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American Heart Association Strategically Funded Research Networks
These are two related and overlapping projects on rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Uganda. Both make use of health systems and implementation research methods to better understand how to scale up rheumatic heart disease prevention...
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Q & A WITH RABI YUNUSU
Research Assistant, University of Washington Department of Global Health ...
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The effect of pharmacy-delivered PrEP services on reach and access in Kenya
This hybrid implementation cluster-randomized trial aims to test the effect of pharmacy-based PrEP delivery compared to pharmacy referral to existing clinic-based PrEP services in Kenya. This trial is being conducted in Thika and Kisumu, Kenya in...
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Will Your Dog Get Dementia? A Large New Study Offers Clues.
The risk of canine cognitive dysfunction, a.k.a. “doggy dementia,” is far greater in dogs who don’t get enough exercise, researchers found. Their risk factors echo some in humans, whose homes they share. ...
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Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms
Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a mishmash of ways more than 3,000 counties calculate heat deaths means we don’t really know how many people die in the U...
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David Fleming -- a Seattle Powerhouse for Global to Local
Dr. David Fleming, Director, Public Health- Seattle & King County, was named one of the "50 Most Influential People in Seattle Right Now" by Seattle Met Magazine. Dr. Fleming is on the Department's External Advisory Board and is a passionate advocate...
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Standing Room Only for Jonathan Patz Lecture
Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, Professor and Director, Global Environmental Health at the University of Wisconsin (at Madison) gave a great lecture Jan. 4 to a standing-room only crowd as part of the Washington Global Health Alliance Discovery Series. His...
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University of Washington Arboviral Research Network (UWARN)
This UWARN center for the Centers Researching Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID, formerly known as EIDRCs) will establish research and coordination with arboviral research laboratories and cohorts in Brazil, Pakistan, Senegal, South Africa, and Taiwan...
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ACTIoN: Study of ACuTe Infections on Novel HIV Prevention Modalities Description
To perform intensive studies of causes of Acute HIV infections (AHI) for PrEP users (including oral, vaginal ring and injectable PrEP) at HIV seroconversion, and monitor the subsequent outcome on antiretroviral treatment. The causes of AHI on PrEP are...
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Global Health Pathway
Events ...