Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence Panel
This annual, global campaign takes place from November 25th to December 10th and aims to recognize the impact of gendered violence in our communities, as well as ways to prevent and better respond to it. When: Tuesday, December 5th from 5:30-7:30pm Where: Rowland Hall, Room 340A Objectives: 1. To discuss major health challenges faced by women worldwide (based on the speaker' experiences). 2. To discuss the role of poverty, gender inequality, and culture in the provision of medical care. 3. To discuss current strategies/efforts to better women's access to health care, safety, and overall well-being. 4. To discuss how medical students can partake in the global effort to better women's health. Speakers: Dr. Sandra Wolf, Executive Director of Drexel's Women Care Center, to discuss female genital cutting Dr. Xiaomang Stickles, PCOM Faculty, to discuss cervical cancer screening in developing countries
For more information, please visit the United Nation's website here.
Recent Events:
Vassar Haiti Project: Art Sale & Panel
On May 19th, PCOM Global Health Initiative hosted an event for Vassar Haiti Project to support their initiative in education, health care, water access/purification, and reforestation in Chermaitre, Haiti. There was an art sale and panel discussion about the Vassar Haiti Project, and all proceeds went to funding for their above initiatives.
A big thank you to Family Medicine Club, Infectious Disease Club, LMSA, and Public Health Club for co-sponsoring this event!
For more information about this wonderful organization, please visit here.
Past Events:
Panel Presentation on HIV/AIDS
The Global Health Outreach committee along with the Public Health Club and Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA), held a panel presentation about HIV/AIDS. The speakers spoke about current efforts around global prevention, care, and treatment.
The three speakers came to PCOM to speak at the panel from various backgrounds and had great insight regarding HIV/AIDS around the world.
Dr. Ana Martinez-Donate, PhD, Associate Professor of Community Health and Prevention, the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University
Dr. Gregory Bisson, MD, MSCE, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Medicine, Infectious Disease Division
Dr. Suzanne Willard, PhD, APN, FAAN, Associate Dean for Global Health, Rutgers School of Nursing
They spoke about:
Current efforts around HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, globally.
Continued challenges around ensuring access to care in developing countries.
Good practices and lessons learned around addressing global HIV/AIDS.
This panel was part of a series to commemorate World AIDS Day that took place on December 1st.
World AIDS Day
The Global Health Outreach committee along with the Public Health Club had a great time handing out ribbons/spreading awareness on December 1st for World Aids Day!
Here are some statistics about HIV/AIDS....
Since the beginning of the epidemic, more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.
Globally, 36.7 million [34.0–39.8 million] people were living with HIV at the end of 2015. An estimated 0.8% [0.7-0.9%] of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV, although the burden of the epidemic continues to vary considerably between countries and regions.
Sub-Saharan Africa remains most severely affected, with nearly 1 in every 25 adults (4.4%) living with HIV and accounting for nearly 70% of the people living with HIV worldwide.