Traveling Exhibitions

• Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health

  
  

  AVAILABLE

  

  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

  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

  
  

   Exhibition Tour Itinerary

  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   Available   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   Available   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   Available   07/25/11 – 09/02/11   University of North Carolina-Charlotte                                  Charlotte, NC   09/19/11 – 10/28/11   University of Wisconsin                                  La Crosse, WI   11/14/11 – 12/30/11   Ohio State University                                  Prior Health Sciences Library                                  Columbus, OH   01/16/12 – 02/25/12   University of Pittsburgh                                  Health Sciences Library                                  Pittsburgh, PA

  
  

  Contact Us

  The Association of Schools of Public Health is managing a special tour of the exhibition. For the Schools of Public Health tour, please contact: Maggie English, menglish@asph.org at the Association of Schools of Public Health.

  For Libraries and other institutions, please contact: 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 Informational Sheet (pdf)

  
  

  Exhibition Bibliography (pdf)

  
  

  Exhibition Brochure (pdf)

  
  

  Exhibition Poster (pdf)

  
  

  Exhibition Survey (pdf)

  
  

  Against the Odds Exhibition Web Site