Courtney is a junior studying Journalism and Global Health, while pursuing the pre-medical track. Passionate about global health policy and management, she wants to better understand the health outcomes of vulnerable populations and how social determinants shape them. At Northwestern, she is involved with the Global Engagement Summit and works at a neonatology lab at the Feinberg Medical School downtown.
Back in March, I participated in the Emory International Global Health Case Competition. The experience was, first and foremost, incredibly humbling. To be in a space full of experts and students of different disciplines but all converge on their commitment to global health was really invaluable. The competition was energetic and engaging, and made me
I spent last fall in Barcelona, interning at Catalonia’s branch of Médicos del Mundo – or translated in English, Doctors of the World. This is an international human rights organization that empowers and provides health services for vulnerable populations. Today, 400 programs exist in over 80 countries, and the programs are largely spearheaded by local
On February 18, 2017, Northwestern held its 4th Annual Global Health Case Competition (NUGHCC). Graduate and undergraduate students from various disciplines come together and respond to 21st century global health challenges by developing innovative solutions. Every year, a different “case,” is presented: these could range from infant HIV testing in Tanzania to drug crimes in
Trump and the Global Gag Rule In Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, he promised to wage a war on abortion rights. He did indeed keep that promise; one of his first executive actions in office was reinstating the Global Gag Rule, which defunds international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that provide abortion services or even discuss abortion with
Dr. Young joined the Northwestern Department of Anthropology and Program in Global Health Studies this year. Her work focuses on maternal and child undernutrition in low-resource settings, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. “Everything I do focuses on what you call ‘the first thousand days,’ which is the year before delivery and the two years after. The
