A recent Humanosphere article suggests we are at a tipping point in the fight against HIV/AIDS, poised to stem the tide if sufficient funding is allocated.
In an article published November 19 by The Lancet, UW Department of Global Health faculty Dean Jamison, MS, PhD, and Carol Levin, MSc, PhD and colleagues outline a new framework for policy decision-making related to funding women's and children's health services.
Two Department of Global Health faculty -- Ali Mokdad, PhD, and Peter Rabinowitz, MD, PhD -- were among 80 researchers around the world to receive Gates Grand Challenges grants Nov. 20 to "pursue bold ideas in global health and development:"
The Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA) announced its 2013 awards winners, who underscore WSPA’s commitment to the quality of care. The winners were acknowledged at the Awards of Distinction luncheon, November 9, 2013 at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Washington.
Disease burden estimates vary, sometimes greatly, depending on who is providing the estimate. On November 15th, two UW Department of Global Health START students and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation staff presented their recent work to unpack the drivers of the differences in the global disease burden estimates for pneumonia and diarrhea.
Call for Abstracts: Posters and Presentations
Submission Deadline: December 15, 2013 (we will notify submitters of their status by February 1, 2014).
October 29, 2013
The WRIHC Student Committee, the University of Washington (UW) Chapter of GlobeMed, and the UW Department of Global Health present the 11th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference (WRIHC):
Uncensored: Gender, Sexuality, and Social Movements in Global Health
Events will take place at the University of Washington (UW) Husky Union Building (HUB) in Seattle, WA, April 4-6 2014.
"Even as medical researchers are making advances and poorer countries are reducing their rates of infections, people in developed nations have grown complacent and allowed gonorrhea, syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases to spread again, an expert warns.
Speaking Wednesday to scientists gathered in Toronto for the country’s foremost science honour, the Gairdner Awards, Dr. King Holmes spoke of the need to remain vigilant as he gave fellow researchers a global picture of the fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.