Tuberculosis remains a global public health threat. This session will provide public health updates from the field on some new approaches to TB diagnosis and treatment in developing countries, as well as some recent advances on such topics as child TB, community-based TB, TB-HIV, and MDR-TB.
This talk will address the current trends and updates on global (outside the USA) human trafficking issues. Themes and opportunities pertinent to health professionals will be highlighted.
Even in 2012, children in southeast Asia are sick and dying due to beri beri, a nutritional deficiency due to lack of thiamine. In this session, we will discuss current knowledge about the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of beri beri. We will see how American medical students have contributed significantly to recent research that is clarifying how best to help affected children.
Over half a million children die every year due to diarrhea and its complications. In this session, we will review practical aspects of managing diarrhea in children.
The PRISM Study is a research report by the Medical Missions Survey Working Group of the Continuing Medical and Dental Education Commission of the Christian Medical and Dental Association. The survey was administered between 2010 and 2011 and represents hundreds of current full-time long-term medical missionaries.
"It is hoped that this report will help missions organizations to be more strategic in how they implement medical work in the cause of missions globally, and help medical missions candidates to prepare better for a career of service in medical missions."
