BY AKIELLY HU On my second day of living with a host family in Samoa, my host siblings and I rode a bus into the capitol city of Apia. I vividly remember peering over the railing at the top of the Apia government building, wide-eyed at the novelty of the view: stark white … Continue reading Samoa: Eating Tinned Fish on a Tropical Island What I Learned About Obesity in Samoa
BY MICHAEL MARCEL In 1987, KFC brought its signature fried chicken to Beijing, becoming the first Western fast food chain to open its doors in Mainland China. By 2011, the number of KFCs in China had grown to over 3,000 across 650 cities, with one new restaurant opened per day.1 McDonalds, Pizza Hut, and other … Continue reading China: The Not-So-Sweet Rise of Type II Diabetes
BY MARA BLUMENSTEIN “Reproductive rights … rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health.”-International … Continue reading Access and Implementation of Reproductive Rights in Urban Haiti
BY ANNA SOPHIA YOUNG The provision of basic midwifery techniques and tools could transform childbirth for women in small villages. Source: CDC Global Belvie is lying on a mat in a hut in a rural village in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As her two children, Claude and Ruth, play … Continue reading Midwife Certification & The Key to Reduced Maternal Mortality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
BY ALEXANDRU BUHIMSCHI More than a third of the four million neonatal deaths occurring annually are caused by severe infections.1 Nearly one million of these annual deaths can be traced to neonatal sepsis, a bacterial infection in newborn infants. Neonatal sepsis can arise early (≤3 days after birth) or late (4-90 days after birth). Three … Continue reading New in Tech: Yale Undergraduates Develop Neonatal Sepsis Diagnostic Test
BY CLAIRE CHANG A farmer in the Bogor Regency of West Java, Indonesia ploughing a rice field during a drought. Due to lack of irrigation in rural areas, farmers who grow rain-dependent crops such as cucumbers, onions, and rice—staple foods in Indonesia—will be forced to delay planting or rely on other crops during droughts. Source: … Continue reading Human Health and Climate Change: The Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation
BY GRACE YI Since 2011, over 12 million Syrian citizens have been displaced by the Syrian civil war: around 7.6 million citizens have been displaced within the country, while 4 million are seeking refuge abroad[i]. In 2015 alone, more than 500,000 people have fled to Europe, which is now struggling to manage its worst refugee … Continue reading Syrian Refugee Crisis
BY MICHAELLA BAKER Yale exists as a microcosm of mental health issues, including the lack of a clear treatment process, long wait times, and the temporary therapy offered. Similar issues in treatment of mental health occur in America and on a global scale. The purpose of this report is not to minimize the issues Yale … Continue reading Failure to Treat Mental Illness: At Yale and in the Context of Global Health
BY SOPHIA KECSKES Self-harm is the leading cause of death for individuals 15-49 years old in Nepal.[i] Nepal has the 2nd highest rate of DALYs (disability adjusted life years) caused by depression in the world, trailing only the United States.[ii] Estimates of the prevalence range of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and anxiety range from 18.4%[iii] … Continue reading Addressing Nepal’s Hidden Health Challenge: Depression
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
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