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Sacred Valley Health is an NGO working to improve health care access and equity in Peru's Sacred Valley. Check out the Community Coordinator position here: Ayni Wasi_SVH Job description. Erin Ryan, a current IH student, is doing her practicum there this summer. If you would like to talk to her about... More
Global Health Fellows Program II eHealth Intern Office of Health Systems, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC Location: Washington, DC October 1, 2013 - December 24, 2013: Compensated 12 Week Internship The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public... More
IH Department seeks to fill the Academic Services Coordinator position. Note - due to the confidential student information this position encounters, there is a strong preference for not hiring a current IH concentrator in the MPH degree program. Graduates of the program are welcome to apply.
The article “Steps to a Sustainable Public Health Surveillance Enterprise,” co-authored by BUSPH grads Nabila Mirza (’13) and Tera Reynolds (’11), was published in the latest issue of OJPHI released on June 30, 2013. The paper presents the recommendations of a Sustainable Surveillance Workgroup convened by the International Society for... More
Department of International Health faculty have been selected as finalists for the Gates Foundation-funded “Saving Lives at Birth” project. Their two proposals are described below. Unlike most of the peer-reviewed competitions we enter at DIH/CGHD, there is a “popular choice” option in this competition. You can support Lisa J. Messersmith, PhD, MPH, More
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Great way to volunteer your time this summer in Boston! Saturday’s/Sunday’s Bread is a program that serves free hot meals to people in need in Boston every Saturday and Sunday at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, 35 Bowdoin Street, Boston More info: Saturday's Bread
United for Health Abyssinia is a small nonprofit organization working to control and treat Tuberculosis in Ethiopia. We are currently working to create a brand for our organization, and through that process need to revamp our organization's website. We are in search of someone with website development experience who would... More
Fenway Health’s Violence Recovery Program (VRP) provides counseling, support groups, advocacy, and referral services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and queer (LGBTQ) victims of bias crime, domestic violence, sexual assault, and police misconduct. Coordinator of Community Engagement and Outreach [Job ID #442] The Coordinator of Community Engagement and Outreach will primarily... More
Save the date-Career Services Annual Fellowship Fair being held on Thursday, September 26th, from 4-5:45pm
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Global Health Fellows Program II Technical Advisor II: Health Advisor Office of Technical Support, Bureau for Asia, United States Agency for International Development Location: Washington, DC Assignment: Two-year fellowship GHFP-II-P2-088 The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with CDC Development Solutions... More
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