This call is meant to provide a progress report of ongoing investigations into zoonotic diseases in relation to overall global health. This report is brought to you by CDC’s One Health Office and includes topics of: Chronic Wasting Disease. A team of researchers from Canada and Germany presented new scientific findings on Chronic Wasting Disease …
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Thirty students and health leaders from a dozen countries present their take-home projects from 2017 Quality Improvement Leadership Institute. After a week of working with UW faculty, staff, students, and each other, they leave with measurable steps to improve health, addressing challenges from infant mortality to empowering girls to managing medical equipment. The annual Quality …
GHI Advisory member Anne Pringle contributes to a new paper about how mushrooms send spores in the right direction. Story from the NY Times.
GHI's Jason Vargo contributes to a new study of walking and bicycling that suggests investing in infrastructure to encourage both correlates with fewer pedestrian and bicyclist deaths.
The idea of One Health – that the health of humans, animals and ecosystems are interconnected—gave the Mandela Washington Fellows from Africa new ways to address health challenges.
Alexis Nizigiyimana, a medical doctor in Burundi, founded the Burundi chapter of the Young Professional Chronic Diseases Network. He will discuss the burden of the four top non-communicable diseases in Africa—diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and chronic respiratory diseases. He will explore access to essential medicines, the links to climate change, and the way forward. Burundi …
GHI is looking for a social media savvy communications intern who is also ready to help with other projects.
The annual Quality Improvement Leadership Institute brings together participants from Wisconsin and across the world who work with UW–Madison faculty, staff and students, and each other, to implement small changes that can improve care. Details about the 2017 QI Leadership Institute will be available soon. GHI organizes and hosts the annual, week-long learning opportunity. Read …