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Non-Retrogression as Progress: Protecting the Right to Health Against Private Economic Interests in Uruguay and Ecuador
The Health and Human Rights Initiative's Valentina Castagnari Aznar and Silvia Serrano Guzmá published an article in Verfassungsblog reflecting on the fragility of legal…
October 18, 2024
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Georgetown University Receives $27.5 Million to Address HIV/AIDS in Haiti
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief have awarded Georgetown $27.5 million to expand its ongoing work in Haiti…
October 18, 2024
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Factors Associated With COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake Among Populations in the West Department of Haiti
Researchers in the Center for Global Health Practice and Impact published this paper in PLOS Global Health to evaluate population characteristics related to vaccine uptake to…
October 14, 2024
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Jack Leslie Appointed Chair of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center Research Hospital Board
Jack Leslie, a Global Health Institute senior advisor, is an internationally renowned public health thought leader and.…
October 11, 2024
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Inaugural Maeve Kennedy McKean Fellow Presents at Global Social Justice Research Symposium
Sydney Blackston (N’25), the inaugural recipient of the Maeve McKean Global Health Award, presented her summer research at the Global Social Justice Summer Research Symposium on…
October 9, 2024
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A Sri Lankan Paradox: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Political Change
Katherine Marshall and Vinya Ariyaratne write that Sri Lanka is looking to a new era, with a newly elected executive president who comes to office after a strong popular vote for…
October 7, 2024
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Bridging Research and Policy at the Global Health Security Conference 2024
Rebecca Katz, director of the Georgetown University Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) and co-founder of the conference along with Adam Kamradt…
September 30, 2024
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Georgetown University Global Health Institute Co-Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing on the Role of Faith-Based Groups in Global Health
This briefing included a panel of faith and global health experts and was moderated by Mark Lagon, adjunct professor in the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service…
September 19, 2024
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Students Learn Language of Spiritual Healing Through Supporting Pilgrims in Lourdes
Eight students from the School of Nursing and one medical student participated in this School of Nursing annual trip to help pilgrims seeking a healing experience at the…
August 9, 2024
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When Climate Displaces a Way of Life: The Uncounted Toll on Mental Health on the Front Lines of Climate Change
Undergraduate student Ben Oestericher (SFS’25), Assistant Professor Shabab Wahid, and Professor Emily Mendenhall, in collaboration with Edna N. Bosire at Aga Khan University,…
August 6, 2024