all is well with all on the day of independence for Gambia!
Also – there are 316 days remaining until the end of the year… :-)

Some news

~ ‘Tighten fracking regulations, scientists urge US officials’ http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/16/shale-gas-regulations-scientists-us

~ UN warning over refugees fleeing Tuareg rebellion, Mali http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17082365

~Syria crisis: Deadly shooting at Damascus funeral
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17085226

~Generally interesting Direct Action News sheet: SchNEWS http://www.schnews.org.uk/index.php


Some events and future dates for the diary…

~Monday 20th Feb 6-8pm, Arts A103 ‘Islam or Secularism: Which One Makes More Sense?’ http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/events?id=12048

~ 27th Feb invitation to launch event for positive. Awareness of and Attitudes to HIV –12.30 - 2.00 pm for the launch event, lunch and networking in the Atlee Suite, Portcullis House, House of Commons. Speakers to be confirmed.
RSVP: Alastair Hudson [email protected]

~23rd May, Royal Society of Medicine. Study day for caring for refugees and asylum seekers – http://www.medicaljustice.org.uk/training/for-medics/1935-study-dat-at-the-rsm-qcaring-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekersq-wed-23rd-may-2012.html
Also - supporting those seeking asylum: http://www.brightonvoicesinexile.org/

~TEDx coming to Sussex http://www.tedxsussexuniversity.com/

***Date for the diary 14th-15th April, Medsin Conference, King’s College London – ‘Conflicted: The War For Health’ http://www.medsin.org/news-and-events/GHC12
Seriously I WOULD ADVISE GOING ;-) ***

Other

I was thinking of setting up a very informal global health film club of sorts, would anyone be interested, I feel like there are loads of good films in the library and it would be really nice to try and watch a few, maybe every two weeks or so…?! Let me know :-)

All the best for the week, email me if you want me to include anything to discuss or add to the posts..

Amy

Influential group calls on regulators to ensure safe handling of toxic fluids used in controversial hydraulic fracturing

12/02/2012

Helloo!

So in Rio it is nearly the famous carnival time, 17th-21st of Feb! But what is happening on the streets elsewhere..

In the news

~’Greece set to defy protesters and accept eurozone bailout deal’ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/12/greece-eurozone-bailout-deal

~The most sparsely populated place on the world – Greenland, possibly set to exploit its mineral riches..? http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/countingthecost/2012/02/201221017810367714.html

~Arab League meets in Cairo to discuss Syria… http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/02/201221285656460612.html

~Earth Summit is doomed to fail, say leading ecologists http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21465-earth-summit-is-doomed-to-fail-say-leading-ecologists.html

~Myanmar’s startling changes – unraveling the mysteries of a –so far –peaceful revolution http://www.economist.com/node/21547261

This Week

~Mon 13th Feb, 5.30pm, IDS bar, bake and decorate cakes, everything’s free and will be sold on campus the next day (St Valentine's Day), to raise money for the charity Survivor's Network, which provides services for women and girl survivors of sexual and gender based violence in Brighton.

~ Wed 15th Feb, 1-5pm, SB 309, UOS, Special Launch event for Feminist Review, Gender and neoliberal entrepreneurship in blogs from the Iranian diaspora. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/events?id=11044

~ This month is LGBT month http://lgbthistorymonth.org.uk/
For events in Brighton and Hove see .. http://www.brightonlgbt-historymonth.co.uk/

Other

Also this is an interesting website with events going on against the cuts... http://falseeconomy.org.uk/campaigns/uk/all/t2

And also happy valentines!!! X

Violence erupts in Athens as MPs debate package of austerity cuts worth €3.3bn as country seeks to avoid defaulting on debt

06/02/2012

Good evening Global Health maestros, hope you are all well and wintery..

This week Tewfik Mishlawi’s obituary has been reported. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/03/tewfik-mishlawi-obituary) He was an avid journalist for the Middle East. I feel it is an important reminder into how we all get our knowledge, where it all comes from, and to remember all the journalists, researchers, photographers.. all the people involved, not just whom and where they are researching.

