The 8th annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) conference was held in Washington, DC on April 7 - 9, 2017. This year's theme was "Healthy People, Healthy Ecosystems: Implementation, Leadership, and Sustainability in Global Health" and sessions and keynote addresses included topics such as planetary health; governance and political decision-making; health systems and human resources; women's health, and more.
A satellite session on global surgery was organized with the support from the G4 Alliance, World Health Organizaton, University of Utah, and the American College of Surgeons.
More information about the conference can be found on the CUGH website, or by following #CUGH2017 on Twitter.
Friday, April 7, 2017 to Sunday, April 9, 2017