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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Animal to man, fear of the next pandemic
GHI’s Tony Goldberg helps unravel cause of orangutan’s death in Milwaukee zoo, traces unidentified tapeworm.
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The cryptic origins of Ebola in West Africa: science and narratives of spillover in Meliandou
James Fairhead is a professor of social anthropology at the University of Sussex. His research covers anthropogenic landscapes and indigenous agro-ecological knowledge. In a trio of books, he examined how the environmental sciences and policy engage with the lives and perspectives of land users. His presentation is part of a year-long “One Health and History in Africa…
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Livestream: Population Health Spotlight with Jonathan Patz
GHI Director Jonathan Patz presents “Confronting the Global Climate Crisis May be the Best Way to Fight Chronic Diseases” at Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health. Listen live at http://drexel.edu/dornsife/news/events/population-health-spotlight/. The talk will also be available on-demand.
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Climate change and chronic disease: twin perils and a golden opportunity to solve both
GHI Director Jonathan Patz outlines how health benefits from reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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From Lost Boy to health activist
Jacob Atem will share his journey from a genocide survivor to health activist in his home village. Atem was 6 when his parents were killed, his siblings lost, and his village in southern Sudan was decimated by genocide. He became one of nearly 20,000 “Lost Boys” from South Sudan, orphaned and fleeing war. He fled 1,000…