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"This experience has widened our understanding of global issues and will ensure that we approach problems more critically and through an inclusive international lens."
-- Liza and Carolin
OUR MISSION
The University of Virginia's Center for Global Health Equity promotes health in resource-limited settings
by fostering the commitment of students, faculty and partners from many disciplines to support health for all.
UVA School of Medicine students, Tania Rodriguez-Carpio, Elizabeth Harvey, Leah Reichle and UVA School of Nursing student, Kate Partlow in Rwanda 2019.
This was a picture I took after returning from a local market with my Spanish teacher. I spent two weeks at the Celas Maya Spanish school in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala before starting my research, and I had the privilege of having a wonderful Mayan teacher named Loyola. Among many topics, she taught me about Mayan medicine and natural remedies they like to use. The bunch in the picture is menta, pericón, and manzanilla (mint, marigold, and chamomile), and it is set on top of a tablecloth decorated with a typical Mayan pattern. My teacher taught me that these plants are used to ease symptom caused by digestive issues by first drying them in the shade for a few days, and then using them in boiling water to make a tea. I think this picture is a representation of the harmony, balance, and respect found between the environment and the Mayan people. They honor and respect nature, and in return nature provides for them in the form of medicine, nutrition, shelter, etc. Living in harmony with nature means living in good health.
Photo Credit: 2016 CGH Scholars Alice Burgess and Emily Romano - Street Sign, Rwanda
Photo Credit: Bethany Gordon, CGH Scholar 2017, Gyumri, Armenia
Members of the Tuff Armenia Project: Katie Genuario, Meghan Jones, and Bethany Gordon.
Photo Credit: Kelly McCain - South Africa
Project: Benefits of Bison Grazing on a Native American Ranch in South Dakota
This was taken during a bison roundup. The bison needed to be moved from one end of the property to the other, which required herding on horseback. The bison are important part of the historical Native American food culture. All of the bison raised on the German ranch are raised without any antibiotics and eat only the grass produced on the ranch. The hope of this bison rancher is return the prairie to its natural state through bison grazing.