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Telecommunications and health care: An HIV/AIDS warmline for communication and consultation in Rakai, Uganda

Post Date: 
2008-04-25
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Countries: 
Uganda
Publication: 
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
Hotlines and warmlines have been successfully used in the developed world to provide clinical advice; however, reports on their replicability in resource-limited settings are limited. A warmline was established in Rakai, Uganda, to support an antiretroviral therapy program. Over a 17-month period,...

Responding to the human resource crisis: Peer health workers, mobile phones, and HIV care in Rakai, Uganda.

Post Date: 
2008-03-15
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Countries: 
Uganda
Publication: 
AIDS Patient Care and STDs
Dear Editor: Two challenges to successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up in resource-limited settings (RLS) are human resource and healthcare infrastructure limitations.1 We read with interest the modeling study by Bärnighausen et al. which describes the complexities of ensuring adequate...

Nurses’ health education program in India increases HIV knowledge and reduces fear

Post Date: 
2007-11-30
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Countries: 
India
Publication: 
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Few health care facilities are adequately prepared to manage and care for HIV/AIDS patients in India. Nurses play a critical role in patient care but are often ill-equipped to deal with their own fears of occupational risk and handle the clinical aspects of HIV/AIDS care, leading to stigma and...

U.S. medical resident familiarity with national tuberculosis guidelines

Post Date: 
2007-08-02
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Countries: 
United States
Publication: 
BMC Infectious Diseases
Background: The ability of medical residents training at U.S. urban medical centers to diagnose and manage tuberculosis cases has important public health implications. We assessed medical resident knowledge about tuberculosis diagnosis and early management based on American Thoracic Society...

The traveling farm wife

Post Date: 
2007-01-15
Publication: 
American Journal of Medicine
In late summer, a 77-year-old woman was hospitalized after 9 days of chills, low-grade fever, fatigue, and generalized weakness. She did not have abdominal pain, coughing, diarrhea, dyspnea, jaundice, nausea, rashes, sore throat, vomiting, or weight loss. Her medical history was significant for...

Baseline duty hours recorded with time-cards: a pre-regulation study of internal medicine residents

Post Date: 
2006-07-15
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Countries: 
United States
Publication: 
Medical Education
Objective: The acquisition of data on resident duty hours has been largely dependent on self-report surveys collected in the surgical literature. We sought to implement and describe a simple method for monitoring internal medicine resident duty hours by using time-cards. Design: In 2002, internal...

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Pathways to Careers in the Health Professions

Post Date: 
2015-01-31
Page, K. Pathways to Careers in the Health Professions. University Council, Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD.

Global Health Panel Discussion

Post Date: 
2015-01-22
Gupta, A. Global Health Panel Discussion. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Global Health Webinar. Baltimore, MD.

Metabolic Complications/Inflammation Lecture

Post Date: 
2015-01-10
Gupta A. Metabolic Complications/Inflammation Lecture. 5th National Conference on HIV/AIDS Therapy. Mumbai, India.

Intro to mHealth

Post Date: 
2014-12-17
Change, L. Intro to mHealth. JHU-GmI Seminar. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

Quit History, Intentions to Quit, and Reasons for Considering Quitting Among Tobacco Users in India: Findings From the Wave 1 TCP India Survey

Post Date: 
2014-12-05
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Countries: 
India
Gauri G Dhumal , Mangesh S Pednekar, Lalit J Raute, Prakash C Gupta, Genevieve Sansone, Anne CK Quah, Geoffrey T Fong. Quit History, Intentions to Quit, and Reasons for Considering Quitting Among Tobacco Users in India: Findings From the Wave 1 TCP India Survey. APACT 2013, University of Waterloo,...

Conducting International Clinical Trials: Some Important Considerations

Post Date: 
2014-11-19
Gupta A. Conducting International Clinical Trials: Some Important Considerations. Johns Hopkins Clinical Investigation Course. Baltimore, MD.

GETHealth Summit to Bridge Health Workforce Gap in Developing Countries

Post Date: 
2014-11-10
Bollinger, R. GETHealth Summit to Bridge Health Workforce Gap in Developing Countries. GETHealth Summit. Dublin, Ireland.

Developing a Roadmap for Integration of TB/HIV Activities in Maternal and Child Health Setting

Post Date: 
2014-10-26
Gupta, A. Developing a Roadmap for Integration of TB/HIV Activities in Maternal and Child Health Setting. International Union for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health. Barcelona, Spain.

