Tackling Mental Health Issues from the Ground Up
This is a post by So Yoon Sim, 2014-2015 Research and Policy Fellow at Grameen PrimaCare in New York City. According to National Institute of Mental Health, one in four adults in the United States—approximately 61.5 million Americans—experience mental illness, and one in 17—about 13.6 million—live with a serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, major depression […]
If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, What’s a Selfie Worth?
This is a co-authored post by Lisa Shawcroft and Sruthi Chandrasekaran, 2014-2015 co-fellows at Marie Stopes International in Washington, D.C. Global Health Corps is a fellowship program that aims to create the next generation of global health leaders. The program model pairs two fellows—one national and one international—within a placement organization and gives them tools […]
“Why Don’t Men Menstruate?” Sexual Health Education as a Human Right
As Global Health Corps fellows, we believe health is a human right. Coming into GHC, I certainly believed this, but also felt as though calling something a “human right” has become a “sexy” buzzword trend. Sometimes the word seems so quotidian that almost everything is becoming valued as a human right. I share an office, […]
The Doctor Will Not See You Now
This year I have been working as a health counselor in Newark, New Jersey at Covenant House, a shelter for homeless youth ages 18-21. One of my main roles is to assist our youth in accessing healthcare resources in the community. Since many of the young people who stay with us have not seen a […]
My Experience Working with ACODEV-Uganda in Addressing Education and Vocational Challenges
Uganda, a land-locked country in sub-Saharan Africa, is one of the countries where youth graduating from schools and universities find it very difficult to get jobs. According to a recent report by Action Aid International Uganda, Uganda National NGO Forum and Development Research and Training, 62 percent of Ugandan youth do not have any form […]
A Parent’s Role in Delivering Sex Education to his/her Adoloscents
According to UNESCO’s “International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education,” sexuality education can provide “age-appropriate, culturally relevant and scientifically accurate information” to young people. It also helps dispel myths related to sexual and reproductive health. Exposure to sex education also assists youth in developing life skills such as decision-making, confidence, assertiveness, responsibility, asking for assistance and […]
I don’t call them “crimes of passion”, I call them Feminicides / Yo no los llamo “crímenes pasionales”, yo los llamo feminicidios
Colombia legislators have recently voted in favor the “Rosa Elvira Cely” Law, which seeks to increase the penalties for crimes against women in my country. The bill proposal came as a struggle for justice from civil society organizations after the brutal rape and murder of Rosa Elvira Cely, a night school student, in one of […]
Behind Bars: Women’s Restricted Access to Reproductive Health in Prisons and Detention Centers
Today more than 200,000 women live in correctional facilities nationwide, and these numbers are continuing to grow at an alarming rate. In particular over the last ten years alone, the female prison population has grown faster than the male prison population. The conditions for prisoners are very difficult to withstand and many women in need […]
The Potential Harms in Helping Others
Several weeks ago, my driver’s license fell out of my pocket during a rainy outreach shift with HIPS, a harm reduction organization that works with injection drug users, sex workers, and their communities in Washington, D.C. I assumed that it was lost forever to the storm drains of D.C., until I received a call from […]
The GHC Secret Family Recipe
Since I know you have been salivating in anticipation of enjoying your very own GHC experience, I have taken it upon myself to spill the beans about this famous, secret family recipe. For too long, the proud GHC family has developed young change makers in the global health field without revealing the special and loving […]