By Jasmine Ryu Won Kang Amidst global pandemics, there are often numerous public myths, largely unsupported by concrete data, that tend to be circulated; the...

By Daisy Liu In comparison to animal trials, experiments in humans pose enormous questions of ethics that are difficult and tricky to navigate. At the same t...

By Jasmine Ryu Won Kang There are few global health crises as consequential and ubiquitous as the one imposed by climate change. Described by the United Nati...

By Daisy Liu The allure of a flashily titled international volunteering mission is one that many are aware of: from the bombardment of advertisements on soci...

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Why vaccination should not be a question of if, but a matter of how it can be more accessible globally. Acquiring information from reputable sources has alwa...

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Many of us cannot remember a time when antibiotics were not around. Omnipresent in clinical settings, antibiotics have been playing crucial and diversified r...

Despite recognition in the prevalence of sexually transmitted illnesses (STIs) in developing countries, actions taken to minimize transmission of these disea...

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Missed out on our Health and Human Rights Conference? Watch Anh Cao, a top graduate of the University of Toronto, speak on his own experiences with homelessn...

The demand for palliative care has been on the rise over the past decade. As one of the fastest growing fields in the healthcare sector, palliative care aims...

OMWHO 2017 was great! Here's a video with all our best highlights! Thank you to everyone who came out!

As first-time co-chairs for Global Health Engage (GHE) – a subsidiary of the U of T International Health Program (UTIHP) – Derek and I were presented with a ...

Day 2 of the Health and Human Rights conference was very humbling, eye-opening and interactive. Things kicked off with a special keynote from a refugee stude...

UTIHP’s Health and Human Rights Conference took place over two days, providing attendees with an enriching experience on medical humanitarian interventions i...

Each year the University of Toronto has the great honour of hosting the Health and Human Rights Conference, a two-day event that engages undergraduate, gradu...