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OGHG www.oxfordghg.co.uk
Oxford Global Health Group is a student-run society that
raises awareness of global issues with weekly seminars from
experts, conferences and fundraising.
Careers Fair 2011 Programme
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6.o5pm: Susan Wright
Human rights lawyer and director of Doctors
of the World
6.45pm: Dr Anita Makins
Médecins Sans Frontières: Emergency
Medical Care in Sierra Leone
7.30pm: Lord Nigel Crisp
‘Turning the World upside down- the search
for Global Healthcare in the 21st Century’
8.10pm: Dr Juliet Bedford
Director of Anthrologica-applied
anthropology of healthcare
'Global Health initiatives: why patient
perspectives matter'
www.medsin.org
Medsin is a network of students with an interest in health,
there are branches at universities across the UK. Medsin’s
activities aim to promote local health as well as educating
students about health inequalities.
28th February, 6 – 9pm, MSTC
Talks
Medsin
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Medicine Africa
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London School of Tropical Medicine
www.medicineafrica.com
MedicineAfrica.com is a platform which allows live case
based medical teaching and support over the internet. It has
been designed specifically to try and replicate clinical
teaching as near as is possible, and bring the expertise of
the global medical workforce as near to the world’s bedsides
as possible.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/courses/
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is
Britain's national school of public health and a leading
postgraduate institution for public health and tropical
medicine. Training is provided through taught Masters
Courses, Research Degrees, and through distance learning.
In addition, a short study programme provides intensive
advanced learning.
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Conflict medicine
202 (Midlands) Field Hospital is a Territorial Army medical
unit, with training detachments in Stoke, Abingdon,
Shrewsbury and Kings Heath. As one of the Army’s leading
Field Hospitals, we have a diverse staff base with extensive
management, clinical and medical support trade expertise,
with proven success on military operations abroad.
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VSO
www.vso.org
VSO is an international development charity that works
through volunteers. We believe in a world without poverty
where people work together to fulfil their potential. Instead
of providing money or food, we provide skilled professionals
who share their talents and expertise with communities in
some of the poorest countries in the world to make change
that will last.
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The Campaign for Greener Healthcare
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The Campaign for Greener Healthcare is a dynamic,
independent team working on the interface between health
and sustainability to bring health messages into the centre
of the climate change agenda and to transform healthcare
for a sustainable future.
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www3.imperial.ac.uk/schisto
SCI is an independent unit within Imperial College London.
We aim to coordinate the funding and drug donations which
will allow African countries endemic for Neglected Tropical
Diseases to offer annual treatment to up to 400 million
people (focusing on school aged children) to improve the
quality of their lives and prevent serious illness in later life.
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Global Health Trials
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Mercy Ships UK www.mercyships.org.uk
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OxPal Medlink
Oxford University Medical School has a history of supporting
medical education in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt),
with various consultants and academics affiliated to the
university visiting the region and providing teaching and
training on an annual basis. OxPal MEDLINK is the natural
progression from these informal arrangements with the aim
of promoting long-term collaborations and an exchange of
knowledge. The link includes medical elective exchanges
between Oxford University and the four medical school
campuses in the oPt, regular online case-based teaching, and
a platform for medical students and professionals to
exchange knowledge and collaborate in research projects.
www.globalhealthtrials.org
Globalhealthtrials.org is an open collaboration aiming to
facilitate the conduct of non-commercial clinical trials across
all diseases in resource-limited settings. As part of the
Department of Tropical Medicine we conduct research all
over the world. If you are interested in learning about doing
research abroad, drop by and see us.
Mercy Ships operates the world’s largest charity hospital
ship. Dedicated medical teams and crew provide surgeries
and surgical training, health education and onshore medical
development. We are currently serving Sierra Leone, where
child mortality is highest. Dr Keith Thomson will be on stand
from 7.15 to answer questions about surgery and
anaesthesiology in Africa.
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
www.map-uk.org
MAP works for the health and dignity of Palestinians living
under occupation and as refugees. Established in the
aftermath of the massacre at Sabra and Shatila, MAP delivers
health and medical care to those worst affected by conflict,
occupation and displacement. Working in partnership with
local health providers and hospitals, MAP addresses a wide
range of health issues and challenges faced by the
Palestinian people. MAP responds rapidly in times of crisis,
and works directly with communities in the longer term on
health development.
Anthrologica www.anthrologica.com
Anthrologica is a research-based organisation specialising in
the applied anthropology of healthcare. It was established to
develop appropriate and sustainable processes for improving
health and healthcare especially in resource scarce settings.
Anthrologica is developing specific expertise in incorporating
the needs and perceptions of intended beneficiaries into
healthcare policy and programming to ensure that it is
contextually relevant and that opportunities for improving
health are maximised.
