I am currently a PGY3 in Radiation Oncology at Western University, London Ontario and am pursuing a 2-year (non-credit) public health program, the Global Health Education Initiative led by the Global Health Division at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health with support from the Office of Postgraduate Medical Education at the University of Toronto.

The Global Health Education Initiative (GHEI) fills a long-recognized gap in the training of health professionals who are interested in making an impact in the global health scene. It adds to informal mentoring by providing a structured, evidence-based, and carefully designed curriculum in a small group format - an approach to global health education unique to this program and to the University of Toronto.

The program objectives are aligned with CANMEDS objectives, emphasizing an understanding of global determinants of health, technical skills, advocacy, management and leadership, interdisciplinary collaboration and public health medical expertise.

The GHEI program provides the knowledge and skills to become more involved within our respective specialty on a global health level in the future.

For further information,  visit www.ghd-si.utoronto.ca  

                                                                                                Posted by: Dr. Jean-Marc Bourque

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Road to Care is a registered Canadian charity that provides women diagnosed with cervical cancer the financial means to access curative treatment. Currently, the Road to Care program is active in Uganda, and is accessed through Hospice Africa Uganda.

Radiotherapy services in Uganda are centralized at Mulago Hospital, Kampala. The vast majority of women who live outside of this capital city are unable to afford the costs associated with seeking treatment. Funds raised by Road to Care are utilized to cover the cost of treatment, investigations, transportation, accommodations and meals for women with curable cervical cancer who would otherwise be unable to access treatment.

To learn more, please visit:  www.roadtocare.com

                                                                                 Posted by: Dr. Joda Kuk, FRCPC

L’Alliance Mondiale Contre le Cancer, installée depuis 10 ans en France, vise à promouvoir et renforcer les capacités de recherche et de traitement du cancer dans les pays à faible et moyen revenu.

Créée en 2001, elle est la branche francophone de l’INCTR, organisation internationale non gouvernementale de lutte contre le cancer, basée à Bruxelles. Son siège social est à l’Institut Curie, Paris et son bureau est le suivant : le président Pr Pierre Bey

Les objectifs prioritaires de l’AMCC sont de  promouvoir la lutte contre le cancer par les échanges entre professionnels, la formation continue des équipes médicales, la préparation et la mise en oeuvre de projets de recherche

Le programme d’actions englobe 4 grands axes prioritaires :

1. l’aide au diagnostic anatomo-cyto- pathologique avec la télépathologie
2. le retinoblastoma
3. la prise en charge de la douleur et les soins de support
4. la mise en valeur d'une banque de  données francophone en cancérologie

The AMCC strives to promote and re-enforce the research capacity and treatment of cancer in low and middle-income countries.

The AMCC, created in 2001, is the francophone branch of the INCTR, a non- governmental organization for the fight against cancer, based in Brussels.  The head office is at the Institut Curie in Paris and the current president is Professeur Pierre Bey.

The main objective of the AMCC is to promote the fight against cancer by professional exchanges, the training of medical teams, and the preparation and delivery of research projects.

The program of action has 4 global priorities:

1. Aid in diagnostic anatomic and cytologic telepathology program
2. Retinoblastoma management
3. Pain and supportive care
4. Creation of a Francophone cancer information database

Pr Pierre Bey was kind enough to meet with Dr. Jennifer Goulart, head of the CIC workgroup, in November 2011, in order to discuss potential future collaborations.

Currently, the AMCC is working to create a Francophone cancer information database and would be interested in Canadian francophone participation.  If you would like to become involved with AMCC projects, please feel free to contact Dr. Jennifer Goulart with the CIC workgroup.

Courament, l’AMCC travail pour créer une banque de données francophones en cancérologie.  Si vous etes interessé à participer dans ce projet de l’AMCC, s’il vous plait contacter Dr. Jennifer Goulart, chef du CIC workgoup.

The declaration can be accessed at: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2F66%2FL.1&Lang=E

Though specific targets and timelines for meeting them were not specified in in the political declaration, specific commitments were made in the declaration that should lead toward this point over the next two years.  Commitments and statements made by specific countries at the high-level meeting are summarized at: http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/ga11138.doc.htm 

                                                                    Posted by :  Tim Hanna

To meet this goal, Resident Rotation http://multimed.current-oncology.com/residents is a dedicated website with articles published by trainees and for trainees with interactive forums to meet online and discuss articles, interesting cases, questions about material encountered in class or on the wards, and to seek information about Canadian oncology residency and fellowship training programs.

THIS initiative is the first of its kind, but the Cancer Knowldge Network needs your help!!

The CKN is looking for new readers to join discussions and new contributors to help learn and explore oncology.  If you would personally like to contribute an article: please contact public_relations@multimed.com

The CKN has invited the CIC workgroup to contribute articles, research articles, commentaries and build the GLOBAL ONCOLOGY network. If you would like to submit articles in this area- please first contact the CIC workgroup and we will be happy to facilitate this exchange.

                                                                                    Posted by: 

                                                                                                    Jonathan Klein, MD
                                                                                                    Editor
                                                                                                    Resident Rotation

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