Category Archives: global health

UBC undergrads collaborate with Kenyan rural development group to research family planning, gender-based violence services

RCCbc RURAL RESEARCH STORIES Submitted by Kelsey Furk During the summer of 2018, UBC Medicine and Dietetics undergraduates worked with a local grassroots development group, Pamoja Community Organization, to conduct research about family planning, and gender-based violence knowledge and services in a rural subsistence farming and fishing community near Kisumu, … Continue reading →

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Deadline is Oct 31 for leadership, rural research, global health partnership grant applications

The Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) and the Rural Education Action Plan (REAP) are accepting applications for funds to support rural physician research, global health partnership initiatives, and rural leadership development. Details for each initiative are listed below – please read through the material carefully and submit ALL completed … Continue reading →

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Grants, bursaries available for rural physician research, global health partnerships, and rural physician leadership

The Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) and the Rural Education Action Plan (REAP) are accepting applications for funds to support rural physician research, global health partnership initiatives, and rural leadership development. Details for each initiative are listed below – please read through the material carefully and submit ALL completed … Continue reading →

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UBC Division of Global Health seeks to engage, collaborate with RCCbc, rural practitioners

Submitted by Qian Zhang, Research Assistant, Division of Global Health The Rural Coordination Centre of BC (RCCbc) is working with UBC’s Division of Global Health within the Department of Family Practice, seeking learning and collaboration opportunities to improve rural health care provision from a global perspective. Subscribe the Global Health … Continue reading →

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