Events

NGDI UBC will be hosting a virtual webinar on Global Health Access and Equity-March 19th 2024-Register Today

NGDI UBC will be hosting a virtual webinar on Global Health Access and Equity-March 19th 2024-Register Today

As UBC celebrates 15+ years of establishing and implementing our Global Access Principles we are having a webinar on March 19th 2024 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm (EST); 9:30 to 11:30 (PST) discussing Global Health Access and Equity with a particular focus on best practices, practical examples of success and current barriers/limitations of implementing […]

Global Health Access & Equity Issues in LMICs and HICs: Compare & Contrast

Global Health Access & Equity Issues in LMICs and HICs: Compare & Contrast

We would like to invite you to attend the symposium on Global Health Access & Equity Issues in LMICs and HICs: Compare & Contrast. Dr. Peter J. Hotez will be the guest speaker. There will be a student presentation competition and a panel discussion featuring health science researchers and professionals. The event is scheduled for […]

Link to the Recent NGDI UBC Presentation at the 2022 International Society of Neglected Tropical Diseases Meeting – Developing Interventions for Developing Countries
2019 UBC Tropical and Geographic Medicine, Intensive Short Course

2019 UBC Tropical and Geographic Medicine, Intensive Short Course

UBC Tropical and Geographic Medicine, Intensive Short Course March 20, 2019 The main purpose of this Tropical and Geographic Medicine course is to train health professionals to learn an approach to preventing, diagnosing, evaluating, treating and managing tropical diseases. This course is the first of its kind in western Canada.  Over 250 physicians, nurses, pharmacists and […]

UBC Global Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium

UBC Global Antimicrobial Resistance Symposium

March 1st, 2018 This event has passed. Location: The Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, UBC Vancouver Campus 1-5PM Antimicrobial resistance develops when antibiotics are overused, or misused, and encourage mutations in pathogens that will allow them to become resistant to current medicines. Bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics at an alarming rate. Excessive or misinformed prescribing […]

UBC Tropical and Geographic Medicine, Intensive Short Course

UBC Tropical and Geographic Medicine, Intensive Short Course

Opportunity to learn an approach to preventing, diagnosing, evaluating, treating and managing people with tropical diseases: May 2-6, 2016.