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The Institute for Global Health (IGH)

@bccwh_global

The IGH at BC Women’s and Children’s Hospitals engages with partners in BC, Canada, and abroad for a shared commitment to health equity globally.

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📢 New publication! Community perspectives on maternal diets in Kenya, Mozambique & The Gambia highlight barriers to dietary diversity. Improving food access, nutrition knowledge & household support are critical. Read more: shorturl.at/Rk8ul #MaternalHealth #GlobalHealth

📢 New publication! Community perspectives on maternal diets in Kenya, Mozambique & The Gambia highlight barriers to dietary diversity. Improving food access, nutrition knowledge & household support are critical. Read more: shorturl.at/Rk8ul 
#MaternalHealth #GlobalHealth
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📢 Call for proposals! We're funding bold ideas that address the drivers of youth #mentalhealth in Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, & Vietnam! 🌍 Apply by June 24: bit.ly/3qG5m9E

📢 Call for proposals! We're funding bold ideas that address the drivers of youth #mentalhealth in Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, & Vietnam! 🌍

Apply by June 24: bit.ly/3qG5m9E
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Thank you Dr Mohammed Abdulaziz (Mohammed Abdulaziz) for starting our 2025 Global Health Conference with an engaging talk outlining existing capacity and policy for mental health and psychological support across Africa! 👏 Africa CDC BC Children's Hospital Research Institute BC Women's Hospital #globalhealth #mhpss

Thank you Dr Mohammed Abdulaziz (<a href="/zizo_man/">Mohammed Abdulaziz</a>) for starting our 2025 Global Health Conference with an engaging talk outlining existing capacity and policy for mental health and psychological support across Africa! 👏 

<a href="/AfricaCDC/">Africa CDC</a> <a href="/BCCHresearch/">BC Children's Hospital Research Institute</a>
<a href="/BCWomensHosp/">BC Women's Hospital</a>

#globalhealth #mhpss
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Two key takeaways from our first panel: 1. Mental health & psychological support is not a luxury, but an essential need during crises. 2. Context & community are critical to effective support. #globalhealth #mhpss Thank you Dr Hanna, Dr Augustinavicius, and Dr van Rensburg!

Two key takeaways from our first panel:

 1. Mental health &amp; psychological support is not a luxury, but an essential need during crises.

2. Context &amp; community are critical to effective support.

#globalhealth #mhpss

Thank you Dr Hanna, Dr Augustinavicius, and Dr van Rensburg!
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In our second keynote talk, conference co-chair Dr Mohamed Ibrahim highlights the role of traditional approaches and community in strengthening mental health care. #globalhealth #mhpss University of British Columbia VCH Research Institute

In our second keynote talk, conference co-chair Dr Mohamed Ibrahim highlights the role of traditional approaches and community in strengthening mental health care. 
#globalhealth #mhpss

<a href="/UBC/">University of British Columbia</a>  <a href="/VCHResearch/">VCH Research Institute</a>
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Our second panel emphasized the essential role of partnerships with funders, communities, NGOs, and Ministries in amplifying advocacy and finding resources to implement mental health services at scale. Thank you Brittney Dudar, Dr Kenneth Miller, and Dr Mohammed Abdulaziz!

Our second panel emphasized the essential role of partnerships with funders, communities, NGOs, and Ministries in amplifying advocacy and finding resources to implement mental health services at scale.

Thank you Brittney Dudar, Dr Kenneth Miller, and Dr Mohammed Abdulaziz!
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🎥 Got a PICU innovation to share? Join the global #PedsICU community for World PICU Awareness Week 2025 (May 3–9)! and Be part of a worldwide movement. 🌍 Share your story, inspire others, and help shape the future of care. 👉 More info: wfpiccs.org/2025-world-pic… #WPAW25

🎥 Got a PICU innovation to share?

Join the global #PedsICU community for World PICU Awareness Week 2025 (May 3–9)! and Be part of a worldwide movement. 🌍

Share your story, inspire others, and help shape the future of care.

👉 More info: wfpiccs.org/2025-world-pic…

#WPAW25
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🌍 Don't miss the Global Health Spotlight Series In Conversation with Dr. Srinivas Murthy! It will be a dynamic dialogue on his global health journey, current work, impact, and lessons driving equity and innovation in care. Register here:🔗 shorturl.at/YMfRd #GlobalHealth

🌍 Don't miss the Global Health Spotlight Series In Conversation with Dr. Srinivas Murthy! It will be a dynamic dialogue on his global health journey, current work, impact, and lessons driving equity and innovation in care. 
Register here:🔗 shorturl.at/YMfRd
#GlobalHealth
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Action on Sepsis members and partners are driving innovation in pediatric sepsis within British Columbia and across the globe! 🌎 This #PediatricSepsisWeek, we’re highlighting some of the vital work making a difference for children everywhere. Stay tuned!

