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OUCOM students gain cultural awareness, clinical
skills and research experience while helping control
Chagas disease in Ecuador.
Students
and faculty from Ohio University and Catholic University of
Ecuador work together with Ecuadorian Ministry of Health
personnel to test the effectiveness of a new Chagas disease
control strategy in Loja and Manabi Province.
TDI and CDC initiate collaborative research
to determine the burden of Bartonellosis in
Ecuador. (02/08)
TDI and TCOM launch a new Education Abroad
program.
The International Video Podcast Production
Workshop hopes to combine students
interested in communication theory and
development with advanced video production
students in order to create "podcast teams"
that can travel to remote areas of the world
and create video documentary series that
explore health related topics in-depth.
(11/08)
CIEI and TDI complete new cycle of Training
in Blood Bank Screening Techniques.
Sixteen new technicians receive competency
certificates (08/07)
CIEI, TDI, PLAN Internacional and Hudson
Inc. conduct training workshop on Chagas
disease control directed at 60 Ministry of
Health Personnel. (08/07)
The World Health Organization Launches a new
Global initiative for Chagas control.
Dr. Grijalva ( OU TDI, USA), and Dr. David
Gorla (CRILAR, Argentina) are selected as
Coordinators of the Surveillance and
Information Systems Work Group(Geneva, July 2007)
Thirteen students will receive financial
support for participation in Education
Abroad Programs by the
TDI Student Travel Award program (04/07)
"Topics on International Health",
authored by Meredith Maxey [Honors
Tutorial College/BIOS], presents
information on some of the most important
infectious disease affecting the worlds
population (03/07)
TDI's Director participates in the Workshop
for Sustainable Control of Chagas Disease
with Special Reference to Central America,
Copan Ruinas, Honduras - (02/07)
Students
and faculty from Ohio University and Catholic University of
Ecuador work together with Ecuadorian Ministry of Health
personnel to test the effectiveness of a new Chagas disease
control strategy in Loja Province Summer 2006
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