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Global Health at CHOP: It Takes a Village
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Savarra Mantzor, MD, the 2015-17 Botswana Pincus Fellow, is one of the exceptional pediatricians who recently completed her fellowship with CHOP in Botswana. Read her story.
How Medical Education Can Change the World: CHOP’s 10th Annual Pediatric Global Health Conference
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CHOP's annual Pediatric Global Health Conference featured conversations about sustainability in pediatric education and lectures and discussions on surgery and anesthesia.
Advancing Global Pediatric Oncology in Sub-Saharan Africa: One CHOP David N. Pincus Global Health Fellow's Journey
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After participating in rotations in Nicaragua, Brazil, South Africa and Swaziland, and implementing a maternal-child health program in Nepal, Dr. Westmoreland knew she wanted to pursue a long-term career in global health. Learn about her journey.
Creating Meaningful Global Health Rotations
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Dr. Congdon's experience with the Global Health track illustrates how each of the five pillars adopted by the Pediatrics Residency Program helps to create a meaningful rotation experience.
Forging New Paths in Global Health
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The Pediatric Residency Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offers innovative training and research opportunities in the Dominican Republic and Botswana.
David N. Pincus Global Health Fellowship: Impacting Global Child Health in Resource-limited Settings
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Chloe Turner, MD, a David N. Pincus Global Health Fellow in the DR, provides an excellent example of the impact the program can have for the fellows as well as the communities in which they work.
The Role of Fathers in Improving the Health of Children
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During his David N. Pincus Global Health Fellowship, Dr. Callender sought to understand what role fathers in underprivileged communities played in their children’s health outcomes.
Determining the Effectiveness of PCV13 Vaccine in Dominican Republic
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A fellowship research project helped identify the prevalence of pneumococcal infections in the Dominican Republic (DR). The findings will be shared with the DR’s Ministry of Public Health to help improve vaccine rates.
“Health for All” — World Health Day 2018
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Through training, research and clinical care, the Global Health team at CHOP is committed to contributing to the "Health for All" mission.
Global Health Exchange Program: A Not So Tiny Story
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Through Penn and CHOP’s collaboration with PMH, Dr. Mazhani had access to the resources young Botswana’s doctors desperately need and to additional mentorship, training opportunities and research expertise.