Global Health Opportunities: Conducting International Health Work from the US

Post Date: 
2014-10-14
Gupta, A. Global Health Opportunities: Conducting International Health Work from the US. Johns Hopkins Medical Student Global Health Elective. Baltimore, MD.

Advancing Public Reporting and Surveillance of Healthcare-associated Infections

Post Date: 
2014-10-06
Bollinger, R. Advancing Public Reporting and Surveillance of Healthcare-associated Infections. ID Week 2014. Philadelphia, PA. 2014.

Conducting HIV Research through the US and India HIV Clinical Trials Units

Post Date: 
2014-06-11
Gupta, A. Conducting HIV Research through the US and India HIV Clinical Trials Units. ICOHRTA-Fogarty Training Program. Baltimore, MD.

Finding Your Passion to Do Your Best Work and Have Fun

Post Date: 
2014-05-31
Page, K. Finding Your Passion to Do Your Best Work and Have Fun. Research Initiatives for Student Enhancement. Kennedy Krieger Institute. Baltimore, MD.

Medicine for the Greater Good—Next Steps

Post Date: 
2014-05-23
Bollinger, R. Medicine for the Greater Good—Next Steps. Residents Conference. Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine. JHU Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

Grant Writing: The Clinician Researcher Perspective

Post Date: 
2014-05-10
Gupta, A. Grant Writing: The Clinician Researcher Perspective. RePORT Meeting. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research. Pondicherry, India.

Integrating Engineering and Technology in to Prevention

Post Date: 
2014-05-07
Chang, L. Integrating Engineering and Technology in to Prevention. Centers for Intervention and Services Research Meeting. Baltimore, MD.

Inflammatory Markers and Incident TB: An International Case-Control Study

Post Date: 
2014-04-24
Gupta, A. Inflammatory Markers and Incident TB: An International Case-Control Study. Center for TB Research. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

JHU Entrepreneurship Week

Post Date: 
2014-04-21
Bollinger, R. JHU Entrepreneurship Week. Medical and Educational Perspectives, Inc. JHU Entrepreneurship Week. Baltimore, MD.

Identifying Global Trends and Gaps

Post Date: 
2014-04-21
Gupta, A. Identifying Global Trends and Gaps. Medical and Educational Perspectives, Inc., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Baltimore, MD.

Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in India

Post Date: 
2014-04-04
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Countries: 
India
Bollinger, R. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in India. Mylan HIV Course Series. JHU Global mHealth. Baltimore, MD.

Centro SOL: Salud and Opportunity for Latinos (and Beyond) A Case Study of How Passion and Diversity Drove Change at JHU

Post Date: 
2014-03-31
Page, K. Centro SOL: Salud and Opportunity for Latinos (and Beyond) A Case Study of How Passion and Diversity Drove Change at JHU. Centro SOL: Salud and Opportunity for Latinos (and Beyond) A Case Study of How Passion and Diversity Drove Change at JHU. Baltimore, MD.

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Telecommunications and health care: An HIV/AIDS warmline for communication and consultation in Rakai, Uganda

Post Date: 
2008-04-25
   |   
Countries: 
Uganda
Publication: 
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
Hotlines and warmlines have been successfully used in the developed world to provide clinical advice; however, reports on their replicability in resource-limited settings are limited. A warmline was established in Rakai, Uganda, to support an antiretroviral therapy program. Over a 17-month period,...

Responding to the human resource crisis: Peer health workers, mobile phones, and HIV care in Rakai, Uganda.

Post Date: 
2008-03-15
   |   
Countries: 
Uganda
Publication: 
AIDS Patient Care and STDs
Dear Editor: Two challenges to successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale-up in resource-limited settings (RLS) are human resource and healthcare infrastructure limitations.1 We read with interest the modeling study by Bärnighausen et al. which describes the complexities of ensuring adequate...

Nurses’ health education program in India increases HIV knowledge and reduces fear

Post Date: 
2007-11-30
   |   
Countries: 
India
Publication: 
Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
Few health care facilities are adequately prepared to manage and care for HIV/AIDS patients in India. Nurses play a critical role in patient care but are often ill-equipped to deal with their own fears of occupational risk and handle the clinical aspects of HIV/AIDS care, leading to stigma and...

U.S. medical resident familiarity with national tuberculosis guidelines

Post Date: 
2007-08-02
   |   
Countries: 
United States
Publication: 
BMC Infectious Diseases
Background: The ability of medical residents training at U.S. urban medical centers to diagnose and manage tuberculosis cases has important public health implications. We assessed medical resident knowledge about tuberculosis diagnosis and early management based on American Thoracic Society...

