Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Life Expectancy
December 08, 2016 | Health News

NBC News: Death Rate Grows, Life Expectancy Shrinks for Americans

The U.S. death rate is on the rise for the first time in more than 15 years, with life expectancy for a baby born in 2015 dropping slightly, the government reported Thursday.

In a trend that's worrying experts, the nation's death rate — or the number of deaths for every 100,000 U.S. residents — rose 1.2 percent from 2014 to last year, the first noteworthy uptick since 1999.

Obesity Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Hunger Food Security
December 08, 2016 | Health News

TakePart: Obesity and Hunger Are Twin Crises

By Betty Baboujon 

Despite decades of warnings, obesity poses a growing problem worldwide. Once it was thought to afflict just affluent countries, where excess can easily become a way of life. In reality, obesity is a global issue affecting poorer countries on a grand scale. While there has been progress in reducing hunger globally, the next stage doesn’t look too promising.

Health funding HIV/AIDS World AIDS Day
December 01, 2016 | Health News

Humanosphere: Op-ed: Is Global Health Industry Too Self-Serving In the Fight Against AIDS?

By Scott Barnhart and Joanna Diallo

Washington state’s global health community is a recognized leader in the fight against many diseases of poverty including HIV/AIDS. No question about that. The question is whether our region’s leadership, the way we choose to fight the pandemic, is actually doing more for us than the people we claim to be helping.

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HIV/AIDS Global WACh World AIDS Day
November 30, 2016 | Department News

Focusing on Adolescents For an AIDS-Free Generation

Op-ed by Jennifer Slyker

This World AIDS Day, we applaud gains against the world HIV/AIDS epidemic and optimistically embark upon a new vaccine trial. But we also recognize our work is far from done especially when it comes to young people. Without a significant global transformation in priorities and resources towards adolescents, we leave them at risk of dying from a preventable and treatable disease.

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Center for Aids Research (CFAR) HIV/AIDS Jared Baeten
November 30, 2016 | Department News

Jared Baeten Announced as Next Director of CFAR

Jared Baeten, MD, PhD, current Vice Chair of the Department of Global Health, has accepted the position of Director of the University of Washington/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) starting January 1, 2017. After 30 years as CFAR Director, King Holmes will transition to a Co-Director role and will remain an active member of the CFAR Leadership Team.

Population Health Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
November 20, 2016 | Health News

The Seattle Times: Population Health is a Moral Imperative — Here’s How We’ll Solve Local and Global Problems

By Ana Mari Cauce and Ali H. Mokdad

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s recent gift for construction of a population-health facility will greatly advance the interdisciplinary and collaborative work of our faculty members, students, partners and collaborators across the UW, the region and the world.

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Cuba Video Health Systems
November 17, 2016 | Department News

Medical Historian from Cuba Visits UW (Video)

In the decades since the success of the 1959 Cuban Revolution, that small island has gained a global reputation for its pioneering health system. Although Cuba’s GDP is only a fraction of that of the U.S., the island has a lower infant mortality rate and has among the highest life expectancies and doctor-patient ratios in the world. What factors account for the success of medicine and public health in Cuba?

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