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Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health


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Best Exhibit award from the American Public Health Association's Public Health Expo 2008

A revolution in global health is taking place in villages and towns around the world. Communities in collaboration with scientists, advocates, governments, and international organizations, are taking up the challenge to prevent disease and improve quality of life.

Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health tells the many stories of this revolution drawing upon a legacy of success, often based on the simplest means.

Exhibition Specifications – Banner

Category Specifications
Contents: Six banners and structure,
Each banner 7 ft. H x 3 ft. W
Size: 500-700 sq. ft.
Packing: Exhibition is packed in two
plastic wheeled graphics tube,
46 in. H x 19 in. W
Shipping: Incoming - cost estimate
$200-$500
Booking
Period:
6 Weeks
On the top left, Administering oral rehydration therapy, Bangladesh, 1980s. Courtesy ICDDR,B. On the bottom left, Dr. D. A. Henderson in Ethiopia, administering a smallpox vaccination, ca. 1972. Courtesy WHO. On the right, Chinese public health poster depicting female Chinese barefoot doctor.

Exhibition Tour Itinerary

Dates Location
10/07/08 – 11/14/08 Veterans Administration
Medical Library
Northport, NY
11/18/08 – 01/09/09 New York Academy of Medicine
New York, NY
01/26/09 – 03/06/09 Centers for Disease Control
Global Health Odyssey Museum
Atlanta, GA
03/10/09 – 04/13/09 University of Michigan
Health Sciences Libraries
Ann Arbor, MI
04/27/09 – 05/01/09 World Federation of
Public Health Associations
World Conference
Istanbul, Turkey
06/08/09 – 07/17/09 Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
08/03/09 – 09/11/09 Duke University
Medical Center Library
and Archives
Durham, NC
09/28/09 – 11/06/09 University of Maryland
Health Sciences and
Human Services Library
Baltimore, MD
11/23/09 – 01/03/10 University of Washington
Health Sciences Library
Seattle, WA
01/18/10 – 02/26/10 University of Minnesota
Bio-Medical Library
Minneapolis, MN
03/15/10 – 04/23/10 Medical College of Wisconsin
Libraries
Milwaukee, WI
05/10/10 – 06/18/10 University of Alabama-Birmingham
Alabama Museum
of the Health Sciences
Lister Hill Library
Birmingham, AL
07/05/10 – 08/13/10 Des Moines University
Des Moines, IA
08/30/10 – 10/08/10 Southern Illinois
University - Carbondale
Morris Library
Carbondale, IL
10/25/10 – 12/03/10 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ebling Library
Madison, WI
12/20/10 – 01/28/11 Saint Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston, NJ
02/14/11 – 03/25/11 Long Island University
Brooklyn, NY
04/04/11 – 05/13/11 Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
05/30/11 – 07/08/11 Texas A & M University
College Station, TX
07/25/11 – 09/02/11 University of North Carolina
Charlotte, NC
09/19/11 – 10/28/11 University of Wisconsin
La Crosse, WI
11/14/11 – 12/30/11 Morehouse School of Medicine Library
Atlanta, GA
01/16/12 – 02/25/12 University of Pittsburgh
Health Sciences Library
Pittsburgh, PA
03/12/12 – 04/21/12 University of Arizona
Arizona Health Sciences Library
Tucson, AZ
05/07/12 – 06/16/12 Ohio State University
Prior Health Sciences Library
Columbus, OH
07/02/12 – 08/11/12 Uniformed Services University
of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, MD
08/27/12 – 10/06/12 University of Texas-
Southwestern Medical Center Library
Dallas, TX
10/22/12 – 12/01/12 Spring Lake District Library
Spring Lake, MI
12/17/12 – 01/26/13 University of Oklahoma
Tulsa Library
Tulsa, OK
02/11/13 – 03/23/13 West Virginia University
Charleston, WV
04/08/13 – 05/18/13 Northwest Regional Library
Lehigh Acres, FL
06/03/13 – 07/13/13 Lutheran HealthCare
Health Sciences Library
Brooklyn, NY
07/29/13 – 09/07/13 Howard University
Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library
Washington, D.C.
09/23/13 – 11/01/13 Ravalli County Museum
at the Old Court House
Hamilton, MT
Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health - installed exhibit.

Contact Us

To book this exhibition , please contact us at: nlmtravelingexhibits@mail.nlm.nih.gov


Resources

Click the links below, to download important information you will need for the National Library of Medicine's Against the Odds exhibition tour.

Exhibition Guidelines and Installation Instructions

Exhibition PR Information (pdf)

Exhibition Shipping Instructions (pdf)

Exhibition Bibliography (pdf)

Exhibition Brochure (pdf)

Exhibition Poster (pdf)

Exhibition Survey (pdf)

Against the Odds Exhibition Web Site