April 20, 2006
Developing a Generation of Globally Experienced Healthcare Professionals
By Julie McKeel
Duke Center for Global Health
 Ralph Corey, MD |
The Duke Center for Global Health's mission is to improve the health care of people throughout the world through research, education and service. It grew out of a research and education program on HIV infection, malaria and tuberculosis started by Duke's Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1986.
As part of the mission to mentor a future generation of globally experienced healthcare professionals, the Center has allowed over 250 students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians to spend extended periods of time overseas receiving research and clinical training while serving the people of developing and impoverished regions. Many of these professionals are now employed at organization such as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, National Institute of Health, and other service-oriented institutions committed to reducing the burden of disease and health disparities both at home and abroad.
This month, the DCRI team organized an event to thank the Center's sponsors and to provide a summary of the work accomplished by the Center over this past year. The DCRI's Dr. Corey and Cynthia Binanay worked with Wendy Sprintz to coordinate the event. As part of the evening's highlights, a film was shown which featured photos taken by the various teams during their work in Africa. The DCRI's Danny Nicholson and Wally Lamb created the film from these images for this event.
View the Center for Global Health video: mms://vidsrv1.duhs.duke.edu/dcms/tb/hygmeeting_256.wmv