PODCAST: How Dr. Vanessa Kerry Helps Strengthen Health Systems Around the World Mark Leon Goldberg August 16, 2018Dr. Vanessa Kerry is the Co-founder and CEO of Seed Global Health. This is an international NGO that works in five sub-Saharan countries to bolster the education of medical professionals.This is a vital...
There is a New Ebola Outbreak — This Time it is in a War Zone. How Worried Should We Be? Alanna Shaikh, MPH August 14, 2018The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is current facing an Ebola outbreak. There were 52 confirmed and probable cases as of August 11th, and 39 people have died. The problem is not that Ebola is back. We ...
PODCAST: What We Know About Air Pollution Around the World Mark Leon Goldberg July 2, 2018Air pollution is a major killer around the globe and one that disproportionately affects low and middle income countries. The World Health Organization estimates that around 7 million people die every year ...
An Outbreak of Nipah Virus in India Can Help Explain the Future of Infectious Disease Alanna Shaikh, MPH June 15, 2018India’s Kerala state has just faced an outbreak of Nipah virus. Seventeen people have died so far. That wouldn’t seem so serious, but only eighteen people were infected. To make matters worse, there is no know...
Let’s Talk About Menstrual Hygiene Mark Leon Goldberg May 28, 2018Ed note. This is a special guest post authored by Thorsten Kiefer and Gabrielle Fitzgerald. Thorsten Kiefer is founder and CEO of WASH United, a Berlin-based non-profit organization that works to end the global...
Map of the Day: Every Historic Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mark Leon Goldberg May 23, 2018Today's map comes from the World Health Organization, which released this graphic to help put into context the current ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.As you can see from this map...
WHO: Ebola Outbreak Response for the DRC is So Far Working Mark Leon Goldberg May 18, 2018An Ebola outbreak has gripped parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization there have been 45 reported cases, 14 of which have been confirme...
Can the World Health Organization Actually Ban Deadly Trans Fats? Alanna Shaikh, MPH May 17, 2018This week, the World Health organization called for the elimination of trans fats by 2023. To make this happen, the organization has released a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced tr...
How Colonialism Explains Female HIV Rates in Africa Mark Leon Goldberg May 15, 2018Around the world the HIV rates for men and women are more or less equal -- except, that is, in sub-saharan Africa. This is the only region in the world where the HIV rates for women are substantially higher...
