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Evaluation of Heat Action Plan intervention in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
https://globalhealth.washington.edu/evaluation-heat-action-plan-intervention-ahmedabad-gujarat-indiaThis is an ongoing effort to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of South Asia's first municipal heat action plan and related activities, including surveillance and pre-hospital interventions for heat illness. ...
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Using peers and HIV self-testing to facilitate linkage to PrEP for young Kenyan women
This project aims to develop, refine, and test a new model to increase PrEP initiation among young women with HIV risk that has never been explored: peer PrEP referral + HIV self-test (HIVST) delivery. Primary collaborators are mentors at UW and the...
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The effect of HIV exposure and infection on immunity to TB in children
The proposed study aims to determine the effect of HIV exposure on trained immunity in BCG-vaccinated infants (Aim 1), test the hypothesis that maternal HIV exposure and infant HIV infection modifies anti-mycobacterial immunity via epigenetic...
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We fact-checked the Trump administration’s climate report
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Climate change: Will naming heatwaves save lives?
Among the potential solutions that have been proposed to lower the number of fatalities in heat waves is the naming and categorizing of extreme heat events. ...
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Nami Kawakyu
eDGH Instructor ...
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Strategy and partnerships for the American Society for Microbiology.
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM), is a professional organization for scientists who study viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa as well as other aspects of microbiology. It was founded in 1899. The Society publishes a variety of...
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Ruth Nduati
External Advisory Board Member, Department of Global Health, University of Washington ...
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ASPPH: Johns Hopkins, Washington Lead Effort to Create Reporting Guidelines for One Health Epidemiological Studies
A new tool for the design and authorship of One Health studies is available to researchers after publication in the journal One Health . One Health is a growing discipline that looks at the linkages between the health of people, animals, and the...
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Jared Baeten Announced as Next Director of CFAR
Jared Baeten ...