Ohio University Global Health Initiative

07/08/2025

Please help our colleagues from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) collect information on global health education.

Quick Survey – What is GOOD about global health education?

Many changes to the global health landscape and to higher education have occurred in 2025, but global health education remains valuable! We would like your help as we compile a list of the many benefits of global health education for our students, our institutions, our nations, and the world. Please take a few minutes to share your ideas. You can even submit multiple times if you get new ideas in the next few weeks. Take the survey at: https://uab.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bJmmi0tWQomwPqe
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06/26/2025

Your Story Matters
Calling all education abroad alumni! Help us show how education abroad experiences impact careers and economic mobility.
Take our short survey today — open through July 31. https://tinyurl.com/EA-alumni-survey

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06/04/2025

Applications are open for Spring Break 2026 London Comparative Health Systems! https://www.ohio.edu/goglobal/programs/ukpublichealth
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06/03/2025

Applications now open! https://www.ohio.edu/goglobal/programs/costaricaglobalhealth

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05/27/2025

An information session for the Costa Rica Introduction to Global Health winter break program is scheduled for June 9 at 4 pm EST.

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05/13/2025

Congratulations to Sravya Patibandla on graduating from Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and being honored with the Global Health Award! Your passion, commitment and dedication to global health are truly inspiring! Wishing you all the best as you begin this next chapter in medicine. Ohio University Global Affairs Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions

04/21/2025

2025 Presentations by student doctors Luke Kubacki, Angola;
Abigail Petrecca, Crete; Shelby Cornelius, Argentina;
Lindsay Merrin, Peru and Sophia Barnovsky, Argentina – 1 pm

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04/15/2025

Join us this Thursday, April 17 from 12 pm - 1:30 pm for presentations from fourth year medical students who completed Global Health Elective rotations this year.

Luke Kubacki, Angola – Noon
Abigail Petrecca, Crete – 12:15 pm
Shelby Cornelius, Argentina – 12:30 pm
Lindsay Merrin, Peru – 12:45 pm
Sophia Barnovsky, Argentina – 1 pm

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04/14/2025

04/07/2025

Today is World Health Day.
This year's theme is Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures. Every 2 minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth—deaths that are largely preventable with timely, high-quality care. 300,000 women lose their lives each year, while over 2 million babies die in their first month of life, and another 2 million are stillborn (WHO, 2025).
But there is progress! Maternity service coverage has increased, with 21% more women receiving antenatal care and 25% more giving birth with a skilled health worker by their side (WHO Global Health Observatory, 2025).
Health is a right, not a privilege. We must act now to close the gaps, invest in healthier beginnings, and ensure that every mother and baby gets the care they deserve.
To get involved:
🔹 Register for WHO’s high-level advocacy event: Healthy
Beginnings, Hopeful Futures (https://www.who.int/news-
room/events/detail/2025/04/07/default-calendar/healthy-
beginnings--hopeful-futures--global-action-for-women-and-
newborns)
🔹 Donate to support maternal & newborn health: One World Health
for All (https://www.oneworldhealthforall.org/)
🔹 Share this message using and
🔹 Thank a healthcare provider or share your pregnancy and birth
stories with
Sources:
https://www.who.int/news/item/21-02-2025-world-health-day-2025-to-spotlight-women-and-babies--survival--urging-solidarity-at-a-critical-moment-for-global-health
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/gho-documents/world-health-statistic-reports/2023/world-health-statistics-2023_20230519_.pdf

03/25/2025

Congratulations to the 2025 winter break Costa Rica Introduction to Global Health group who completed their final presentations last night. They did a fabulous job of exploring a variety of topics including maternal & child health, interprofessional teamwork, wastewater treatment, malaria, mental health, health policy and systems, sexual and reproductive health and traditional medicine.

Look for applications for the winter break 2026 Costa Rica program to open this spring!! ohio.edu/goglobal or contact program Directors, Dawn Graham, grahamd@ohio.edu or Cristina Popescu, cristinap@ohio.edu

Pura Vida

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03/20/2025

Check out Student Doctor Sravya Patibandla's blog about her Global Health elective rotations in India and the Philippines. https://journeytothriving.home.blog/ Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Ohio University College of Health Sciences and Professions Ohio University Global Affairs

Welcome to My Blog My name is Sravya Patibandla, and I am a fourth year medical student at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. I will be going into pediatrics upon graduation, and I am creating this blog to document my international travels during my last semester of medical s...