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A Crucial Push for Improved Global Health Statistics

March 12, 2013January 25, 2023 Alex Ocampo

How many people worldwide suffer from malaria? How many children died last year in Bolivia and of what causes? Which clinics in the developing world have adequate

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Malaria in Pregnancy: A Solvable Problem

August 9, 2012January 25, 2023 Alex Ocampo

While its infectious cycle, treatment, and prevention are well understood, malaria remains one of the most dangerous endemic infectious diseases in the world. The World

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Paul Farmer on Working With, Not For, Developing Nations

July 13, 2012January 25, 2023 Alex Ocampo

Dr. Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health (PIH) and Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, had

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HHS Spotlights the “Silent Epidemic” During LGBTQ Pride Month

June 28, 2012January 25, 2023 Alex Ocampo

  Prevention of viral hepatitis receives well-deserved attention this June from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in observance of Lesbian, Gay,

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From Poor to Rich: The Migration of the Plague in the United States

June 21, 2012January 25, 2023 Alex Ocampo

The plague, once a disease affecting mostly lower socioeconomic communities in the United States, has made a shift to middle and upper class neighborhoods over

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