Testing

Testing

Expectations about future health and longevity in Kenyan and Ugandan communities receiving a universal test-and-treat intervention in the SEARCH trial

BERKELEY AUTHOR: Maya Peterson UCSF AUTHOR: Carol Camlin, Craig Cohen, Tamara Clark, Edwin D. Charlebois DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Kenya and Uganda REFERENCE: Thirumurthy H, Jakubowski A, Camlin C, et al. Expectations about future health and longevity in Kenyan and Ugandan communities receiving a universal test-and-treat intervention in the SEARCH trial. AIDS Care. 2016;28(sup3):90-98. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Expectations about

Announcing new UC Berkeley I4Y/CGPH Adolescent Fellowship!

Deadline: March 1, 2016 As a part of Innovations for Youth’s and Center for Global Public Health’s missions to support experiential learning for UC Berkeley graduate students interested in adolescent public health research, a graduate student fellowship opportunity to support adolescent research has been established. Fellowships in the amount of $2,500-$5,000 will be awarded to

5th Bay Area Global Health Seminar in Berkeley highlights global health education, opportunities in online space

The Monday after Thanksgiving weekend brought together a robust gathering of global health colleagues from universities across the Bay Area for an enlivened and collaborative dialogue on the opportunities and challenges of global health education and partnerships. This was the fifth gathering of the Bay Area Global Health Seminar Series since its beginning in early 2014,

What your vote means for global health

In Baltimore’s inner-city neighborhood of Upton/Druid Heights, a man’s life expectancy is sixty-three years old. Less than five miles away in the Greater Rowland Park/Poplar neighborhood, life expectancy is eighty-three years old.   What could account for such a large difference? Sir Michael Marmot illustrated global inequality through the lens of a broken health system

MDP Student Lauren Jacobson’s, ““Going Beyond the Bowl to Achieve Gender Equality”

I had the pleasure to hear Archana Parker speak at the UC Berkeley Blum Center on October 1, 2015. Archana Parker is a Program Manager at the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSC), a United Nations council that focuses on sanitation and hygiene in collaboration with governments, NGOs, communities, and the private sector. According

Survival 101: Malcolm Pott’s new global health course to save the world

We are a great university and great universities should not be afraid to confront big problems. My colleague Federico Castillo from the College of Natural Resources and I have started a new undergraduate course we call, PH196.003 Survival 101: Taking Control of your Future. Most of us use our experience of the past to predict the future.

Postdoctoral Position in International Environmental Epidemiology

Bixby Center Summer Internship

BIXBY CENTER SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AND RESEARCH IN FAMILY PLANNING, POPULATION AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH The Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability funds graduate student summer internships and dissertation research in the areas of family planning, population and reproductive health. The principal focus of the program is on family planning issues in developing countries where population

The global epidemic of abuse and disrespect during childbirth: History, evidence, interventions, and FIGO’s mother-baby friendly birthing facilities initiative.

CGPH FACULTY: Suellen Miller DATE OF PUBLICATION: October 2015 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Miller S, Lalonde A. The global epidemic of abuse and disrespect during childbirth: History, evidence, interventions, and FIGO’s mother-baby friendly birthing facilities initiative. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 Oct;131 Suppl 1:S49-52. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.02.005. Epub 2015 Feb 24. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Recent evidence indicates that disrespectful/abusive/coercive

Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection among Street Boys in Kisumu, Kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Ndola Prata, Coco Auerswald DATE OF PUBLICATION: October 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Goldblatt A, Kwena Z, Lahiff M, Agot K, Minnis A, Prata N, Lin J, Bukusi EA, Auerswald CL. Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection among Street Boys in Kisumu, Kenya. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 13;10(10):e0140005. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140005. eCollection 2015. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Despite

Seroepidemiological Study of Interepidemic Rift Valley Fever Virus Infection Among Persons with Intense Ruminant Exposure in Madagascar and Kenya.

CGPH FACULTY: Desiree Labeaud DATE OF PUBLICATION: October 2015 REGION: Africa REFERENCE: Gray GC, Anderson BD, LaBeaud AD, Heraud JM, Fèvre EM, Andriamandimby SF, Cook EA, Dahir S, de Glanville WA, Heil GL, Khan SU, Muiruri S, Olive MM, Thomas LF, Merrill HR, Merrill ML, Richt JA. Seroepidemiological Study of Interepidemic Rift Valley Fever Virus