Posted on November 20, 2014
Source: News Medical
The Center for Clinical Global Health Education (CCGHE) at Johns Hopkins Medicine, with significant financial support from the Ujala Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation, has named eight new scholars to improve health care in India, with a particular focus on fighting tuberculosis.
“We are incredibly grateful for the contributions of these generous partners,” says Robert C. Bollinger, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine, public health and nursing and director of CCGHE. "With this support, we can build on our success providing education that improves the health of millions of people in India. We hope these gifts will inspire other potential donors to support our mission."
“Tuberculosis is an enormous problem in India, which reports 26 percent of all tuberculosis cases globally,” said Amita Gupta, M.D., associate professor of medicine and deputy director of CCGHE.
The CCGHE trains, supports and empowers health care providers and health researchers in resource-limited communities. Since its founding in 2005, CCGHE has trained more than 10,000 health care providers in more than 20 countries.
In addition to funding new scholars and their research, CCGHE will develop a massive, open online course—or MOOC—that addresses gender-based violence in India. The MOOC will be available to as many as 25,000 health care providers in India who will learn how to identify women at risk, and provide them with both clinical and social support.
“Wyncote Foundation’s gift to the CCGHE is based on their substantial work in addressing the medical care that is critically needed in small communities in India, and in developing model initiatives that can be used in other far-flung regions of the world," says David Haas of the Wyncote Foundation's Board of Directors. "In addition to this fundamental approach to global health research and practice, our gift acknowledges the strong leadership team of Amita Gupta and Robert Bollinger.”
Read the full article and a list of the Ujala Scholars here.
