Partners and Projects
Global Health Network Uganda
GlobeMed at Duke is currently partnered with Global Health Network(U) based in the Oyam district of Uganda. GHN (U) is a charity nonprofit organization that works to promote health and improve life among community members in the Oyam district by supporting health and livelihood activities. GHN (U) focuses on community-based innovations that enhance local capacity to prevent disease and the strengthening of local governance to ensure sustainability. Read more about the organization here.
Community Health Coalition Durham (CHC)
In 2018, we introduced our new local partnership: Community Health Coalition Durham. The organization works to eliminate disparities in and barriers to health care among racial and class lines. CHC's focus includes raising awareness of diseases such as diabetes, decreasing rates of obesity among minorities, and improving mental health services. Members of GlobeMed at Duke volunteer at CHC's monthly health clinics. They are also involved in creating health resource databases and infographics for CHC. Learn more about this organization here.
Past Partners and Projects
SHED Foundation
SHED Foundation focuses on developing health and education infrastructure for underserved populations in rural Tanzania. In the past, SHED has built health clinics, launched child vaccination programs, and tackled neglected tropical diseases. GlobeMed at Duke partnered with SHED on a variety of maternal health and water sanitation projects, including researching and treating schistosomiasis, the deadliest neglected tropical disease.
For Schistosomiasis Control, the partners administered rapid tests, conduct annual mass treatment programs and develop existing educational resources during the chapter’s GROW internships. For the Radio Health Announcements, the partners prepared spots on Schistosomiasis, malaria and other pertinent health challenges in the community and facilitated an evaluative listener survey before and after playing radio announcements to determine efficacy of the campaign and gaps in health knowledge.
Salud Sin Limites (SSL)/ Health Poverty Action
Our past partner, Salud Sin Limites (SSL)/ Health Poverty Action (formerly known as Health Without Limits) is an umbrella organization based in London that works in impoverished communities across Asia, Africa, and South America. SSL Nicaragua focuses its efforts in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (La RAAN), specifically with the indigenous communities in the area that have been historically marginalized by the central government. Their mission is to improve the health of the community through a variety of efforts, such as the prevention of HIV and other infectious diseases, as well as the promotion of safer birthing procedures for indigenous women. SSL also engages local youth in education around sexual health, leadership development, advocacy training and “radionovelas”—weekly radio shows which discuss a diverse set of health and social issues the communities face. Their latest radionovelas have addressed gender-based violence, the very cause that unites SSL and GlobeMed.
Durham Crisis Response Center (DCRC)
2013-2015
The DCRC is Durham's salient domestic violence shelter. It plays a vital part in the lives of many women in Durham who have nowhere esle to go. In addition to serving as a refuge, the DCRC offers financial, educational, and emotional support those lacking resources. GlobeMed members were weekly volunteers and provided consistent contribution for two years.
Working in the Shelter, Radio Programs and Photography
2013-2014
The shelter, the Centro de Atención Psicosocial para Victimas de Violencia (CAP), opened on March 8, 2014. The GROW interns helped launch a radio program in coordination with Salud Sin Limites and local high school youth. The program aired weekly and was focused on sexual heath and domestic violence awareness and prevention. GROW interns also led a youth empowerment photography program that highlighted issues in the community and culminated in a forum where community leaders brainstormed ways to address the issues.
Building A Domestic Violence Shelter
2012-2013
GlobeMed at Duke worked for two years with SSL and 17 other organizations to construct and maintain a functioning shelter for victims of domestic violence. The collaborating parties provided funding, counseling, and qualified employees for shelter. GlobeMed's efforts culminated with a $18,500 grant in spring 2013, which furnished and renovated the shelter. In the 2013-2014 academic year, GlobeMed continued to provide financial support for the shelter's operation.
Building A Community Garden
2011-2012
The two-acre community garden was a project to provide fresh produce for the local people to eat and sell. It also served as an opportunity for the families, especially the youth, to collectively participate in a constructive project.
“GHNU was extremely welcoming in the time the GROW team and I spent with them. Though challenges were often encountered in daily field work, the staff at GHNU were extremely adaptive and accommodating to meet both our needs and the needs of the people of the Oyam district."
– Andrew Thomas, GROW intern 2018