Tag: issue 2

China: Atrocities Overlooked as Individuals Prioritize their Best Interests in Drug Addiction “Rehabilitation”

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

BY SOPHIA KECSKES.Photography by Stringer Shanghai/Reuters and Jacksoncam. In the past few decades, China has developed significantly; this is most notably demonstrated in its strengthening middle class and the associated improvements in their quality of life, such as the electrification of rural areas and a vastly improved education system. Yet, when one more deeply investigates … Continue reading China: Atrocities Overlooked as Individuals Prioritize their Best Interests in Drug Addiction “Rehabilitation”

Nigeria: Female Genital Cutting – The 20th Century Attempt to Ban a Harmful Traditional Practice

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

BY SARAH ECKINGER.Photography by Anthony MacMillan. When examining the history of health in Nigeria, many of the diseases and illnesses that have plagued the country are of natural origin, sprouting from bacteria or parasites that thrive in warm countries, or growing from viruses that jumped from animals to humans. Others are chronic and affect people … Continue reading Nigeria: Female Genital Cutting – The 20th Century Attempt to Ban a Harmful Traditional Practice

Ecuador: Listening to a Community and Building Partnerships

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Global Health Today, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)

BY ADAM BECKMAN AND NORA MORGA-LEWY.Photography by Adam Beckman and Nora Morga-Lewy. “Why are you working on HIV in Ecuador? This question has challenged Yale undergraduates, MPH candidates, and Global Health Fellows who comprise the former Yale-Ecuador HIV Clinic Initiative. Each of us has lived for up to twelve weeks in a small Ecuadorian town, … Continue reading Ecuador: Listening to a Community and Building Partnerships

The Secret Theft of Human Rights

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Global Health Today, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)

BY LINDSEY HIEBERT.Photography by Lindsey Hiebert. Birth and human rights are closely related; rights are principles and standards that protect individuals, and they are earned at birth, when individuals can begin to fruitfully take advantage of them. Many obstacles prevent human rights from being fulfilled, including oppressive regimes and discrimination. Birth, the same event that … Continue reading The Secret Theft of Human Rights

Haiti: Improving the Maternal Health Situation through Increased Contraceptive Use

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Global Health Today, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)

BY RACHEL ARNESEN.Photography by Jose Jose and Jean Francoise Leblanc. Each day, about 800 women die from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth.[1] While 800 deaths per day is an alarming statistic, what is even more shocking is that almost all of these deaths—over 99% of which occur in developing countries—are preventable.[2] In the past … Continue reading Haiti: Improving the Maternal Health Situation through Increased Contraceptive Use

Cuba: Medicine and Medical Internationalism

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Global Health Today, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)

BY ADAM WILLEMS.Photography by Franklin Reyes and the Wikimedia Foundation. Cuban medicine is unique in its international focus. Even while its people faced a severe shortage of physicians, the revolutionary government sent its first medical team abroad in 1960 to respond to an earthquake in Chile. With a significantly larger medical workforce today compared to … Continue reading Cuba: Medicine and Medical Internationalism

Arab World: Changing Public Health

by yaleglobalhealthreview, posted in Global Health Today, Issue 2 (Spring 2014)

BY CHAYMA BOUSSAYOUD.Photography by Jill Gramdnerg. From Morocco to Syria, the Arab World has made significant progress in the health of its population in the last 20 years, most notably in reducing the prevalence of infectious disease and prenatal and maternal mortality. As seen in the Global Burden of Disease Study of 2010, the prevalence … Continue reading Arab World: Changing Public Health