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
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Arab World: Changing Public Health
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