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Patz, Vargo op-ed in Huffington Post: On the (Bike) Path to Prosperity: Why Banning Bikes is Bad for Kolkata

Check out this article by Jonathan Patz and Jason Vargo on a bike ban in India.

Museum for Environmental Science Project in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Climate change poses a public health crisis- and opportunity: GHI Director, Jonathan Patz, on panel at the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center

Read about how the changing climate can open up new opportunities for positive change.

Call for Submissions: UW Global Health Photo Contest

Submit your photos now!

GHI advisory member Alberto Palloni organized a workshop discussed in ‘Microbiome meets social science: what’s the potential?’

Read about the connection between the microbiome and social science.

UW-Madison and GHI advisory member Dr. Ajay Sethi will track flu using social media

Learn about OutSmartFlu!

Submissions for panel and abstract proposals now being accepted for 5th Annual CUGH Conference

Propose your abstract now!

Tony Goldberg, GHI Assoc. Director for Research, sniffs out possible new tick species

A tick discovered on his way home from Uganda may have been more surprising than Tony Goldberg had imagined.

Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: Where are we now, and where should we be going?

Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: Where are we now, and where should we be going?

Global is Local: DeMarco Bowen

"It's one thing to read about health problems in literature, but another entirely to see them on the ground."