This Week

~ Hand in the MDM10 by 4.30pm Monday on Student Central (and then relax)

~ Brighton Science Festival – is here for the whole month! http://www.brightonscience.com/2011/

~ Tuesday 7th February, The second talk of the 2012 Global Health Seminar Series: 4.30-6pm Room 3.07B BSMS, ‘Births, Deaths and Midwives in Rural Rajasthan’ – Dr Maya Unnithan

~Wednesday 8th, demonstration to save the NHS, 2.30-8.30pm, Old Palace Yard, Westminster, opposite the Lords.

~A Political Economy of Security – Two Kicks from Capoeira, 13th Feb 1-2.30pm, IDS http://www.ids.ac.uk/events/a-political-economy-of-security-two-kicks-from-capoeira


Miscellaneous

~Apply to the UNESCO Chair International Leadership Forum : http://www.unescochair.uconn.edu/upspecialevents.htm

All 240 letters were successfully posted to the House of Lords in solidarity with many others across the country.. awaiting for the results of the HSC reforms

Enjoy the week!

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06/02/2012

In the news

~Russians Brave Bitter Cold to Call for Fair Elections http://en.rian.ru/video/20120204/171146489.html

~Doctor cycles from London to Cape Town http://positivenews.org.uk/2012/culture/travel/6076/doctor-cycles-london-cape-town/

~Liberia’s president talks loos.. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/feb/03/liberia-sanitation-johnson-sirleaf-toilets

Protests were held on Saturday in Moscow to demand fair elections with the number of those at the rally ranging from official police reports of 36,000 to 120,000, according to the organizers. The protesters hit the streets in minus 20 degrees Celsius (just under 0 degrees Fahrenheit) to voice their ...

29/01/2012

Hello everyone!


So snow is likely to settle on the mountains in the UK this week – but lots of other things are going on too… today has been world leprosy day for instance…

In the news

~ ‘Slow change and growing pains for Kazakhstan’ http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2012/01/28/slow-change-and-growing-pains-kazakhstan

~ ‘Criticism grows of Brazil slum clearance by police’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16716788

~Negative interaction of tourists and tribes http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/29/bonda-jarawa-orissa-andaman-tour

~Andrew Lansley forced into major climbdown on planned health reforms

http://m.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jan/28/andrew-lansley-nhs-health-reform-climbdown?cat=politics&type=article

Events and opportunities

~University of Sussex – Extreme energy week, learn about tar sands, fracking and nuclear energy - http://www.sussexstudent.com/enviro//news/index.php?page=article&news_id=269403

~Possible funded volunteering opportunity in Uganda, 10-12 weeks: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PmFkF6G2j-NnbhKQ4a4TOO5eGBUNveDG6Hv7ebXNbXs/edit?pli=1

~World Development Movement – take part in sponsored events: http://www.wdm.org.uk/support-us/sponsored-events?utm_source=World+Development+Movement%27s+email+list&utm_campaign=45f90f16d2-Sponsored_events1_25_2012&utm_medium=email

~Funding opportunities for anthropology research at SOAS http://www.therai.org.uk/at/vacancylink/soas-20120131/

Vital, important hand-in dates for our course!

~Monday 6th Feb by 4.30pm, submit MDM10 electronically on Student Central, include declaration form and 500 word reflection as an appendix (not as a separate document), name the file with your name: eg: ‘MDM10 Jo Bloggs’

~Dissertations: Primary research: 17th Feb need to submit proposal to the Research Governance and Ethics Committee, Systematic review/policy analysis: need to hand in completed dissertation proposal form to Bryony by the end of January.

Hope all is going well,


Amy



P.S: I am organising a campaign this week with letter writing to all the peers against the NHS reforms… anyone like to get involved, or free to help, please email me… probably planning to be on Wednesday!?

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22/01/2012

Happy Chinese New Year! As we enter into the year of the dragon this week, lots of events are to be put in the diary...

