The Drexel University School of Public Health hosted the traveling exhibit "Against the Odds: Making a Difference in in Global Health," sponsored by the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH), from May 20 - 22 in the lobby of the New College Building (245 N. 15th St., Philadelphia, PA). The exhibit included stories of those who take up the challenges to prevent disease and improve health care from multiple destinations around the world.
The exhibit is traveling to various schools of public health across the nation this summer, and features such stories as the "barefoot doctor program," which trained millions of young people to treat common ailments in rural China in the 1960's and 70's, as well as a program to address oral rehydration in Bangladesh. Further info describes how the Pholela Health Center in South Africa inspired the community health movement in the United States.
![Sten Vermund, MD, PhD attends \"Against the Odds\" exhibit](/SiteData/images/Vermund_crop/3f2a8f9b407b3a3d2b01ef4f0d8de3a1/Vermund_crop.jpg "Sten Vermund, MD, PhD attends \\"Against the Odds\\" exhibit")
Dr. Sten Vermund attends reception at "Against the Odds" exhibit on May 21,
following his lecture on "Global HIV Prevention"
(Podcast available here)
The exhibit also featured various domestic public health issues and historic public health programs.
For more information please visit the related portion of the ASPH website, or Against the Odds online.