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Lessons in the Fight Against AIDS (U.S. News - features Jared Baeten)
As countries look to accelerate progress in ending their HIV epidemics, examining other countries, cities and regions that have seen significant success in their responses may provide road maps to achieving this type of success elsewhere. ...
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Seattle Parties to Help ‘Mobile Moms’ in Timor-Leste
The Seattle organization Health Alliance International at UW, which recently launched a Mobile Moms text messaging service aimed at improving maternal health in Timor-Leste, is the beneficiary of the funds raised by the event’s ticket sales ...
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Making Health Measurable: IHME Press Conference with Bill Gates
Bill Gates, co-founder of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, at a press conference March 5, 2013 on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 put the study in historical perspective: “ In fact, in the health world, I’d say there were kind of three...
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DGH Funding Application for International Fieldwork Due Soon
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Three challenges UW’s new president faces as he takes the helm
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Two UW researchers named AAAS Fellows
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Global Health Interest Group and Journal Club
The Global Health Interest Group (GHG) is made up of medical students committed to creating opportunities to engage in global health activities. They plan and execute seminars, panels, socials, and a journal club, and advocate for awareness around...
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Most Women Use Vaginal Ring for HIV Prevention in Open-Label Study
In an open-label study of women in southern and eastern Africa, a vaginal ring that is inserted once a month and slowly releases an antiviral drug was estimated to reduce the risk of HIV by 39%, according to statistical modeling. In addition, the study...
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Improving the Health of Women and Girls Living in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
While significant progress has been made in improving the lives of women and girls over the past two decades, far too often addressing “women’s health” in low- and middle-income countries is still equated to improving their reproductive health. In...
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The climate crisis will amplify the UK’s existing health inequalities
The health inequalities between different ethnicities, neighborhoods and social classes are already stark, with millions of women in the most deprived areas in England dying almost eight years earlier than those from wealthier areas. ...