Events:
~24th Jan- What has feminism done for global health? 5.15-6.45pm, John Snow Lecture Theatre, LSHTM, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT (http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/2012/01/global-health-lab-what-has-feminism-done-for-global-health)

~25th Jan- The Pulse of the Arab Revolt, 2-5pm, One Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London, SW1H 9JJ http://www.ids.ac.uk/events/the-pulse-of-the-arab-revolt

~25th Jan- Brighton Lusaka Health Link Charity Launch, 6-7pm presentations (free), 7pm - live music and dinner (£10/5) - Audrey Emerton ([email protected] to book)

Other:

~Think we should set up a letter writing event against the Health and Social Care Bill reforms that are planning to be implemented despite the lack of support? http://www.whosupportsnhsreforms.org.uk/

~Next Global Health seminar series... 7th Feb – Thinking through the Body: Moral Claims and Reproductive Health, Maya Unnithan, 4.30-6.30pm Room 2.10 BSMS

~Project London is looking for a new Outreach and Advocacy Officer. http://www.medecinsdumonde.org.uk/workwithus/jobsintheukoffice.asp

Hope everyone is settling into their new routines.. heard from , Steven Seng aka social rep that plans will be coming for some events soon! ;-) x

LSHTM Events

22/01/2012

Some news this week:

~Kano, Nigeria – death toll over 160 after bomb attacks. http://odili.net/news/source/2012/jan/22/822.html

~Columbia’s Farc rebels destroy radar station: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16669488

~6 months since the UN declared famine in Somalia... ‘Somalia fighting intensifies as African Union troops make gains in Mogadishu’ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/21/somalia-fighting-mogadishu-african-union

~What’s Up in Greece http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2012/01/22/whats-up-in-greece-on-jan-2212/

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15/01/2012

Welcome back Global Health Class 2011-12!

Hope you have all had a lovely month and are ready to commence again into the field of global health, there are lots of things going on, in Brighton and beyond – and maybe we could create a few things ourselves too – film screenings, debates, actions etc..

In the news...

~‘Ten years of Guantanamo. Ten years too long... 171 people in there without a trial’ http://www.indymedia.org.uk/

~‘Russia needs to change – but by evolution not revolution’ http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/11/russia-needs-evolution-not-revolution

~‘Syria: stand with the protesters’ https://secure.avaaz.org/en/syria_stand_with_the_protesters/

~’ GlaxoSmithKline has been fined $230,000 by a court in Argentina after 14 babies died during trials of a vaccine called Synflorix.’ http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2012/01/2012114164511709902.html

~’Nigeria fuel prices: Talks fail to reach agreement’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16564878


Events near us!

~17th January, 5-6.30pm, House of Commons, London: Empowering Women and Girls: What works? http://www.ids.ac.uk/events/empowering-women-and-girls-what-works

~19th January, 7.30pm, Friends Meeting House, Brighton: Book launch, Targeting Israeli Apartheid, followed by a talk and discussion http://www.brightonpalestine.org/2011/ (small simplified clip here, not covering much, and also for the two-state solution, of which there are criticisms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A65VNJSxhQ&feature=player_embedded)

~20th January, 9.30-5.15pm, The Cambridge Conference on NCDs and Mental Health in Developing Countries, only £15 for students! http://camnmh.eventbrite.co.uk/

Also – I know a few people are thinking about what to do post MSc, and are looking for jobs, internships or how to continue when returning back to previous studies –I am not too experienced, but it seems that if you have contacts it helps, so maybe we should all look out collectively for interesting opportunities!? Anyway, Medsin have regional coordinator positions open http://www.medsin.org/news/530, and also IDS have some really interesting job advertisements in yellow Monday leaflets: http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/our-media/yellow-monday

Hope that helps!
Amy Xx

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11/03/2011

Ellyn Ogden, Worldwide Polio Eradication Coordinator for USAID will be speaking about her experiences over the last 15 years on Friday 18th March 13.00-14.30, Room SC1/2, IDS. All welcome.

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