May 28, 2013 - 7:18am
Dr. Katharine Rae (Pediatrics) completed a rotation at Weill Bugando in Mwanza, Tanzania, in March-April 2013
One of the things that drew me to the Cornell Pediatrics residency program was the chance to participate in the Tanzania rotation. I have done another trip somewhat similar in medical school... Read More
May 20, 2013 - 1:15pm
Dean Laurie Glimcher returned from her first visit to Haiti at the beginning of this year. Her visit coincided with the 3rd anniversary of the earthquake. She sat down with Dr. Daniel Fitzgerald, co-Director of the Center for Global Health, to talk about Weill Cornell’s program in Haiti, and the... Read More
May 20, 2013 - 1:15pm
Today I'm speaking with Dr. Dan Fitzgerald, associate professor of medicine and co-director of our Center for Global Health. Dr. Fitzgerald works primarily in Haiti, providing medical care to people in one of the poorest places in the Western Hemisphere. I have recently returned from my first trip to... Read More
April 24, 2013 - 6:42am
The construction of the Tuberculosis Hospital at GHESKIO-IMIS in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is currently underway and is on track to be completed in August 2013.
April 3, 2013 - 11:32am
On March 21st and 22nd, WCMC hosted a World TB Day Symposium in Uris Auditorium. The event was organized by Kyu Rhee, M.D., Ph.D., and Sabine Ehrt, Ph.D., from the Departments of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology. Professors and researchers from a number of institutions gathered to discuss... Read More
April 3, 2013 - 11:00am
On January 12, 2010, the earthquake in Haiti ushered in a new relationship between the health clinic GHESKIO and the Village of God slum. Prior to the earthquake, sick individuals from the Village of God made their way across the street to GHESKIO, but over the past year, this relationship has become... Read More
March 12, 2013 - 7:54am
From Left to Right: Archbishop Guire Poulard, Prince Albert II, Dr. Jean Pape, and Mrs. Chantal Mérieux
Prince Albert II, the reigning monarch of the Principality of Monaco, visited GHESKIO on Friday, February 15th. In 2010 the Principality of Monaco pledged to support the... Read More
November 21, 2012 - 5:54am
(Left to right: Drs. Abdallah Mlwati, Rehema Shedafa, and Awilly Chofle)
Drs. Abdallah Mlwati, Rehema Shedafa, and Awilly Chofle, from Mwanza, Tanzania, are currently completing a 6-week rotation in the Department of Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital through... Read More
October 17, 2012 - 12:17pm
The GHESKIO kindergarten and primary school opened its doors in October 2010 on the GHESKIO campus. The school, called “Ecole Maternelle et Primaire de GHESKIO”, teaches children from six to twelve years old whose former schools were destroyed by the earthquake. In addition to the required basic... Read More
September 6, 2012 - 6:33am
Each summer, Cornell University undergraduate students and medical students from WCMC and WCMC-Qatar travel to Mwanza, Tanzania, to complete an 8-week internship in Weill Bugando Medical Center (WBMC). Students have the opportunity to rotate through departments in the hospital with Tanzanian medical... Read More
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