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Zambia Health Resource Tracker
This is a mixed-methods project in collaboration with the Department of Economics, University of Zambia. The aim is to describe resource flows to and through the Zambian health system from 2001 - 2012, and relate these to health outcomes (measured in...
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Jacob Bentley
Adjunct Associate Professor, Global Health Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Medicine Email:
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Cities respond to rising heat … with new hires
People around the world are dying from heat exposure. A few cities and towns — from Phoenix and Miami here in the U.S. to Athens, Greece — are responding by hiring “chief heat officers.” It’s a step to the future of local heat resilience as the climate...
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Developing and Evaluating Point-of-Care Antigen and Immunoassays for COVID-19 and Cytokine Release Syndrome among people being screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection in Seattle
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of novel point-of-care tests for COVID-19 infection in Seattle. ...
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Expanding Surgical Services in Kampala, Uganda
The UW is working with Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery (UCSF), the University of British Columbia, and Harvard on an informal partnership to help expand the training of anesthesia and surgery residents, as well as anesthesia officers in...
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Aerobiology, immunology, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission
This is a study of TB aerobiology, infectiousness and incidence in Nairobi, Kenya. Primary collaborators are KEMRI Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research and the National TB, Leprosy, and Lung Disease Program. Funding is provided through an R01 grant...
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Massachusetts is Now Tracking How Many People Died Due to Heat
After days of forecasters warning of dangerous heat, Massachusetts will be identifying and evaluating if anyone died due to the heat. Previously Massachusetts was among states that did not track heat-related deaths where exposure to extreme heat was a...
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DoxyPEP is a morning-after pill to prevent sexually transmitted infections
Years after it was first proven to work, a new tool for preventing sexually transmitted infections is on the brink of entering mainstream medicine. That tool is doxyPEP, an antibiotic that works like a morning-after pill — but instead of preventing...
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SPH Close Up: Kenny Sherr
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Clarivate announces Highly Cited Researchers 2024
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