A student-led global health education initiative: reflections on the Kenyan Village Medical Education Program

Christopher John; Heidi Asquith; Tom Wren; Stephanie Mercuri; Sian Brownlow

doi:10.4081/jphr.2016.646

Journal of Public Health Research (Apr 2016)

A student-led global health education initiative: reflections on the Kenyan Village Medical Education Program

Christopher John,
Heidi Asquith,
Tom Wren,
Stephanie Mercuri,
Sian Brownlow

Affiliations

Christopher John: Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Heidi Asquith: Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Tom Wren: Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Stephanie Mercuri: Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria
Sian Brownlow: Melbourne University Health Initiative, Level 4, Alan Gilbert Building; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/jphr.2016.646
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1

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The Kenyan Village Medical Education Program is a student-led global health initiative that seeks to improve health outcomes in rural Kenya through culturally appropriate health education. The month-long program, which is organised by the Melbourne University Health Initiative (Australia), is conducted each January in southern rural Kenya.

Published in Journal of Public Health Research

ISSN: 2279-9036 (Online)
Publisher: SAGE Publishing
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PHJ

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