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Anesthesia Residents Transform Lives and Gain New Global Health Perspective Through the SEA-HVO Traveling Fellowship
The Society for Education in Anesthesia (SEA)-HVO Traveling Fellowship is an opportunity awarded annually to a handful of senior anesthesia…
New Opportunity for Physical Therapy Volunteers in Vietnam
In a recent post for our “Trends in Global Health” blog series, HVO leader Jennifer Audette, PT, PhD, discussed the…
Trends in Global Health: The Rising Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases
Vidya Swaminathan, Ph.D., HVO board member and Senior Director of Inhalation Product Development at AstraZeneca, authored this installment of Trends in Global…
Reducing Stigma to Improve Mental Health
Mental illness, neurological disorders and substance use disorders – these three conditions account for 14% of the global burden of…
Reducing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease on World Heart Day
Friday, September 29th is World Heart Day – an annual event intended to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease (CVD) in an…
Reducing Global Infant Mortality through Nursing Education
This past July at the Saving Lives at Birth DevelopmentXChange event in Washington, DC, HVO staff had the opportunity to…
Trends in Global Health: Improving Health Equity Through Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Jennifer Audette, PT, PhD writes this installment of Trends in Global Health highlighting equity as one of the Guiding Principles of the American Physical…
Trends in Global Health: The Power of Storytelling
Jody Olsen, PhD, MSW, Chair of the HVO Board of Directors, writes this installment of Trends in Global Health, sharing…