Schistosomiasis Control Initiative
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Christian Medical Fellowship
www.cmf.org.uk
Offers a database of organisations, events and opportunities
in International Health on its website. An elective handbook
and directory are available. The Developing Health Course
teaches a broad range of topics and practical skills –
students are welcome on Special Interest Days.
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Engineering World Health www.ewh-oxford.org
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EWH-Oxford aims to mobilize the biomedical engineering
community to improve the quality of health care in
vulnerable communities of the developing world. EWHOxford's approach is closely related to this mission, although
it concentrates on the core strengths of Oxford's Institute of
Biomedical Engineering (IBME) in the Department of
Engineering Science. These strengths include telelmedicine,
mHealth, data mining, artificial intelligence and signal
processing.
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Giving what we can
information@givingwhatwecan.org
Giving What We Can encourages people to donate a
significant portion of their income to charities that work the
most cost-effectively at combating poverty in the developing
world. Currently, our most recommended charities are those
that treat Neglected Tropical Diseases, such as
Schistosomiasis
King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk
King’s Health Partners is a pioneering collaboration between
King’s College London and three NHS Foundation Trusts.
Global Health has been identified as a key cross-cutting
theme and is driven from the Global Health Offices, which
houses our Global Health Intercalated BSc (and soon MSc),
our research on health system strengthening and our
capacity building programmes.
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Global Health Corps
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TALC www.talkuk.org
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Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC) is a charity dedicated to
providing affordable educational resources (largely books)
and accessories to doctors and health workers worldwide.
The materials are aimed at users in developing countries.
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MSF
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International Network for Cancer
Treatment and Research www.inctr.org
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http://ghcorps.org
Global Health Corps (GHC) aims to strengthen the movement
for global health equity and improve the quality of health
care services for the poor by connecting outstanding young
leaders with organizations working on the front lines in the
fight for global health.
Book sale
HIFA2015
www.hifa2015.org
Healthcare Information For All by 2015 is a global campaign
and email discussion forum. Our goal is: By 2015, every
person worldwide will have access to an informed healthcare
provider. HIFA2015 has more than 3200 professional
members in 157 countries worldwide, from WHO,
governments, research institutions, universities, NGOs,
hospitals, and primary healthcare facilities. Hundreds of
medical, nursing and midwifery students are active members
of HIFA2015, in the UK and worldwide. Together we are
working to avoid unnecessary death and suffering in
developing countries, due to lack of availability and use of
reliable information for healthcare providers.
Lord Nigel Crisp
www.msf.org.uk
MSF is an independent humanitarian medical aid
organisation. They are committed to providing medical aid
where it is most needed, regardless of race, religion, politics
or gender and also to raising awareness of the plight of the
people they help.
70% of all cancer deaths occur in Developing countries where
globally cancer is killing more people than HIV/AIDS, TB and
malaria combined. The not-for-profit International Network
for Cancer Treatment and Research (INCTR) helps Developing
countries build up their capacity for cancer care and reduce
the suffering of terminally ill patients.
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Africa Health Placements
www.ahp.org.za/
Africa Health Placements(AHP) is a not-for-profit project that
aims to support the recruitment and retention of public
sector health professionals in Africa.
Surgery Abroad/CURE international
CURE International is a Christian charity that builds and runs
surgical hospitals in the poorest parts of the world. It
started in 1998 and currently has hospitals in Kenya,
Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Niger, Ethiopia, Honduras,
Dominican Republic, Afghanistan and UAE. It runs a hospital
in China and is shortly to open one in Bethlehem.
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World Anaesthesia http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa
World Anaesthesia is a specialty group that grew out of the
successful Oxford course "Anaesthesia for Developing
Countries". We assist colleagues in the developing world by
training in the different technology, drugs, logistics and
personnel requirements for safe anaesthesia (and hence
surgery) to the majority of the world's people.
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UCL Global Health MSc
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Islamic Relief
www..ucl.ac.uk
Climate change, economic crisis, poor governance, vast
inequalities in health: today’s global health challenges
demand a new approach which explores health within its
broader development context. Taking a cross-disciplinary
approach, UCL's MSc in Global Health & Development will
challenge you to understand the complex forces that shape
health worldwide and help you to design a programme of
study well-suited to your needs.
www.islamic-relief.org.uk
Islamic Relief strives to alleviate suffering, hunger, illiteracy
and diseases worldwide without regard to colour, race or
creed and to provide aid in a compassionate and dignified
manner. We aim to provide rapid relief in the event of manmade or natural disasters.
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Doctors of the World (Medecins du
Monde) www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk
Doctors of the World UK is part of the Medecins du Monde
network which has celebrated 30 years of delivering
healthcare before during and after a crisis. We work across
the world, as well as across Europe, helping vulnerable
people access the healthcare they need.
Global Health Careers Fair,
Medical Sciences Teaching
Centre
6-9pm 28th February