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Congratulations, 2017 Graduates!
On Wednesday, June 9, 2017, the Department of Global Health celebrated our tenth graduation since our founding in 2007. Over 150 students received degrees and certificates, including five graduates of the PhD programs, 43 graduates of the MPH program,...
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MPH Student from Nigeria Publishes Op-Ed on Cancer
"Do you know that according to the World Health Organization, deaths due to cancer in developing countries have surpassed the deaths due to HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined? About 80% of deaths due to cancer worldwide occur in developing...
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NBC: New Map Finds 2 Billion People at Risk of Zika Virus
By Maggie Fox ...
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Heat-Related Emergencies Are Soaring in the U.S. Can Hospitals Keep Up?
Medical providers and public health experts worry that the health care system is poorly equipped to handle the influx. The UW's Dr. Jeremy Hess, professor of environmental and occupational health sciences, global health and emergency medicine; and...
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MATRIX
The mission of MATRIX to develop a range of acceptable, affordable, scalable and deliverable products to meet the unmet needs of women at risk of HIV and other infectious diseases. ...
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Mental Health Partnership in Nairobi
The University of Nairobi recently received a Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI)-linked award focused on research training in mental health. This three-year award. led by Dr. Muthoni Mathai from the University of Nairobi and Dr. Jurgen...
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Irene Njuguna
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Global Health ...
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Spain’s April heat nearly impossible without climate change
Record-breaking April temperatures in Spain, Portugal and northern Africa were made 100 times more likely by human-caused climate change and would have been almost impossible in the past, according to a new study. ...
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In a Hotter World, Some People Age Faster, Researchers Find
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Improving weather forecasts by one degree could slash heat wave deaths
When temperatures are extreme, the accuracy of a weather forecast can be the difference between life and death. New research shows that even small errors in temperature predictions — as little as one degree Celsius — lead to more deaths, and that...