2024 Global Health Conference

The Institute for Global Health at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre are thrilled to announce the 6th Annual Global Health Conference (GHC24)! GHC24 is an annual event bringing together a community of students, trainees, clinicians, researchers, and faculty from across health professions and disciplines to share knowledge. This year’s conference is hosted by the Institute for Global Health, UBC’s Branch for Global Surgical Care and Global Surgery Lab, and Healthy Starts.

When: Thursday, April 11, 2024 | 9:00 am – 1:30 pm PDT

Where: In-person at BC Children’s Hospital’s Chan Centre for Family Health Education + Virtual

We hope that you will join us at GHC24 for a conversation on “Global Surgery: Addressing a Neglected Global Health Crisis” with conference co-Chairs Dr. Jan Christilaw and Dr. Faizal Haji. The conference will host a wide range of speakers from around the world, giving us the opportunity discuss the often-overlooked challenges in global surgical care, addressing issues from care inequalities to the impact of education and training on building surgical capacity, and exploring how these factors specifically affect the care of children and women worldwide.