University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Dr. Alhaji N’jai Speaks Out about the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

Dr. Alhaji N'jai, founder of the Madison, WI and Sierra Leone based nonprofit organization Project 1808 speaks out about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Dr. Jim Conway on the Larry Meiller Show

Listen to this interview with Dr. Jim Conway on the Larry Meiller Show to learn more about the importance of vaccinations.

Officials, Parents Evaluate Vaccine Exemptions As Some Diseases Are Resurgent

Dr. Jim Conway, one of GHI's Associate Directors, talks about the dangers of vaccination exemptions parents are choosing for their children.

Tony Goldberg’s work in Nature

Nature medicine news profiles Dr. Tony Goldberg’s discovery of a previously unknown tick in equatorial Africa. It rode home, unknown to him, in his right nostril.

Making a better flip-flop to overcome illiteracy and disease

Making a better flip-flop to overcome illiteracy and disease

Bringing the whole university to Ethiopia

The story of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s expanding web of global health initiatives in Ethiopia began with one man’s homecoming. Dr. Girma Tefera, a professor in the Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine and Public Health, spent 14 years without visiting his family in the southern Ethiopian highlands, studying medicine in Italy and …

Graduate Students Take on Global Health Challenges

Graduate Students Take on Global Health Challenges

Small Changes Strengthen Global Health

QI pioneer: Small changes strengthen global health

In Haiti, mango trees can benefit health, economy and communities

In Haiti, mangoes can benefit health, economy and communities

A livable city solution

The Nelson Institute explores what is meant by "a livable city".