News & Events

February 1, 2011 - 12:06pm
  Neurosurgical Missions in Tanzania Neurosurgical diseases have a dramatic impact on society and on economic conditions in developing countries but, unfortunately, are not on the radar screen of governmental or private health or support organizations. In East Africa traumatic brain injuries,... Read More
January 24, 2011 - 8:16am
  March 17, 2011 "Poverty and Disease in the Developing World: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa" Dr. Estomih Mtui: Associate Professor of Anatomy in Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College   Qatar Global Health Club: Estomih Mtui from Cornell Global Health on Vimeo.     February 2... Read More
January 12, 2011 - 6:14am
A Haitian family living in GHESKIO's tent camp. The three young boys are being treated for tuberculosis. In the twelve months following the earthquake, we continued lifesaving HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis treatment for thousands of patients, provided humanitarian relief to 7,... Read More
October 4, 2010 - 6:39am
By Dr. Christina Gagliardo, now a pediatric infectious disease fellow at Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical CenterDr. Gagliardo and a new friend at Weill Bugando 1/29/10 through 3/14/10, Weill Bugando Medical Center, Mwanza, Tanzania   Having done some work in... Read More
October 3, 2010 - 7:40am
  Mr. Shaibu Hussen, 40, from Kigoma Msimba, was attacked by a crocodile on May 2nd, 2010. Mr. Hussen is a farmer who grows tomatoes and other vegetables. He lives in Msimba but goes to Mgumili village where his farmland is. On that day, Mr. Hussen was next to his farmland fishing in Lake Tanganyika.... Read More
October 1, 2010 - 8:06am
  Dr. Jean Pape, founder and director of GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, received a Clinton Global Citizen Award from former President Bill Clinton during a ceremony in New York City on Thursday, Sept 23. Dr. Pape, honored for his leadership... Read More
September 20, 2010 - 1:26pm
November 3, 2010 at 4pm in Uris AuditoriumPanel on WCMC/NYP Response to Haiti Earthquake Perspectives from:Patrice Severe, MD, senior physician, GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince, HaitiSatchit Balsari, MD, MPH, Emergency Medicine at NYPDebra Tupé, PhD, MPH, MS, OTR/L, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy... Read More
September 15, 2010 - 7:21am
September 18, 2009President John Kufuor Former President of Ghana (2001-2009); Global Ambassador against Hunger for the UN World Food Programme October 12, 2009Joia Mukherjee, MD, MPH Medical Director, Partners In Health Director; Institute for Health and Social Justice Assistant Professor of Medicine,... Read More
August 24, 2010 - 10:23am
by Charles Vorkas  Charles (MD'11) is a Fogarty Scholar working with the University of North Carolina in Lilongwe, Malawi Dr. Dumbani Kayira and Charles Kyriakos Vorkas standing in front of the Bwaila In-patient TB Ward where they study HIV/TB and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis.                ... Read More
July 12, 2010 - 4:27pm
  Within 24 hours of the Haiti earthquake, GHESKIO was providing care to its established cohort of HIV patients, and emergency services to earthquake victims. Weill Cornell Medical College has been affiliated with GHESKIO for thirty years. Weill Cornell has received donations in support of GHESKIO from... Read More

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