The Global Health Initiative's projects and partnerships contribute to sustainable development for improved health. This is done in a framework that connects local and international education, research and community service.

Objectives of project development

• Focus faculty contribution
• Make important contribution
• Create external country partnerships
• Profile University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry capacity
• Strengthen capacity of all involved

Projects

• Maternal and Neonatal Health Project Ethiopia (2012-2018)
  • A five year project undertaken with funding from the Government of Canada (DFATD)
  •  In partnership with Mount Royal University, Calgary; St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa; Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health
• Aga Khan Collaboration
  • Nairobi
  • Kenya and Dar Es Salaam
  • Tanzania (curriculum development for new medical school; cardiac sciences; NCD community research; family medicine; Field Station site)
• Uganda
  • Makerere Health Sciences
  • Kampala and Mbarara University of Science and Technology (both Field Station sites)
  • CIDA Tier II Grant (September 2000)
    • Awarded to Drs. W. Kipp, S. Houston, K. Hatcher, L. Laing with University of Makerere, for health system strengthening in Uganda, including:
      • development of training programs for District Medical Officers in health program planning and implementation
      • capacity strengthening of Makerere Faculty of Medicine for teaching and collaborative research at the community level
      • development of a medical student elective in a community setting to strengthen the quality of integrated care and
      • strengthen the focus of international health for the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
      • Mozambique Primary Health Care Curriculum and Research Project (with University of Saskatchewan)
• ICChange Collaboration
  • Kibera Electronic Medical Record Project
  • Nairobi
  • Moi University
  • Eldoret and
  • AMPATH collaboration under consideration
• Nepal
  • Patan Academy of Health Sciences
  • Kathmandu—extensive collaboration with multiple faculty and areas of medicine and public health (Field Station site)
• China: Programs in many areas of China
  • Fudan University (Field Station site)
  • Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau
  • Li Kai Shing Foundation, Shantou Medical School (Field Station site)
  • Capital Medical University, Beijing (Field Station site)
  • Anhui Medical College
  • Kunming, Chengdu and Chongqing Medical Colleges
  • Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
• Zambia Field School collaboration with School of Public Health (Field Station site)
• Latin America
  • Brazil
  • Ecuador
• Biomedical Research Programs
  • Joel Dacks
  • Lorne Tyrrell
• FIELD STATION PROGRAM for students, residents and faculty, currently in 8 countries and more being added.

Global health at UAlberta

• Global Health Fair (November 8, 2012)
• Global Health Biomedical Research Symposium (August 26, 2012 and May 2013)
• Global Health Rounds (every Monday at 12 - 1pm in Classroom F)
• Global Health Weekly (published every Wednesday; six pages of current global health and environmental news)
• Global Health Film Series with UAlberta International (November 7, 15, 22, 29, 2012)
• Global Health Advisory Committee with various committed faculty representatives
• Global Health Student Representatives from all four years as part of a collaboration with the Medical Students’ Association
• Membership in the UAlberta Global Citizenship Curriculum Development Program
• Membership in the UAlberta Strategic Advisory Committee for International Education (SACIE)

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry departments involved in global health

• Medicine (various involvements ID, Cardiology, Preventive Medicine)
• Family Medicine (developing strong program)
• Pediatrics (Uganda, Ghana, Nepal)
• Obstetrics and Gynecology (beginning engagement in Ethiopia)
• Surgery (new Office for Global Health Surgery; program in Kenya)
• Emergency Medicine (strong collaboration in Taiwan, Nepal, Uganda)
• Anesthesiology (with resident bursary)
• Rehabilitation Medicine
• Pathology (with Dr. Solez in Nepal)
• Oncology (in Nairobi at Aga Khan University)
• Endocrinology (in Nepal)
• Rheumatology (in Nepal)