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Humanosphere: Podcast with Dr. Patty Garcia
In a new Humanosphere podcast, Dr. Patricia (Patty) Garcia talks about her recent appointment to become Minister of Health in Peru. Garcia is a Professor of Global Health at the University of Washington, was head of the Peruvian National Institute of...
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Amy Hagopian appointed to American Public Health Association Publications Board
Amy Hagopian, PhD was appointed to serve on the Publications Board of the American Public Health Association (APHA) . The appointment is a three-year term, beginning in 2013. The Publications Board is one of APHA’s most active working groups,...
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STIs are on the rise in the US — a pill taken after sex could help slow them down
As rates of sexually transmitted infections continue to skyrocket across the U.S., a growing number of physicians are prescribing a commonly used antibiotic as a way to prevent chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections in gay and bisexual men and...
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Global Health Financing
IHME is working on tracking major components of financial resource inputs for health to help answer global and national health policy questions. They are collecting data from a variety of sources to address some of these critical issues. The focus of...
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InterAction Nepal
InterAction Nepal is an immersive, interdisciplinary study abroad program. The program challenges students to delve into contemporary debates surrounding development in Nepal and respond to them through participatory design, project implementation and...
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Financing Global Health
This long-term project aims to measure resource available for health. A primary focus of this research has been to focus on tracking development assistance for health (international aid for health), but continues to expand and track respectively and...
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Shambhu Acharya
Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health Email:
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Earth just experienced the hottest 12 months ever recorded
The last 12 months were the hottest Earth has ever recorded, according to a new report by Climate Central, a nonprofit science research group. ...
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde
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Designing an Intervention to Increase Men's Linkage to Care and Prevention after HIV Self-Testing in Uganda
The goal of this project is to assess men’s barriers and motivators to clinic linkage after HIV self-testing and pilot-test a feasible and scalable intervention to increase men’s linkage to HIV treatment and prevention; this intervention will be...