intro to global health
Health is a right? (by Jon Shaffer)
Posted by Peter Luckow on October 9, 2008
Jon Shaffer, the President of GlobeMed at Northwestern University, recently posted this fantastic entry on his blog: Here is a really interesting post on The Health Care Blog by Maggie Mahar who rights on the Health Beat blog. In it she criticizes the use of rights language when talking about health …Keep Reading
Bucking the trend
Posted by Victor Roy on September 22, 2008
To leave, or not to leave? Unfortunately, that's not even the question for many medical students in sub-Saharan Africa. "How can I leave?" is more often the worry for so many promising medical professionals. With low pay, dangerous working conditions, and greater incentives elsewhere, more and more "would-be leaders" are leaving …Keep Reading
Horizontal, vertical, or diagonal?
Posted by Victor Roy on September 8, 2008
Debates about the design and financing of public health programs can be heated. Do vertical, disease-specific programs, such as TB, malaria or HIV/AIDS interventions, miss the point? The development of "horizontal" health systems and infrastructure, capable of addressing a broader spectrum of diseases, many say, should be the goal. A disease-specific …Keep Reading
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