Action on Sepsis members and partners are driving innovation in pediatric sepsis within British Columbia and across the globe! 🌎 This #PediatricSepsisWeek, we’re highlighting some of the vital work making a difference for children everywhere. Stay tuned!
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It's National Immunization Awareness Week! Learn about the importance of vaccinations to protect against sepsis and the work being done by the Vaccine Evaluation Centre (Vaccine Evaluation Center (VEC)): bcchr.ca/vec🔬 #NIAW2025

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Our work in BC 🇨🇦 Check out the Provincial Pediatric Sepsis Toolkit we developed with #ChildHealthBC! This includes clinician-facing materials and information for parents and caregivers. View here: shorturl.at/pJpgS #PediatricSepsisWeek Provincial Health Services Authority

Our work in BC 🇨🇦 Check out the Provincial Pediatric Sepsis Toolkit we developed with #ChildHealthBC! This includes clinician-facing materials and information for parents and caregivers. View here: shorturl.at/pJpgS #PediatricSepsisWeek <a href="/PHSAofBC/">Provincial Health Services Authority</a>
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🌍 Celebrate #WishboneDay2025 (an international awareness day for Osteogenesis Imperfecta) w/ GPED! Join this free webinar Wishbone Day in Action on May 5, 1PM GMT—exploring OI care in low-resource settings with global experts and real-world insights. ➡️ bit.ly/GPEDWBD2025Web…

🌍 Celebrate #WishboneDay2025 (an international awareness day for Osteogenesis Imperfecta) w/ GPED! Join this free webinar Wishbone Day in Action on May 5, 1PM GMT—exploring OI care in low-resource settings with global experts and real-world insights. 
➡️ bit.ly/GPEDWBD2025Web…
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Today, we celebrate the dedication and resilience of Africa’s health workforce. Thank you to every public health worker and team member helping build a healthier, safer continent. Your work matters. #AfricaCDC #LabourDay2025

Today, we celebrate the dedication and resilience of Africa’s health workforce.

Thank you to every public health worker and team member helping build a healthier, safer continent. Your work matters.

#AfricaCDC #LabourDay2025
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Need access to a free, online, searchable library of all of the evidence that informed the milestone The Lancet Global Health #Oxygen Commission Report and much more? Check out the A2O₂ Resource Library👉a2o2resources.org/about/ Courtesy PATH! #InvestinOxygen #GlobalOxygenAlliance

Need access to a free, online, searchable library of all of the evidence that informed the milestone <a href="/LancetGH/">The Lancet Global Health</a> #Oxygen Commission Report and much more?

Check out the A2O₂ Resource Library👉a2o2resources.org/about/

Courtesy <a href="/PATHtweets/">PATH</a>!

#InvestinOxygen #GlobalOxygenAlliance
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🌟Join us Fri, May 9 (12–1pm) for Pediatric Grand Rounds with Prof. Tex Kissoon: “Sepsis – From Global to Local Solutions.” Recognize the importance of local initiatives & strategies in the prevention and identification of pediatric sepsis. 🌍 ➡️ shorturl.at/tstsi #sepsis

🌟Join us Fri, May 9 (12–1pm) for Pediatric Grand Rounds with Prof. Tex Kissoon: “Sepsis – From Global to Local Solutions.” Recognize the importance of local initiatives &amp; strategies in the prevention and identification of pediatric sepsis. 🌍
➡️ shorturl.at/tstsi
#sepsis
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🎙️Don’t miss the Global Health Spotlight Series – In Conversation with Dr. Kishore Mulpuri on May 20! Hear his insights and impact in global child health. Discover how his experiences shaped innovative & equitable care models. #GlobalHealth Register➡️ shorturl.at/7iwiw

🎙️Don’t miss the Global Health Spotlight Series – In Conversation with Dr. Kishore Mulpuri on May 20! Hear his insights and impact in global child health. Discover how his experiences shaped innovative &amp; equitable care models.  #GlobalHealth
Register➡️ shorturl.at/7iwiw
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Thanks to the Smart discharge program by Walimu , our children's ward received a 65 inch television screen to facilitate health education and fight child mortality. More on this story is in this link: lacorhospital.org/fighting-child…

Thanks to the Smart discharge program by <a href="/WalimuNGO/">Walimu</a> , our children's ward received a 65 inch television screen to facilitate health education and fight child mortality. More on this story is in this link: lacorhospital.org/fighting-child…
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Improve the use of pulse oximetry in your health facility with a new, free, downloadable, customizable infographic from OpenOximetry.org! Just click openoximetry.org/infographic-bu… to get started And learn how clinicians in #Pakistan🇵🇰 #Nigeria 🇳🇬 & #Uganda 🇺🇬are using the

Improve the use of pulse oximetry in your health facility with a new, free, downloadable, customizable infographic from OpenOximetry.org!

Just click openoximetry.org/infographic-bu…  to get started 

And learn how clinicians in #Pakistan🇵🇰 #Nigeria 🇳🇬 &amp; #Uganda 🇺🇬are using the
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What if the danger begins after discharge? Too many children in Uganda die after leaving the hospital. Our Smart Discharges Program is changing that and saving lives with tech-driven follow-ups and risk detection. Now scaling nationwide with the Ministry of Health- Uganda.

What if the danger begins after discharge?
Too many children in Uganda die after leaving the hospital.

Our Smart Discharges Program is changing that and saving lives with tech-driven follow-ups and risk detection. Now scaling nationwide with the <a href="/MinofHealthUG/">Ministry of Health- Uganda</a>.
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📢Announcing the 2025-26 IGH Seed Grant Competition! The purpose of this grant is to catalyze the development of high-quality global health projects in research, education, or capacity-building that transform child & maternal health. For more information➡️shorturl.at/2uPJl

📢Announcing the 2025-26 IGH Seed Grant Competition! The purpose of this grant is to catalyze the development of high-quality global health projects in research, education, or capacity-building that transform child &amp; maternal health.
For more information➡️shorturl.at/2uPJl