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Portable Field Hospitals

I am very excited to write that a paper I co-authored has finally been published! “An Introduction to Portable Field Hospitals” can be seen in the journal Rural and Remote Health. The su… more »

Adventure Doc

Portable Field Hospitals

Adventure Doc wrote 2 days ago: I am very excited to write that a paper I co-authored has finally been published! “An Introd … more »

Tags: Library, rants, Wilderness/Expedition, expedition hospital, portable field hospitals, portable shelters

Sexual Violence and Global Health

jebsharp wrote 3 days ago: Another riveting, troubling, call-to-action speech by Stephen Lewis of AIDS-Free World. … more »

Tags: gender based violence, Sexual Violence, Stephen Lewis

Leishmania in Europe

Adventure Doc wrote 3 days ago: Leishmania in EuropeWhen a group of travelers get together, there are a lot of stories and helpful t … more »

Tags: Outbreaks and Updates, Travel health, europe leishmania, Leishmaniasis, travel health europe, vector-borne

Free Journal Access: Enterpreneurial Solutions to Global Challenges — 1 comment

Aman wrote 5 days ago: The MIT sponsored journal (Innovations in Technology, Governance and Globalization) is free until Au … more »

Tags: Access to Health, Food for Thought, media

BTW, EPA Believes Global Warming a Health Threat

gaj wrote 1 week ago: The EPA has released a report, according to the LA Times, which asserts that global warming is a hea … more »

Tags: George W. Bush, Global Warming, Politics, EPA, Bush administration, Science, climate change

New Global Health Center@MIT: Medical Innovation for the Next Four Billion — 1 comment

Aman wrote 1 week ago: There has been a major boom (dare I say, even a bubble?) in global health degree programs and organi … more »

Tags: Access to Health, Design, Innovation, Medical Devices, Social Entrepreneurship

Mosquirix – Promising New Vaccine for Global Health?

Aman wrote 1 week ago: More than 12 years (let that time horizon sink in) after the first indications of success,  there w … more »

Tags: Infectious Diseases, Innovation, malaria, Research, vaccine

India’s Supply Chain: Impact on Global Health? — 1 comment

Aman wrote 2 weeks ago: ‘The Biggest Challenge Is There Is No Organized Supply Chain’   This headline in Wharto … more »

Tags: Access to Health, Food for Thought, Public Private Partnerships, Supply Chain, Transportation

A Massive Wave of Chronic Disease in China and India — 1 comment

Aman wrote 2 weeks ago: When most people think of global health they think of infectious diseases and all of the associated … more »

Tags: Access to Health, China, chronic disease, Conferences, Food for Thought, Health Blogs, Infectious Diseases, obesity

Stat of the Day: Mumbai Train Deaths

Aman wrote 2 weeks ago: Remarkable - “8 million people take the train in Mumbai everyday…The trains are easily t … more »

Global Health Care Challenge

admin wrote 2 weeks ago: Abstract Globally, there has been an unparalleled growth in the plant-derived medicinally useful for … more »

Tags: Introduction, Health & Living, Herbal Supplements, maintain for better health, medical problem

Global Health Care Challenge

admin wrote 2 weeks ago: Abstract Globally, there has been an unparalleled growth in the plant-derived medicinally useful for … more »

Tags: Alternative Medicine, Herbs, Medicine, healthy, Wealthy, Info, Help, HOW TO?, Herbal, Treatment

Breastfeeding and HIV

virginiahughes wrote 2 weeks ago: In Sub-Saharan Africa, about 1.5 million pregnant women live with HIV. Without antiretroviral drug t … more »

Tags: Medicine, New research, Clips

Global Health Video Makes Top 10 TED List — 1 comment

Aman wrote 2 weeks ago: Everyone I have spoken to loves TED videos. If you aren’t familiar with TED, you are missing o … more »

Tags: Conferences, ict, Innovation, media

Global Health In India And China: Challenges, Solutions, And Lessons

Aman wrote 2 weeks ago: The leading health policy journal, Health Affairs, is releasing a special global health issue on Chi … more »

Earth Angels....

rainbowsmiles wrote 3 weeks ago: Wonderful people and friends who have generously given of themselves… PAVAROTTI ON GREEN S … more »

Tags: Non-profit, fundraising, kids, Community, Sponsorships, Charity, australian cafes, Friends, Global Community

Trends: Global Health and Design for Social Impact

Aman wrote 4 weeks ago: Jaspal is now back in Mongolia finishing up some research and I am posting this for him. He is a des … more »

A Woman Lost Perspective — 1 comment

bibi wrote 1 month ago: Kuwait and the neighboring GCC countries have unique social structures. Despite high growth rates, … more »

Tags: gcc healthcare, Health Policy, Kuwait, Public Health, Human Rights, Segregation

From Pamoja: Culture or Consequence?

eromedome22 wrote 1 month ago: Read: Culture or Consequence? from Pamoja, chronicling a Yale student’s time in Malawi and Ke … more »

Tags: ADK, Africa, Kenya, Pamoja, Malawi, HIV, culture or consequence, AIDS