Centre for Global Public Health News Archive
![Dr. Mario Pinto, Vice-President (Research and International) visits UM researchers and patient cohorts in Nairobi.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/4-150x150.jpg)
Research and International
Sex workers, marginalization and health in Africa
March 27, 2024 —
UM researchers in Kenya partner with the University of Nairobi to address the spread of infectious diseases among sex worker and sexual minority communities.
![Global public health researcher Leigh McClarty smiling](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DSC_1712-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Three-time UM alum targets HIV/STI research in Manitoba and globally
February 28, 2022 —
While borders have largely closed due to COVID-19, Dr. Leigh McClarty has been finishing her post-doctorate in global public health and has continued to look for ways to improve health care
![jamie blanchard](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/blanchard_jamie-150x150.jpg)
Supporting research into how we age, how we address global health challenges, and how our climate is changing
February 9, 2016 —
Research funding for new and renewed research chairs – $3.3 million in funding over the next seven years
![Nicki and Bryce Douglas at the alumni event held in Toronto on November 19, 2015](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/IMG_0939-BryceNickiDouglas-150x150.jpg)
Alumni gather at special reception held in Toronto
November 20, 2015 —
Nearly 100 University of Manitoba alumni living in the Greater Toronto Area for an evening of stories, music, and one big announcement
![James Blanchard](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/James-Blanchard-New-150x150.jpg)
Program science approach useful in combatting a range of health and social issues
November 17, 2015 —
Dr. James Blanchard is bridging the health equity gaps by taking a “program science” approach to the problem.
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Research and International
Improving health in India’s poorest regions
February 2, 2015 —
James Blanchard recalls a recent visit to a small shanty village on the outskirts of Lucknow, the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh in Northern India.
![Claudyne Chevrier](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_1220-2-150x150.jpg)
Research and International
CANDID: Q&A with grad student Claudyne Chevrier
January 13, 2015 —
Her parents are cooler than she is, she likes embarrassing pop, and she finds beauty in imperfections
![a stethoscope wraps around the globe](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Global-Health_000004877268Medium-150x150.jpg)
Research and International
U of M researchers won’t back down from fight against HIV/AIDS
December 1, 2014 —
December 1 is World AIDS Day
![Lisa Avery and Maryanne Crockett](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Lisa-Avery-and-Maryanne-Crockett-150x150.jpg)
Community Stories
Keeping mother and babies alive: Life and death in Kenya and India
September 2, 2014 —
Maryanne Crockett and Lisa Avery of the U of M’s Centre for Global Public Health are making a difference for families on the other side of the world.
![jamie blanchard](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/blanchard_jamie-150x150.jpg)
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
U of M Maternal and Child Health Initiative awarded $21.1 million in funding
June 13, 2014 —
Project seeks to reduce the number of mothers and infants who die during and immediately after birth