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The BCRP has a general pediatric international health curriculum. This includes topics of current relevance as well core topics such as tuberculosis, HIV, malaria, malnutrition, vitamin and micronutrient deficiencies, parasitic infections, child and infant mortality in the developing world and health care systems in resource poor settings.
For residents in the Urban Health and Advocacy track, additional educational sessions are given during the two-week advocacy block (PL-1) and in the monthly primary care lecture series.
BCRP Global Health is organized by committee. The committee is led by Drs. Mark Mirochnick, Caroline Kistin and Julie Herlihy at BMC, and Drs. Judy Palfrey, Christiana Russ and Kim Wilson at Children's Hospital. A current chief resident as well as other resident representatives also participate in decision making. Please contact Christiana Russ with any questions.
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In the fall of 2004, the Global Child Health Initiative was inaugurated in the BCRP. The goals of the initiative are to increase knowledge and awareness of global health issues, to provide specialized knowledge, skills and mentorship to residents with career interests in Global Child Health and to provide high-quality opportunities for meaningful international clinical experiences. The initiative offers exposure to international and refugee patients, as well as faculty working on cutting-edge, grass-roots policy and health delivery implementation in the developing world. It has three major components:
