"Benefit for Burma: How Conflict and Health Intersect"

Friday, February 17: 6:30-8:30pm in Collis Commonground

 

Dinner catered by YAMA

Performance by the Brovertones

 

Speakers:

Professor Stephen Brooks, PhD

Government Department

Christina Martin, BSN RN

Infectious Disease and International Health, DHMC

 

Student Admission $10 (Less than a Foco dinner!) 

Tickets available:

February 8: 9-11pm in Novack

February 14: 8-11pm in Novack

February 16: 3-6pm in Novack

 

GlobeMed at Dartmouth partners with the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT), a grassroots organization located in Chiang Mai, Thailand. KWAT promotes the health, security, and empowerment of victims of ethnic conflict in Burma’s Kachin State. Civil war and political and economic deterioration in this state have caused thousands to flee their homes in Burma and cross the border into Thailand where they live without access to basic health care and education. GlobeMed at Dartmouth engages in fundraising campaigns throughout the year to fully fund a Reproductive Health Training Program that will provide essential resources and education for Kachin community members. GlobeMed at Dartmouth also hosts a year-long curriculum of discussions on major topics in global health and sends a group of students to Thailand to work with KWAT during the summer.