global health
This article was originally published HERE on April 27, 2017 on the Huffington Post. This article was written as a follow-up to a presentation given during the
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May 12, 2017 // 1 Comment
We recently hosted an event that featured powerful speakers and inspiring art as part of our annual Public health matters series. This year’s event focused on
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April 28, 2017 // 1 Comment
By Claire Vernon, PhD World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is celebrated each year on March 24.[1] Although it is a curable disease, TB was the world’s number one
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March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments
The NPHR Blog is excited to feature this post, written by Sheila Burt, as an introduction to our upcoming Northwestern Public Health Review winter issue. Burt expertly weaves
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January 27, 2017 // 1 Comment
Global Nigeria was set to celebrate being polio-free for two years this August. Despite efforts to eradicate this disease, two children in different parts of Borno state
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August 28, 2016 // 0 Comments
Global A global public health crisis- the end of mercury pollution?? The Australian based laboratory of chemistry professor, Justin M. Chalker, may have a solution. His lab
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August 7, 2016 // 0 Comments
by Claire Vernon Athletes and sports fans around the world are preparing for the 2016 Olympic Games which begin this Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1] but as we look
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August 5, 2016 // 0 Comments
Global News Ever wonder whose job it is to go around during war to pull people from the rubble and provide emergency care? meet the white helmet brigade in Syria. Does the
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May 1, 2016 // 0 Comments