Global Health Corps Expands to 70 Fellowships, Including Placements with a...
The Global Health Corps is now accepting applications for their fellowship placements in Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and the USA. I learned about this opportunity from Emily Bearse, a GHC fellowship alum,...
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Obama, My Grandma and I
My mother died at 49 years of age and her mother passed away at 45 years of age. However, my grandmother’s elder sister, whom I affectionately call my My supergrandma while in Boston supergrandma, is...
View ArticleUS Welcomes Somalia’s New President
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Two decades since the embarrassing Black Hawk Down incident, the United States is opening a new chapter with Somalia. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the newly elected leader of...
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HIV Infections in the United States- The Surprising Numbers
While reading a recent CDC fact-sheet on HIV/AIDS in the United States, I was surprised to see how heavily concentrated the epidemic is in sexual, racial, and gender groups, namely men who have sex...
View ArticleThings I’ve been thinking 6/17/2014
; “Don’t think about where the lines are drawn, think about who draws the lines.” I rarely agree with The Last Psychiatrist, but it’s my go-to source for question assumptions … more Blood &...
View ArticlePoverty in the U.S.: It’s is worse than you’re led to believe
There are two competing narratives about poverty in the United States. One is summed up best by commentator and TV host Bill O’Reilly, who argues that poverty is not all that bad in the U.S. and the...
View ArticleKaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief Examines U.S. Ebola Response, FY15...
Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. Response to Ebola: Status of the FY2015 Emergency Ebola Appropriation “…This issue brief seeks to shed light on [the U.S. Ebola epidemic response], focusing on the...
View ArticleBecker’s Hospital Review Outlines Facts In Kaiser Family Foundation Issue...
Becker’s Hospital Review: The U.S. Ebola price tag: 5 things to know This industry publication summarizes the Kaiser Family Foundation’s recently released issue brief on the U.S. response to the Ebola...
View ArticleThe 1899 United States Kissing Bug Epidemic
by Melissa N. Garcia, Daisy Hernandez, Rodion Gorchakov, Kristy O. Murray, Peter J. More here: The 1899 United States Kissing Bug Epidemic The post The 1899 United States Kissing Bug Epidemic...
View ArticleNumber Of U.S. Girls, Women At Risk Of FGM Increases Threefold, Study Shows
Thomson Reuters Foundation: U.S. girls, women at risk of genital mutilation has tripled: study “More than half a million women and girls in the United States live at risk of female genital mutilation,...
View ArticlePIH to Work with Sioux Tribe
Photo by Sonya Shin / Partners In HealthCommunity Health Representative Glenn Quick Bear records his mileage while parked in Rosebud, SD, in February 2016. Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment...
View ArticleU.K. plays host to global corruption summit, but overlooks its complicity
The U.K. played host to a global anti-corruption summit yesterday. The event seemed particularly well-timed, coming on the heels of the Panama Papers controversy and a gaffe by Prime Minister David...
View ArticleWhy We March for Food and Health in 2017
In Canada, our southern neighbour casts a long shadow, and 2017 commenced with a deep distemper in my community of practice on food and health. I had conversations with friends that ranged from glum...
View ArticleTick, tock, tick tock—While others sleep, what are CDC experts doing to keep...
Children wait for a bus on a street in downtown Mysore, India. The CDC is carrying out a range of programs in India to ensure a healthy and safe future for kids like these. (Photo Courtesy: David...
View ArticleWhen Time Is Critical: How Involving Frontline Health Workers Can Improve...
By Carmen Graffagnino, Neurologist, Duke Hospital ; Nilima Mehta , Philanthropy program manager, Medtronic Foundation ; Anne Katharine Wales, Senior philanthropy portfolio lead, Medtronic Foundation...
View ArticleOn the Hill to Advocate for and Honor Health Workers
By Carol Bales , Advocacy and policy communications manager, IntraHealth International April 18, 2019 World Health Worker Week was a time to educate lawmakers on the tremendous impact of frontline...
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