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2020 IIGH led courses in Costa Rica and Geneva

Posted on February 10, 2020March 30, 2020

This opportunity has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check back for next year's courses. Interested in traveling abroad and being immersed in global health work around the world? Apply to attend the I... read more →

Summer 2020 IIGH led Courses in Geneva and Costa Rica Information Session

Posted on January 24, 2020February 19, 2020

Interested in traveling abroad and being immersed in global health work around the world? The USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health (IIGH) hosted an information session to learn more about the two IIGH led courses b... read more →

The report from the High Level Working Group on Health and Human Rights of Women, Children and Adolescents is handed over to WHO Director-General Margaret Chan at the 70th World Health Assembly May 22. Photo Courtesy WHO.

Stand up for human rights to – and through – health, experts urge government

Posted on May 23, 2017March 13, 2019

A transformative report published May 22 by a United Nations-backed group will set the health and human rights agenda for women, children and adolescents over the next decade. (more…)... read more →

UN Photo/Martine Perret. License: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Leaders appointed to champion health, human rights of the vulnerable

Posted on October 3, 2016March 13, 2019

For the first time, the world’s governing bodies have tasked a group of experts to expand the health and human rights of women, children and adolescents everywhere. (more…)... read more →

International politics unfold at World Health Assembly

Posted on July 13, 2016February 27, 2018

USC students in an immersive global health course landed front-row seats to watch international politics play out at the 69th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland. Afterward, they sat down with leaders from mul... read more →

Five Takeaways from the 69th World Health Assembly in Geneva

Posted on June 27, 2016July 18, 2016

Madison Webb, USC Master of Public Health student and foundations officer for the Pacific Council on International Policy, wrote a post describing her top five takeaways from the World Health Organization’s 69th annual Wo... read more →

In Geneva, Global Health Diplomacy and Governance in Action

Posted on May 23, 2016July 13, 2016

Madison Webb, USC Master of Public Health student and foundations officer for the Pacific Council on International Policy, is in Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the World Health Organization’s 69th annual World Health Ass... read more →

World Health Assembly: Lessons for Future Leaders

Posted on May 21, 2015February 8, 2016

68th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland - Over the past 4 years the NCD Alliance (@ncdalliance), a network of over 2,000 civil society organizations in more than 170 countries, has integrated 10–12 USC students in... read more →

WHA66: Through the Eyes of a Global Health Student

Posted on May 23, 2014February 8, 2016

USC alum Trisa Taro, MPH, who attended the 66th World Health Assembly in 2013 with the USC global health group, shares her experiences with Juxtaposition Global Health Magazine.... read more →

MPH students interview US Secretary of Health and Human Services at the 65th World Health Assembly

Posted on May 21, 2012February 8, 2016

Public health students representing the USC Institute for Global Health at the 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, interviewed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on LGBT heal... read more →