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UW Global Infectious Disease Working Group presents two talks on Ebola, virology
The UW Global Infectious Disease Working Group welcomes two national researchers to present their work at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the AIDS Vaccine Research Lab, 555 Science Drive. 2:00 p.m. Dr. Jens Kuhn. virology lead at the NIH/NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., presents “Demystifying “Ebola”…
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Miracle of the Moringa
Global Health certificate holders share “Miracle of the Moringa.”
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EPA Administrator’s WHO address completes 18-year circle
Listening to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy address the World Health Organization’s executive board, Jonathan Patz, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, could see his work coming full circle. Although he was a guest listening to McCarthy’s Jan. 29 presentation in Geneva, Patz was front and center 18 years ago…
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International Design Community: Transforming Poverty into Opportunity
Learn how Afghan rug-weaving and other fair trade initiatives alleviate poverty and empower women. The event is part of the Woven Gardens of Hope Exhibition: Afghan Women’s Carpets sponsored by the Ruth Davis Design Gallery and the School of Human Ecology.
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In the midst of Ebola, UW alumna learns to trust science
To many of us, flying into Liberia at the height of the Ebola epidemic would spell only danger. For Dr. Hannah Kirking, a Badger twice over and an epidemic intelligence service officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a month among villagers in Grand Cape Mount County was a chance to embody the…