By Barry Meier
When a law firm hired by Qatar, the site of the 2022 World Cup, issued a report last year urging reforms in the treatment of migrant construction workers there, human rights groups expected the tiny oil-rich Persian Gulf nation to respond quickly.
By Maggie Fox
Researchers have developed a new, long-acting malaria drug that they believe may help fight one of the world's biggest killers.
The drug, still known by its experimental name "DSM265," can stop the malaria parasite at several stages in its life cycle, the researchers report in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Tests in people have begun.
By Amy Costello
An editorial by James Pfeiffer, PhD, MPH, published in the American Journal of Public Health, highlights the long-term effects of structural adjustment policies on health systems in low and middle income countries.
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A Seattle-based nonprofit is helping save lives in Kenya and elsewhere with highly realistic training sessions that prepare health-care workers to manage a childbirth emergency. PRONTO is directed by Affiliate Associate Professor Dilys Walker, and is the subject of a Seattle Times article by MPH student Paul Nevin.