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July 10, 2024

Training Course in Vietnam: Emergent Management of Traumatic Brain Injury


In the United States, the EPIC (Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care) Project has successfully promulgated evidence-focused guidelines for in-hospital and pre-hospital traumatic brain injury (TBI) treatment. With grant support from CMB, a...
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June 26, 2024

Taking Stock of EI’s Impact: Reflections from Our Fellows


Through the Equity Initiative, our Fellows from Southeast Asia and China gain a deeper understanding of health equity concepts and practices, examine approaches to enhancing equity from other parts of Asia and...
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June 10, 2024

Global Learning I: A Deep Dive into New Zealand’s Approach to Health and Racial Equity


The 2024 Equity Initiative Fellows traveled to New Zealand for Global Learning I to explore health equity as well as historical, cultural and diversity perspectives outside of Asia. Held May 3-11, this was the...
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April 30, 2024

2024 EI Fellows Connect at the Opening Retreat


“We heard real stories [from Fellows] of courage to get through their difficulties in life. It was like watching a Netflix original series of very different, amazing stories around Southeast Asia that are very...
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February 23, 2024

Sharing Lessons from COVID-19: A Video Collection


When our Equity Initiative Fellows complete their induction year, they are welcomed into the global community of Atlantic Fellows. The Equity Initiative is one of 7 programs supported through the Atlantic Institute. Our Fellows...
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March 7, 2023

Welcome 2023 Equity Initiative Fellows!


Congratulations to the 30 Fellows who join the Equity Initiative’s 2023 cohort! EI is designed to build a generation of leaders (500+ over 20 years) who are committed to advancing health equity....
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March 6, 2023

Learning the Craft of Organizing


What do we mean by the word “organizing”? At the Equity Initiative’s Community Organizing Workshop, facilitators from the Leading Change Network shared their definition: “Organizing is finding leadership that enables people to...
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February 20, 2023

2023 Annual Forum: Strengthening the EI Equity Community


The Equity Initiative’s Annual Forum, held February 1-4 in Chiang Rai, Thailand, was an opportunity for Fellows to exchange ideas across cohorts and to hear from leaders with deep experience in global health,...
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November 28, 2022

Project Accelerator: Expanding the Toolkit for Second-Year Projects


The Equity Initiative’s Project Accelerator is designed to help Fellows bring clarity and structure to the goals for their second-year equity projects, through additional skills training, guidance from resource persons, and peer...
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November 9, 2022

Universities in Viet Nam, Lao PDR, and Cambodia Work to Strengthen Collaboration in Medical Education


The initial in-person gathering for the CMB-supported project on “Strengthening Collaboration in Medical Education Between Viet Nam, Lao PDR, and Cambodia” represented a first step in building community and a culture of...
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