Category: Class Contest Winner

Hong Kong: The Effects of Science, Politics, and Race on the Public Health Responses to the 1894 Bubonic Plague

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Class Contest Winner, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)

BY CANDICE HWANG.Photography courtesy of Harvard University Library. ** This essay by Candice Hwang won the third place prize in the Yale Global Health Review 2014 Class Essay Contest** In the 18th and 19th century, there was an influx of Westerners in China, bringing with them their concepts of how state medicine and public health … Continue reading Hong Kong: The Effects of Science, Politics, and Race on the Public Health Responses to the 1894 Bubonic Plague

Health as a Human Right

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Class Contest Winner, Health and Human Rights, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)

BY ANNA BLAZEJOWSKYJ.Photography by David Sachs and Anna Blazejowskyj. ** This essay by Anna Blazejowskyj won the second place prize in the Yale Global Health Review 2014 Class Essay Contest** The idea of health as a human right presents a very complex, multi-dimensional dilemma. One of the greatest problems that arises in the health debate … Continue reading Health as a Human Right

Yemen: Health Inequality Between the Genders

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Class Contest Winner, Health and Human Rights, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)

BY TERESA LOGUE.Photography by Dana Smillie and Martin Chico. ** This essay by Teresa Logue won the first place prize in the Yale Global Health Review 2014 Class Essay Contest** Though it is the second largest country in the Arabian peninsula, Yemen has the second lowest Human Development Index (HDI) in the entire Asia region.[i] … Continue reading Yemen: Health Inequality Between the Genders