Teaching Life Support in resource limited ares, Why, What and How.
In this session we will discuss what is appropriate to teach in resource limmited areas, who should be taught and proven methods for teaching. Experiences will be shared from Ecuador, Cameroon, Kenya and Nepal and Madagascar
As a world-wide phenomenon, human trafficking can be combatted in many ways. Once awareness is raised about human trafficking, health care professionals can take additional steps to fight this growing phenomenon that claims the llves of men, women and children. This session will explore various approaches and innovations in prevention, protection, prosecution, and partnership against human trafficking.
Tuberculosis remains a global public health threat. This session will provide public health updates from the field on some new approaches to TB diagnosis and treatment in developing countries, as well as some recent advances on such topics as child TB, community-based TB, TB-HIV, and MDR-TB.
This talk will address the current trends and updates on global (outside the USA) human trafficking issues. Themes and opportunities pertinent to health professionals will be highlighted.
Even in 2012, children in southeast Asia are sick and dying due to beri beri, a nutritional deficiency due to lack of thiamine. In this session, we will discuss current knowledge about the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of beri beri. We will see how American medical students have contributed significantly to recent research that is clarifying how best to help affected children.
