Sobering Truth: How Governments and the Development Community Incentivize Alcohol Death, Disease and Injury Across the World
Session Date: April 21, 2021 Session Description: Harmful alcohol consumption results in 3 million deaths annually and is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases... Read More
Child Protection and COVID-19: How Child Protection Programming Can Prevent and Mitigate COVID-19 Impacts
Session Date: April 21, 2021 Session Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious risks to the safety and well-being of children, including increased risk of... Read More
Prevention Primer: How to Effectively Prevent Violence Against Women
Session Date: April 21, 2021 Session Description: Violence against women by their intimate partners is a worldwide epidemic. Led by violence prevention experts from the... Read More
Neocolonialism in Global Cleft Care
Session Date: April 22, 2021 Session Description: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are inordinately impacted by the burdens associated with cleft lip and palate due... Read More
Global Noncommunicable Diseases in the Covid Era: A Student Perspective
Session Date: April 24, 2021 Session Description: Increased attention to Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) during the COVID-19 pandemic represents a fundamental shift in attitude among many... Read More
Using Human-Centered Design Principles to Promote Engagement and Adoption of Digital mHealth Tools Among Community Health Workers and Families in Low Resource Settings
Session Date: April 23, 2021 Session Description: Digital technologies hold promise for extending the reach of evidence-based mental health care in low resource settings. However,... Read More
Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH): Major Challenge to Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Session Date: April 23, 2021 Session Description: In 2017, 41 million people died globally from NCDs; more than 75% of these deaths occurred in LMICs.... Read More