SIFAT Scholarships Available

The Sparkman Center for Global Health is offering five student scholarships to attend a two-week intensive training course held at the Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology (SIFAT), May 15-28, 2011.

Commemorate Peace Corps’ 50th Anniversary

Join us for an evening to learn more about the organization, meet returned volunteers, and hear why Peace Corps is still relevant today. This event is sponsored by the Greater Birmingham Returned Peace Corps Volunteers in conjunction with the UAB Sparkman Center for Global Health.

Kickoff Event for Global Outreach Forum: Nobelity Film Screening

Please join us for the kickoff of UAB’s campus-wide forum for students, faculty, and staff to raise awareness of and promote global health endeavors across the UAB campus, in the local community, and beyond. We will be screening Nobelity, a feature documentary that is an eye opening and inspiring look at the world’s most pressing problems through the eyes of Nobel laureates.

From the Amazon to the Absheron Peninsula: Lessons Learned from U.S. Peace Corps Fellows & Applications to Nursing

Join us at the School of Nursing as Katie Rozofsky & Erin Gockel discuss lessons learned from the U.S. Peace Corps Fellows Program and applications to nursing.

Progress towards Eradication of Guinea Worm Disease and Updates on other Neglected Diseases

Elizabeth Callhan, MPH
Asst Director of Program Support, The Carter Center

April 8, 2011
10AM-11:30AM
Ryals Building, Room  407

Study Away in Honduras

July 30 – August 8, 2011

NUR 442/NUR 642: Health, Education & Social Welfare in a Global Community

Join renowned UAB Professors Dr. Lygia Holcomb and Dr. Jill Ross (UAB School of Nursing) for this once-in-a-lifetime cultural immersion experience.

UFWH News and Upcoming Events

Universities Fighting World Hunger was started in 2004 as a partnership between the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Auburn University. This initiative represents a campus best practice in international programming and sustainable human development.