Transcript GlobeMed Meeting Minutes February 5, 2008 Please contact

GlobeMed Meeting Minutes
February 5, 2008
Please contact Director of Communications,
Heidi Stine [email protected] with any questions.
Fundraising and Development
Director: Sarah Dorward
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Important Dates
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Spaghetti Dinner: April 24th 5-8pm (+ setup/cleanup)
5K: TBA
Hershey Park: TBA
Donor List
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Please add 2 more addresses + contact names
If you have someone in mind, but forgot the address,
contact Sarah at [email protected]
Fundraising and Development
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Reminders
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Spaghetti Dinner Committee
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5K Race Committee
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Robyn (CL), Brian, Jake, and Sam
Jorge (CL) and Brian
Donors List Committee
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Sadiya and Maria (CLs)
Education and Training
Director: Anita Patel
Coming up soon…
 Primer on February 26th
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Suggestions for topics?
Final list for Chicago
Final list for Yale to be made on Friday
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Last minute additions need to be made NOW
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Education and Training
Poster Exhibition for PSU Conference
 Possible topics include:
 Microlending
 Volunteering
 GlobeMed PSU Accomplishment
 Project Honduras
 Malaria/TB/AIDS
 Presidential Candidates
 Various Global Health Concerns
 What Can the Average Person Do?
 Map of world with health problems by area
 Famous Faces of Global Health
 Global Health Library
 Current Research
 What does everyone think?
Education and Training
News Brief!
 $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa & other areas
– PEPFAR
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Bush wants to double spending
House Democrats want to triple spending
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President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Currently treating 1.4 million people in sub-Saharan Africa
Slash millions in spending on sexual abstinence
education
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Conservative groups angry
Education and Training
News Brief Cont’d…
 Bush’s new plan calls for $30 billion over next 5 years
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Democrat’s new plan calls for $50 billion over next 5
years
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Want to remove a stipulation that says 1/3 of the money has to
go to abstinence only education
ARVs – 155,000 people in 15 sub-Saharan countries
receiving ARVs in 2004
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Now 1.4 million as of September 2007
Additional $30 billion will extend treatment to 2.5 million people
and prevent 12 million new infections
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1709622,00.html
Health Partnerships
Director: Christine Fagioletti
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This Week:
Poster Revisions in Progress
Continued Contact with Cure about trip
 If interested in potentially going to Honduras:
 Sign-up with name and e-mail and I will send you the link to
the trip forms and class updates:
 http://www.helpcurenow.org/site/c.nvI1IeNYJyE/b.3506923/
k.F2C1/Apply_Now.htm
Short term goals:
Solidify Trip Dates
Begin making Honduras Primer with potential travelers or those
interested
Design HP webpage and finish Poster
Begin Summer Trip Application