A woman delivers her baby in a rural health post in Bududa. There are complications. She is hemorrhaging. The nearest blood bank is hours away, and even if a vehicle were available right now, the roads make the journey uncertain.

This is not a hypothetical. It is a scenario that plays out across lo...

In Uganda, youth smoking prevalence sits at 5.7%. In Peru, e-cigarette use among adolescents has shown a significant increase in recent years. In Costa Rica and Ecuador, flavored nicotine products are moving fast through markets that were not ready to regulate them.

Behind every one of those number...

712 women die every day from preventable pregnancy-related causes. Most of them never saw a doctor. Many of them saw a nurse — or saw no one at all.

In most health systems, nurses are the first point of contact — the ones who assess, triage, educate, comfort, and follow up. In low-resource communit...

Soap and water. That's it.

Of all the interventions in public health, handwashing consistently ranks among the most effective at preventing infectious disease — respiratory illness, diarrhea, healthcare-associated infections, even maternal sepsis. It costs almost nothing. It requires no prescriptio...

Every year on April 25, World Malaria Day highlights the global fight against one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases.

For those interested in global health volunteering, it also raises an important question:
how can individuals contribute to malaria prevention in real communities?

This y...

Every April 11, Costa Rica comes alive with national pride, honoring Juan Santamaría—a young hero whose bravery helped protect the country’s sovereignty in 1856.

For participants in FIMRC’s Global Health Volunteer Program (GHVP), this is more than a cultural moment—it’s a unique opportunity to expe...

Every April 7, the World Health Organization marks World Health Day, a global reminder that health is not a privilege, but a fundamental human right.

This year’s theme, “Together for Health. Stand with Science”, calls on governments, organizations, and individuals to recommit to a shared goal: univ...

Global health volunteering is rarely just about the time in the clinic.

It is about showing up, fully, in a community– learning its rhythms, its traditions, and the way people come together. Some of the most meaningful moments happen outside of structured programming.

Holy Week—or Semana Santa—is ...

Every year on March 24, the world observes World Tuberculosis Day, led by the World Health Organization, to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and accelerate efforts to eliminate this preventable and treatable disease.

In Peru, tuberculosis remains a persistent public health challenge – par...

Understanding global health takes more than lectures and textbooks. It requires immersion, humility, and real-world experience.

For Tea Sweeney, a Global Public Health and Africana Studies student at Binghamton University, the Summer International Health Fellowship (SIFH) in Bududa, Uganda became t...