The Golden Rule: A remedy for decadence in Global Health, The 8th Anusandhan Trust’s Krishna Raj Memorial Lecture: | Feb 4, 2016
Co-organizers:
- Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), Mumbai, Anusandhan Trust, Mumbai
- Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM), Pune
- eSocial Sciences, Mumbai
- University of Mumbai, Mumbai
- Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University Women’s University, Mumbai
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Deonar, Mumbai
- The Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
- Forum for Medical Ethics Society (FMES), Mumbai
Venue: Sen Kinare Hall, CVTS Building, Opp. to KEM College Main Building KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
Synopsis: Dr Eric Suba gave an informative lecture on cancer screening trials conducted on more than 300,000 women in the slums of Mumbai and villages in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The trials were funded by the US National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr Suba was able to delve into the topic bearing upon his experience as a pathologist and director of clinical laboratories at the Kaiser Permanante Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA and his work at the Viet/American Cervical Cancer Prevention Project, a non-profit organisation. and visiting Scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, USA.
Speakers: Dr Eric Suba, Director, Clinical Laboratories, at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, USA; American Cervical Cancer Prevention Project