BY MATTHEW PETTUS In light of several recent deaths and tragic setbacks, millennials have begun to blame these dark times on 2016, calling it “The Worst Year Ever”.1 However, as we are at the start of a new year, let us take a moment to create a resolution, and reflect on the great innovations and … Continue reading 7 Global Health Breakthroughs: A Year in Review
BY PROFESSOR RICHARD SKOLNIK. Richard Skolnik, BA Yale College 1972, is a Lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health who has been deeply involved in health and development work for almost 40 years. From 1976-2001, he worked at the World Bank where his focus was on health systems development, family planning and reproductive health, … Continue reading Your Future In Public Health: What You Need to Know and What You Don’t
BY ALICIA DING. In “Towards a common definition of global health,” written in a 2009 edition of the Lancet, members of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Executive Board defined it as “an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all … Continue reading How Global Health Helps Us
BY SAWSAN ZAHER, 2013 Yale World Fellow and director of social economic rights unit at Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel.Photography by Adalah. In June 2013, the Israeli Supreme court ruled to dismiss a multilateral petition to cancel a health access-limiting provision of the National Insurance Law. This petition was submitted … Continue reading Life Off the Map
BY JULIET GLAZER.Photography by Ginny Schubert. The relationship between homelessness and health has been widely documented. One aspect of this relationship came to light in the late 1980s as the fight against the AIDS virus began. According to the Centers for Disease Control, people who are homeless are far more likely to be HIV positive. … Continue reading Beyond ARVs: Prescribing Housing to end AIDS in New York City
BY JESSICA A. LOPEZ.Photography by Kara Sheppard-Jones and Adam Jones. Cuba’s economic crisis in the 1990’s, known as the Special Period, saw the enactment of the most concentrated health reforms in a single decade. These reforms were prompted by the 1989 collapse of the Soviet block; Cuba’s most important trading partner at the time. Imports decreased … Continue reading Cuba: Agricultural Reform in the Special Period
BY CODY KAHOE.Photography by Cody Kahoe. In times of crisis and catastrophe, civilians are accustomed to heeding the advice of the medical community, often on matters extending beyond health. An aura of intellectual honesty and altruism seems to divorce the medical community from political bias and self-interest. However, the conduct of the Turkish medical community … Continue reading Turkey: The Path to Healthy Governance
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