Campus Connection

‘Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health’ runs through Oct. 18

What is public health? A National Institutes of Health exhibit at UW-La Crosse hopes to answer that. The national exhibit —“Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health” — runs through Tuesday, Oct. 18, in the Murphy Library Resource Center, 1631 Pine St., during regular business hours. Throughout history and in cultures worldwide, preventable disease has riddled communities with unnecessary morbidity and mortality. Many people continue to die from causes that could be easily avoided. A global revolution has begun to change that. Villages and cities around the world have joined forces with scientists, advocates, governments, and international organizations to defy preventable disease and improve quality of life for all citizens. Through words and images, this exhibit narrates the revolution. “Approximately 80 percent of heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes, and 40 percent of cancer could be avoided through healthy diet, regular physical activity and avoidance of tobacco use,” says Dr. Robert Beaglehole. He was previously the head adviser for the World Health Organization and is now co-director for International Public Health Consultants in New Zealand. The exhibit explores the shared basic needs required for a good quality of life, including nutritious food and clean water, a safe place to live and affordable health care. The campus showing is sponsored by the UW-L Health Education and Health Promotion Department, http://www.uwlax.edu/sah/hehp/. Find out more about the public health campaign at: http://apps.nlm.nih.gov/againsttheodds/index.cfm. If you go— Who: National Institutes of Health national exhibit What: “Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health” When: through Tuesday, Oct. 18 Where: UW-L Murphy Library Resource Center, 1631 Pine St. Admission: Free