Global Health (Video)

Manny Ohonme received his first pair of shoes at the age of nine. The gift left a lasting impression on the young Nigerian boy. Today, Ohnome is the founder of Samaritan's Feet, an organization dedicated to providing shoes to children in need. In this interview, he shares his personal story and explains how providing shoes is not just about comfort but a way to foster equity, health, education, and hope. Series: "Brain Channel" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 36268]

Traumatic injuries are the largest health crisis in the world today. UCSF's Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology provides advanced surgical education for surgeons in developing countries to improve the level of orthopedic care. Series: "The Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36423]

Almost 6 million people worldwide die from traumatic injuries every year. A quarter of those injuries result from traffic accidents and mostly affects young adults who provide for their families. The team from the UCSF Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology provide training to surgeons around the world. The result have shown a 93% surgical success rate in preventing amputations. Series: "The Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36422]

Infectious diseases have profound influences on the evolution of their host populations. In the case of humans, the host species has also shaped pathogen dynamics and virulence via a multitude of factors from changes in social organization, group size, and exploitation of varied habitats and their animals and plant resources to agriculture, technology, rapid long-distance travel, medicine and global economic integration - which all continue to shape epidemics and the human host populations. This symposium will explore how infectious agents and humans have shaped each other over the eons. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35849]

Over the past two decades novel coronaviruses have spilled from the bat to the human population on three occasions. The first two breakouts in south China in 2003 and in Saudi Arabia in 2012 launched the SARS and MERS outbreaks, respectively. Both outbreaks were contained by aggressive case finding, contact tracing and quarantine activities. A third crossover of a novel coronavirus into the human population occurred in the fall of 2019. This event which is believed to have occurred around a wet market in Wuhan, China was unfortunately not efficiently contained and spread rapidly across China. Since its crossover events six months ago, the virus has infected over 4 million people and resulted in 300,000 deaths. This presentation by Dr. Chip Schooley, UC San Diego Professor of Medicine, focuses on the biology, pathogenesis and epidemiology of the SARS-2 coronavirus and containment efforts to date.

Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35846]

The rate of under 5 mortality was halved from 1960 to 1990 but more recently there has been a slowing in the reduction. Success varies by region, explains Dr. Rajesh Daftary. He identifies current progress in mortality reduction and identifies effective interventions. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35577]

Infectious diseases have profound influences on the evolution of their host populations. In the case of humans, the host species has also shaped pathogen dynamics and virulence viaa multitude of factors from changes in social organization, group size, and exploitation of varied habitats and their animals and plant resources to agriculture, technology, rapid long-distance travel, medicine and global economic integration - which all continue to shape epidemics and the humanhost populations. This symposium will explore how infectious agents and humans have shaped each other over the eons. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35848]

Digital health solutions can improve the health of all and provide equity in healthcare. Tim K. Mackey and Daniel Haders II define digital health, how it is being leveraged to fight COVID-19, the impact of big data and machine learning, as well the effects on the business environment for digital health and use cases from start ups working on COVID-19 solutions. [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 35959]

What have we learned about COVID-19? George Rutherford, MD, MA Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF explores human coronaviruses in general, SARS, MERS and the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. He outlines the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and its associated disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China and the rest of the world. He also discusses individual-level prevention, population-level prevention and the impact on the future.

Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35930]

Dr. Andi Tenner, Co-Director, UCSF WHO Collaborating Centre for

Emergency and Trauma Care, looks at emergency care systems needed to ensure care for the acutely ill and injured. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35576]