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Register here to tune into The Humanitarian Assistance Podcast on December 17th 10:00AM-11:00AM As the numbers of migrants and refugees entering Europe continue to increase, data collection and analysis, particularly through mobile technology, social media, and crowdsourcing, provide humanitarian actors with key insights into critical protection gaps and emerging trends. Yet... More
Due to demand, the Pardee Center invites Boston University graduate students interested in applying for our 2016 Graduate Summer Fellows program to a second information session at the Pardee House, 67 Bay State Road, on Friday, December 11, 2015 from 12:00-1:15pm (lunch will be provided starting at 11:30 am). Seating... More
Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute is expanding their adolescent and HSS programs, so they are hiring many Project Managers! If you are looking for a job in South Africa look to see if your skills match these job profiles: Research Assistant (Research Centre 1-year fixed term contract) Counselor: Adolescent Innovations Project Project... More
The Population Council is looking for a Digital Communications Coordinator to join its Office of Strategic Communications. Primary responsibilities include writing and posting content for the Council’s website and social media channels, and coordinating an annual review and update of the Council’s website content. This is a newly created position and... More
Researchers in the CGHD are looking for a student to help develop an electronic data collection system using Survey CTO/ODK. This will be used to support the Maternity Homes Access in Zambia Project (the MAHMAZ Project) in administering a ~350 question household survey to approximately 2,500 households during baseline data collection... More
Overview: In August 2012, Last Mile Health launched a new pilot project to provide lifesaving care to rural communities in the most remote corners of Liberia. We partnered with a small rural clinic and began training a cohort of community health workers (CHW), with the goal of designing an integrated, scalable... More
Please join students, faculty and staff as students from GH795, the Global AIDS Epidemic class, debate the following topics: Mandatory HIV testing of partners of people living with HIV (December 8th) Harm reduction vs. arrest and detention of people who inject drugs (December 8th) AIDS colonies: pro vs. con (December 15th) Students will bring... More
December GH Concentrator's Meeting will be a CE Information Session on Monday, December 14 from 1 - 2pm in CT - 305. Please RSVP to attend.
24th Annual Boston University Graduate Student Conference in African Studies March 25-‐‑26, 2016 Call for Papers - Mobilizing Africa: Innovation, Syncretism, and Appropriation Learn more and apply by January 15, 2016.
The Community Health Assessment in Mexico: a field practicum course, which runs in the Summer, from May 9 - July 15, 2016 - for 10 weeks, is accepting applications until January 22. See the link for more details: https://www.bu.edu/ghblast/gh-practicum/mexico/
The Global Health Department is in negotiations with a partner organization, to offer a field course in Tanzania for Summer 2016. If approved, this 6–week, 6-credit course, would run from mid-May through June. It will build upon 9 years of experience of offering GH707, the Kenya Field Practicum course. The... More
Monitoring Learning and Evaluation Lead Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Organization’s Background The State of Uttar Pradesh has 60 million people living below the poverty line, this is the highest number of absolute poor in the country. As daunting as these numbers might be, they do not even... More
Social and Behavior Change Communication Intern Policy, Evaluation and Communication Division, Office of Population and Reproductive Health, Bureau for Global health, United States Agency for International Development Location: Washington, DC/Arlington, VA | February 2016 - August 2016: Compensated 6 month Internship | INT-P5-014 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year... More
We have exciting news for those of you interested in taking a language for credit. Swahili with a Health Focus (CAS LE491) will be offered for 2 credits on the BU Medical Campus in Spring 2016. If you are interested in taking the course, please complete this short survey by... More
