Global Externs' Blog

For over a decade the pharmaceutical industry and patients worldwide have been witness to a revolution in drug research and development. Biotechnology has saved or extended the quality of life for millions of patients and changed the way diseases like cancer, heart disease, and multiple sclerosis are treated. Biologics, or biopharmaceuticals, represent one of the […]

In 2009 President Obama announced plans of implementing the Global Health Initiative (GHI).  Through the GHI, the United States will invest $63 billion over the next 6 years to help partner countries improve health in those nations.  At the core, the GHI’s objective is to improve the health of women and girls through achieving significant […]

This summer I also have the great opportunity of working at the International Trade Administration (ITA) in the Office of Health and Consumer Goods (OHCG) down in our nation’s capital, Washington D.C.  My office, the OHCG, is then broken down into two offices, the Health Office and the Consumer Goods office.  I am working in […]

This summer I find myself in our nation’s capital amidst the grandeur of American symbols and in the seat of democratic power. But beyond the sights and sounds there is work to be done. My desk for the summer does not sit in a law office or a judge’s chambers, but rather in the Herbert […]

The United Nations (U.N.) is an international organization that was established on October 24, 1945, by 51 countries. The U.N. has four main purposes: “to maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.” The name “United Nations” was coined by our […]

I have been given the great opportunity of externing at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the United Nations Millennium Development Campaign office. The office is located at the United Nations headquarters in New York, New York. The United Nations Millennium Campaign, entitled End Poverty 2015, began in the year 2000 at the United […]

Welcome to the first group of Global Health Law Ambassadors pictured here. Students are enjoying the opportunity to extern or intern at international organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Millennium Development Campaign office and for the US government at the Department of Commerce International Trade Administration. Opportunities also include […]