The traveling farm wife

Post Date: 
2007-01-15
Publication: 
American Journal of Medicine
In late summer, a 77-year-old woman was hospitalized after 9 days of chills, low-grade fever, fatigue, and generalized weakness. She did not have abdominal pain, coughing, diarrhea, dyspnea, jaundice, nausea, rashes, sore throat, vomiting, or weight loss. Her medical history was significant for...

Baseline duty hours recorded with time-cards: a pre-regulation study of internal medicine residents

Post Date: 
2006-07-15
   |   
Countries: 
United States
Publication: 
Medical Education
Objective: The acquisition of data on resident duty hours has been largely dependent on self-report surveys collected in the surgical literature. We sought to implement and describe a simple method for monitoring internal medicine resident duty hours by using time-cards. Design: In 2002, internal...

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Up Close: Matthew Robinson

Post Date: 
2016-02-01
Looking for Causes of Fever in India “The most common reason Indians go to the doctor is for fever. The list of potential causes for fever in India and other low and middle income countries in tropical settings is extensive.” Matt Robinson, MD, is a Clinical Fellow whose research in India aims to...

BJGMC Clinical Research Site Observes World AIDS Day

Post Date: 
2015-12-14
Pune, India—To mark the struggle of those living with HIV and in commemoration of those who have lost their lives, the Clinical Research Site at Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJGMC CRS) participated in the National AIDS Trust’s World AIDS Day . Each year on December 1, events are...

CCGHE At The Union 2015

Post Date: 
2015-11-30
JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR CLINICAL GLOBAL HEALTH EDUCATION AT THE UNION DECEMBER 2- 6 2015 | CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA Congratulations, Fogarty Fellows & Ujala Scholars! Dr. Anita Basavaraj, Ms. Jessica Elf, Dr. Sunita Girish, Dr. Nikhil Gupte, Dr. Aarti Kinikar, Dr. Rahul Lokhande, Dr. Jyoti...

Dr. D.A. Henderson Visits CCGHE

Post Date: 
2015-08-06
L-R: Matt Robinson, Bahkti Hansoti, Prar Vasudevan (front), Natasha Chida (back), Geneva Phillips, D.A. Henderson, Bob Bollinger, Akshay Gupte, Jeff Tornheim, Molly Bowen. Photo by Matt Williams Baltimore, MD—Drs. Bob Bollinger and Amita Gupta and CCGHE fellows and staff welcomed Dr. D.A. Henderson...

Registration Opens for 2015 Online Course on Caring for Survivors of Gender Based Violence

Post Date: 
2015-07-10
July 10, 2015--Registration is now open for the 6-week Massive, Open, Online Course (MOOC) Confronting Gender Based Violence: Global Lessons with Case Studies from India . The course will run from September 7 through October 17, 2015. The MOOC is...

CCGHE Faculty and Fogarty Scholars Meet with BJGMC Leadership

Post Date: 
2015-06-22
Baltimore, MD—Dr. Ajay S. Chandanwale, Dean, and other faculty leadership of Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJGMC) in Pune, India, arrived at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus today to meet with CCGHE faculty and Fogarty Scholars who are in Baltimore attending the Hopkins Summer...

Ujala Foundation Recognized for Commitment to Hopkins Work in India

Post Date: 
2015-04-30
Back Row: Ashlyn Sowell, Kelly Dooley, Jessica Elf, Rupak Shivakoti, Natasha Chida, Akshay Gupte, Jyoti Mathad, Leslie Bernard. Front Row: Molly Bowen, Bob Bollinger, Kamla Gupta, Raj Gupta, Amita Gupta, Jane McKenzie-White Photography: Jon Cristofersen Baltimore, MD—On April 30, 2015, the Ujala...

Joint Pledge of More than $5 Million to Support Health Research and Education in India

Post Date: 
2014-11-18
Source: 
The Campaign for Johns Hopkins
Gifts from the Ujala and Wyncote Foundations will create professorships and named scholars at the Center for Clinical Global Health Education For more than two decades, the Center for Clinical Global Health Education (CCGHE) at Johns Hopkins Medicine has...

Confronting Gender-based Violence Symposium

Post Date: 
2011-12-01
In December 2011, CCGHE and the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing hosted an event to launch a distance education course for clinicians focused on the prevention and management of gender-based violence. A live video link was established between Johns Hopkins Univeristy, Addis Ababa University in...

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