The Revolutionary Optimists Documentary

Kristina Krohn, the 2012-2013 Stanford-NBC News Fellow in Media and Global Health is now in New York working with NBC News. She recently wrote an article on the film "The Revolutionary Optimists" which was created by Maren Grainger-Monsen and Nicole Newnham. The piece provides an insider’s view on the way the children can have an impact on decreasing the rates of malaria and diarrhea and improve polio vaccination rates. The filmmakers will present the film on a panel at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. See part of her piece short piece on the film below:

"We want to leave the world better for our children, but sometimes our children are already the ones changing the world. A group of kids in the slums of Kolkata lead the charge to improve their neighborhoods health and sanitation. They call themselves the Dakabuko - the courage of a daredevil."

Stanford - NBC News Fellowship in Media and Global Health

In 2011, Stanford University's Center for Innovation in Global Health (CIGH) launched the first U.S. Fellowship in Media and Global Health to demonstrate how multiple media platforms can have significant impact upon work in global health. Fellows are competitively chosen from a national pool of physicians-in-training and physicians committed to a career in global health. The deadline to apply is February 15, 2013. To learn more about this opportunity, please click here.

Introducing The Osa & Golfito Initiative

The Osa & Golfito Initiative (INOGO), facilitated by Stanford’s Woods Institute, and involving Dr. Lynne Gaffikin, Consulting Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, aims to achieve greater well being of human populations and the natural environment in a focal area within two cantons, Osa and Golfito, in southern Costa Rica. This collaborative initiative involves creating a shared vision and complementary long-term strategic plan for sustainable human development and environmental conservation. For more information and to keep abreast of INOGO progress, click here.

TEDxSF Event

On November 10, 2012, UCSF hosted the TEDxSF event. Watch a video of Deepak Chopra, Sir Richard Feachem and Michele Barry discussing global health in the Bay Area.