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Pandemics and Primary Health Care Resilience: Why This Matters …

WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has upended the delivery of routine and emergency medical care around the world. Primary care systems that often serve as a first point of medical contact are stretched and stressed, making the delivery of comprehensive and coordinated care a challenge. Here are three key takeaways from this week's webinar.

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How to persuade people to stay home: A century of social science

WebWith social distancing and shelter-in-place mandates in effect worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic is necessitating large-scale behavior change and taking a significant psychological toll. How can leaders and the media promote cooperative behavior? What kind of messages work best? Northwestern University professor of political science Dr. Jamie …

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Lessons we can—and can’t—apply from HIV/AIDS to COVID-19

WebCountless headlines of late have compared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to HIV/AIDS. When are these comparisons useful and when are they misleading?

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Global Drug Crisis

WebMorbidity and mortality from non-medical drug use continue s to rise, costing the U.S. alone $1.5 trillion annually. Yet the global costs of the drug crisis are less understood due to a lack of data, which has hindered the development of effective policies for mitigation and prevention. This group aims to build an active drug surveillance system and drug policy …

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GlobeMed celebrates 15 years of lasting impact in global health …

WebThis year marks the 15th anniversary of GlobeMed, a Northwestern Buffett-supported student organization dedicated to mobilizing students and grassroots leaders to improve public health worldwide. Originally founded in 2006 by a group of Northwestern students seeking opportunities to contribute to global health equity, GlobeMed has …

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Climate Action at Northwestern Buffett: Buffett Institute for Global

WebDiana Elhard, a member of Northwestern's virtual delegation to COP28 and a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern, will participate in this event as the discussant for the third of three sections, which will be focused on gender and the negotiations at COP28. Her research focuses on climate finance negotiations, and …

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Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

WebThe Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs advances research and teaching about the world beyond the borders of the United States. We are a beacon for cutting-edge international scholarship and global engagement across Northwestern’s twelve undergraduate, graduate and professional schools.

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Global Media Representations of Mental Health/Illness

WebThe Global Media Representations of Mental Health/Illness group will help rewrite dominant narratives and understandings of mental health in the U.S. and globally to better capture the complex determinants, inequalities, forms of knowledge production and activism at work.

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Food and Water Insecurity: ‘A Borderless Topic’

WebMore than 60 thought leaders gathered in Mexico City in April 2023 to discuss how better measurement can lead to global progress in public health. Sera Young, professor of anthropology at Northwestern, and Pablo Gaitán Rossi, director of Iberoamericana’s Research Institute for Equitable Development (EQUIDE), led the …

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Disproportionate Impacts of Environmental Challenges

WebThe Disproportionate Impacts of Environmental Challenges Working Group aims to help address some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges and their outsized effects on marginalized communities.

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Trauma, Music and the Breath

WebWith a focus of contributing toward United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being, the Trauma, Music and the Breath Global Working Group is developing evidence-based musical interventions for therapeutic outcomes in children that a ddress childhood trauma and the youth mental health crisis.These interventions will be …

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Defusing Disasters

WebThe Defusing Disasters Working Group aims to mitigate the adverse effects of extreme weather events in Chicago and beyond by leveraging diverse expertise, research and community engagement. Through strategic partnerships and evidence-based approaches, the group strives to empower and support vulnerable populations and enhance urban …

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Can Environmental Activism Save the World

WebCan environmental activism save the world? And, if so, how? As the world continues to grapple with the cascading consequences of our global environmental crisis, the urgent need for collective action has never been clearer. Northwestern Professor of Management and Organizations Brayden King joined Illinois Sierra Club Deputy Director …

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Northwestern’s Third Delegation to COP28 Joins Global Partners in …

WebNorthwestern's delegation will observe negotiations, share their thought leadership in panel discussions and research presentations, attend events hosted by climate leaders across the world and foster international connections. The delegation is supported by the Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs.

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Trauma, Music and the Breath Global Working Group Video

WebYoung people need innovative, cost-effective approaches to alleviate mental health challenges and foster wellbeing. The Trauma, Music and the Breath Global Working Group opens a window into how music and breathwork can support children’s health and wellbeing. This video is an overview of their work.

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The Pitfalls and Potential of International Cooperation

WebMany observers are excited that Joe Biden’s presidency promises to bring international cooperation back into American foreign policy, but whose interests are advanced and whose are harmed by international agreements?

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Samanvi Kanugula Shows How GlobeMed Is More Than Your …

WebWhen Samanvi Kanugula (Weinberg ’22) applied to join GlobeMed her freshman year, she had no idea how deeply the organization would influence her life. GlobeMed is a student organization founded at Northwestern University that is dedicated to global health equity. The group has weekly meetings to discuss international social …

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International Conference Travel Grant: Buffett Institute for Global

WebNorthwestern doctoral students in years 3-7 and terminal master’s students are eligible. Applicants must be working on international and comparative topics and seeking to present their work at an international (non-U.S.-located) conference to qualify for this grant. Graduate students who are enrolled in a non-terminal master’s program may have …

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