Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway News Update For December 6, 2021

Greetings all,

Tomorrow (December 10^th) marks Human Rights Day, the day the United National General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document proclaims the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. While there remains much to do to achieve the goals set forth in this visionary document, we would encourage you to read the constituent articles and reflect on how they relate to our work as physicians.

Announcements

• Please join GHEDP resident Tim DeVita TONIGHT at 7pm as he leads our 2^nd Global Health Night Out of the academic year entitled, “Ensuring Equitable Access to Long-Acting Antiretrovirals.” See below for the Zoom link!
• To view prior seminars from the Yale Macmillan Center Program on Refugees, Forced Displacement & Humanitarian Responses, please visit/subscribe to the PRFDHR YouTube channel

New and Notable

• Lancet Planetary Health Nov 2021: Vaccine equity: a stress test for planetary health
• NEJM Dec 4^th, 2021: Inequitable Access to Hospital Care — Protecting Disadvantaged Populations during Public Health Emergencies
• NEJM Dec 2^nd, 2021: Decarbonizing the U.S. Health Sector — A Call to Action
• JAMA Health Forum, Nov 23^rd 2021: Measles a Growing Global Threat as COVID-19 Disrupts Childhood Vaccinations

Upcoming Local Events: December

• Thursday, December 9^th @ 9-10am (zoom): ICAP Global Health at Columbia University presents: Extreme Weather Events and Health System Resilience. Register here.
• Thursday, December 9^th @ 12:30-1:30pm (Zoom): Yale Pathology Grand Rounds presents, “Race in Medicine: Data or Distraction?” To attend the session, please visit: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyale.us20.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D0b279aa81ae072490766d9803%26id%3D056efc4169%26e%3D8e6662804e&data=04%7C01%7Ctracy.rabin%40yale.edu%7C2a85510689704041121208d9b8f295bd%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C637744174310491748%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=%2F4r1hzFb1cA69XN8I%2FQxKNtwc0LE%2BDJx2pF0%2F0NLUrw%3D&reserved=0
• Thursday, December 9^th @ 2-3pm (Zoom): Yale Program in Addiction Medicine presents, “Perspectives and Experiences of Emergency Department Patients with Opioid Use Disorder and Opioid Overdose,” featuring Kathryn Hawk, MD, MPH (YSM Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Epidemiology [Chronic Diseases]). Please use the following link to join: https://zoom.us/j/98457688379?pwd=c3BsSExNLzdJd3VkbklMUWlqWStUQT09
• Thursday, December 9^th @ 7-830pm (zoom). Presenting “Yale Global Health Night Out: Ensuring Equitable Access to Long-Acting Antiretrovirals” featuring Dr. Tim Devita (Resident, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine - HIV Training Track), Dr. Sheela Shenoi (Yale School of Medicine), Dr. Gregg Gonsalves (Yale School of Public Health). https://zoom.us/j/99631616240

Additional Information

• The application platform is now open for the Department of Internal Medicine’s Cross-Distinction Resident Academic Fund! Through this fund, residents will have the opportunity to apply for awards of up to $500 per year. This money is intended to cover costs associated with presenting your Distinction Pathway-related work at a local, regional, national, or international conference, or other academic activities related to your participation in the Distinction Pathway. All Distinction Pathway residents are encouraged to apply, however, preference will be given to PGY-3s and PGY-4s, as well as (in the future) residents who have not previously received an award from this fund. For more details, please see the November 1st email from Brett Marks. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis - https://yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7NEkKKQS5XWEWF0
• Missed a great webinar? Take a look at the Physicians for Human Rights online archive of COVID-19-related webinars, and also check out the Partners in Health COVID-19 Webinar series archive
• Join the Good Society Forum: Launched in April 2020 by Emma Sky (Director, Yale World Fellows) and Nizam Uddin (Senior Head of Mosaic and Community Integration, The Prince’s Trust, and 2019 Yale World Fellow), the twice-weekly GSF Webinars digitally connect change-makers around the world, engage them on ideas about a specific challenge of the day, and inspire action to build the good society. To subscribe to the GSF mailing list, visit - https://mailchi.mp/5922abe55ef6/joingoodsocietyforum
• Yale Institute for Global Health website: https://medicine.yale.edu/yigh/ - subscribe to their newsletter and follow YIGH on Twitter and Facebook
• Global Health Journal List blog entry (https://guides.lib.wayne.edu/choosingajournal/globalhealth) - an interesting and fairly comprehensive list of global health journals! Good for folks who are interested in thinking about what to read or where you might like to publish.
• Sign up for the Global Mental Health Program mailing list: https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/globalmentalhealth/
• Link to the Macmillan Center calendar -­ Please visit this site for a list of upcoming events:http://calendar.yale.edu/cal/macmillan
• Subscribe to the daily “Global Health NOW” newsletter: http://www.globalhealthnow.org/subscribe.html

Wishing you a safe and healthy week!

Best,

Tracy and Sheela

Co-Directors, Yale Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway