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Global Health Career Week, March 3-8, Is Packed with Great Events
The Department of Global Health has a full week of great events for anyone interested in growing their global health career. Our marquee event is the Global Healthies Award Ceremony on Thursday. We also have a Career Fair with more than 20...
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AIDs and Inequality: Global 99 in Action
To celebrate World AIDS Day on Thursday, Global 99 and the Critical Development Forum aimed to bridge the relationship between global inequality and the AIDS epidemic.The event on campus included a panel of seven AIDS activists and public health ...
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Using Social Media to Prevent Perinatal Depression in Teen Moms
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American Heart Association Strategically Funded Research Networks
These are two related and overlapping projects on rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Uganda. Both make use of health systems and implementation research methods to better understand how to scale up rheumatic heart disease prevention...
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Master of Public Health
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Q & A WITH RABI YUNUSU
Research Assistant, University of Washington Department of Global Health ...
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The effect of pharmacy-delivered PrEP services on reach and access in Kenya
This hybrid implementation cluster-randomized trial aims to test the effect of pharmacy-based PrEP delivery compared to pharmacy referral to existing clinic-based PrEP services in Kenya. This trial is being conducted in Thika and Kisumu, Kenya in...
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Will Your Dog Get Dementia? A Large New Study Offers Clues.
The risk of canine cognitive dysfunction, a.k.a. “doggy dementia,” is far greater in dogs who don’t get enough exercise, researchers found. Their risk factors echo some in humans, whose homes they share. ...
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Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms
Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a mishmash of ways more than 3,000 counties calculate heat deaths means we don’t really know how many people die in the U...
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David Fleming -- a Seattle Powerhouse for Global to Local
Dr. David Fleming, Director, Public Health- Seattle & King County, was named one of the "50 Most Influential People in Seattle Right Now" by Seattle Met Magazine. Dr. Fleming is on the Department's External Advisory Board and is a passionate advocate...