Published: 03/27/2025

Stanford’s Gloabal Health Graduate Network is excited to host an informal dinner with the second cohort of Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH).

Event details:

  • 17 April 2025
  • 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
  • LKSC 320
  • Open to members of the Stanford community

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Global Health Conversations Over Dinner An informal opportunity to meet the second cohort of the Stanford African Scholars in Global Health (SASH). SASH is a new initiative to promote health equity, capacity building, and bidirectional learning between African medical institutions and Stanford. We hope you can join us! Temesgen Abicho (Ethiopia): Addressing emerging antimicrobial resistance at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Tertiary Academic Hospital Emergency Medicine Department via a concerted antimicrobial stewardship quality improvement program Joycelyn Dame (Ghana): Implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program at the pediatric medical and surgical wards at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (the University of Ghana Medical School’s affiliate hospital), with monthly educational teaching sessions and a weekly all-day handshake stewardship strategy. Neema Kayange (Tanzania): Reducing long hospital stays and high mortality associated with hospital-based infections by developing an antibiogram to understand and address antibiotic resistance Mary Kubo (Kenya): Increasing uptake of pneumococcal vaccination among patients with chronic kidney disease in a limited resource setting Alemayehu Toni (Ethiopia): Establishing a novel approach to revitalize immunization services and increase uptake among under-immunized children 17 April 2025 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm LKSC 320 RSVP