The UMass Amherst Institute for Global Health (IGH) welcomes Dr. Brijesh Sathian from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Aging and Dementia, Rumailah Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, in Doha, Qatar and a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University, to the IGH Global Health Seminar Series. Sathian will deliver a talk titled "Strategies for Mitigating Non-Communicable Disease Risks: A Global Health Perspective" on April 18, 2024, from 8:30-9:30 am via Zoom (passcode 2202).

Co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Honors College.

The UMass Amherst Institute for Global Health (IGH) welcomes Jen Kasper and Joel Sawady of Doctors for Global Health and Harvard Medical School to the IGH Global Health Seminar Series. Drs. Kasper and Sawady will deliver a talk titled "Doctors for Global Health in El Salvador: 28 Years of Accompaniment and How You Can Be Involved" on April 2, 2024, from 1-2 pm via Zoom (passcode 2202).

Drs. Kasper and Sawady are primary care physicians with decades of experience working hand-in-hand with poor, rural communities in Latin America to improve their health and well-being. As medical school faculty in the U.S., they bring in students and health professionals to learn about and participate in this work.

Doctors for Global Health (DGH) works to bring community-oriented primary care to communities around the world. DGH uses an "accompaniment" model, built on community empowerment and long-term partnership. Drs. Kasper and Sawady will review the history of DGH's work in one community in El Salvador, and the lessons that can be drawn from that work. They will also discuss how students and faculty alike can join in the work of DGH.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Research on Families (CRF), the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR), and the Center for International Education (CIE).

The UMass Amherst Institute for Global Health (IGH) welcomes Prof. Nazli Khatib, PhD, Head of the Division of Evidence Synthesis in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research in Wardha, India, to the IGH Global Health Seminar Series. Khatib will deliver a talk titled "Interventions for Promoting and Optimizing Breastfeeding Practices: An Overview" on March 14, 2024, from 8:30-9:30 am via Zoom (passcode 2202).

Co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Honors College.