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Registration Open for CUGH Conference

The Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) will bring together more than one thousand committed leaders, professional educators, and students from diverse fields of study including engineering, business, law, policy, chemistry, biology, communications, nursing, public health, medicine, oral health, and environmental studies to explore, discuss, and critically assess the global health landscape.
 
 The Fourth Annual CUGH Conference will be held March 14-16, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Registration is currently open.

New grant extends HIV/AIDS efforts in Mozambique

Vanderbilt University has recently received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for more than $7 million to extend HIV/AIDS training, treatment and care in the rural province of Zambézia in Mozambique.
 
 The grant, entitled "Avante Zambézia," Portuguese for "Move Forward Zambézia,"  will continue HIV/AIDS efforts from 2007 initiated with funding from a prior CDC grant. The President's Emergency Plan for AID Relief (PEPFAR) funded both grants.

Four global health students nominated as ‘Outstanding Seniors’

Congratulations to Adesewa Adelekun, Jason Elmer, Marwah Shahid and Ankur Doshi.  Vote Today! Voting to determine the Top 10 finalists and winner will be from Tuesday, October 16 at 12:00 a.m. to Wednesday, October 17at 11:59 p.m. on Anchor Link. Adesewa Adelekun: Intern, Summer 2012 Jason Elmer: Intern, Fall 2010 Marwah Shahid: Student Advisory Council member, 2012-2013 Ankur Doshi: Case Competition Committee member, 2010

University of Zambia and VIGH collaborate to build research capacity in Zambia

Dr. Sten Vermund, VIGH Director, began involvement in Zambia after attending a research needs assessment conference in 1998. Dr. Vermund co-chaired the HIV Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Working Group with Dr. Chewe Luo and in 2000 he co-founded the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) located in Lusaka.