BY TALIA KATZ.Photography by Talia Katz. “i te foosi long.” You don’t know anything. Did I correctly understand my host mother’s succinct Malinke phrase? Did I really know nothing? Her remark, though valid, struck me hard. Intelligence had always been the one character trait I clung too. And as if to crystallize the meaning of … Continue reading Senegal: Key Insights Coming from the Smallest Places
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
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
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
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 LORRAINE JAMES. Professor Alice Miller is an Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and co-director of the new Global Health Justice Partnership. As an expert in health, human rights, and gender, Professor Miller also holds positions at the Yale School of Public Health and the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. Her extensive … Continue reading Q&A with Professor Alice Miller
BY ELLIE DUPLER.Photography by Ellie Dupler. Yefreme Ellie. Mefiri America. My introduction in broken Twi echoed over the buzz of mosquitos and the cries of babies suffering from conjunctivitis worse than most western health workers could ever imagine. Despite the pain and blindness the 450 people sitting before me in the sweltering church were enduring, … Continue reading Ghana: Redefining Ability – Lessons Learned from Survivors of Disabilities
BY JUAN DIAZ.Photography by Marcello Casil. Commonly associated with the debauchery and decadence of Mardi Gras, New Orleans is a city occupying a unique place in American history. Its racial and cultural makeup speaks to African, French, and Spanish influences during its colonization, and its socioeconomic disparities reflect a legacy of slavery and racism. Recovering … Continue reading New Orleans: Laissez le Bons Temps Rouler!
BY SARAH YAZJI.Photography by Suleyman Tapsiz and Sarah Yazji. It was July 2012 and the second time I visited the Turkish-Syrian border to volunteer at the refugee rehabilitation clinic. A young Syrian boy lay nearly unconscious and whimpering on the operating table. His light hair, torn clothes, and small body were blackened by dust. His … Continue reading Syria: At the Brink of a War Zone
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