Posted in communicable diseases, global health, services on May. 2, 2009 by Lisa Currie
For the most current Wesleyan news on the H1N1 (swine) flu outbreak, please visit the Wesleyan Emergency Management blog here: emergencymanagement.blogs.wesleyan.edu
Posted in global health, happenings on Apr. 16, 2009 by Lisa Currie
Battling the Silent Killer: The Campaign Against the Neglected Epidemics of Hepatitis B
Dr. Samuel So, The Lui Hac Minh Professor of Surgery in Stanford University, Director of Asian Liver Center
Date: Saturday, April 18th
Time: 12:00 -1:00pm
Location: Exley Science Center 150 (Tishler Hall)
Free Food from Typhoon!
According to WHO, one third of the world population has been actively [...]
Posted in global health, happenings on Oct. 16, 2008 by Lisa Currie
Wesleyan World Wednesdays and the Student Affairs Speaker Series present
A screening of: Sick Around the World
Followed by a panel discussion
Tuesday October 21, 2008
6:30pm
Daniel Family Commons, Usdan University Center
In Sick Around the World, FRONTLINE teams up with veteran Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid to find out how five other capitalist democracies — the United Kingdom, [...]
Posted in global health, happenings on May. 14, 2008 by Lisa Currie
Dear Wesleyan Community,
Despite your preoccupation with exams and other pressing matters, I’m sure you’ve heard about the terrible natural disasters in Myanmar and Sichuan Province in China. We’ve heard from a former Wesleyan student from Myanmar, Wunna Kyaw (now studying engineering at USC), who has been in touch with friends doing relief work in the Irawaddy delta area [...]
Posted in drugs, environment, global health on Apr. 25, 2008 by Lisa Currie
From Scientific American…
If you use cocaine and need a reason to quit—or one to avoid starting in the first place—think conservation. The national parks of Guatemala and other countries have become the preferred haven of drug traffickers who usurp protected areas and burn the forest to serve their own purposes and the demands of their [...]
Posted in environment, global health on Apr. 22, 2008 by Lisa Currie
As we celebrate Earth Day today, our focus is on addressing the impact that global climate change has on the planet. But what impact will it have on our health?
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) offers up a two minute podcast about the preparing for the implication of health issues due to global climate change.
CDC Global Climate [...]
Posted in global health, physical health on Apr. 9, 2008 by Lisa Currie
The many myths surrounding organ donation may prevent individuals from deciding to be an organ donor. Others may have signed the back of their driver’s license without a second thought. To ensure everyone is informed on the realities of organ donation, the Mayo Clinic offers a myth-busting article about organ donation here.
But why consider organ [...]
Posted in global health, sexual health on Mar. 28, 2008 by Lisa Currie
From the New England Journal of Medicine…
Perspective by Tadataka Yamada, M.D.
The recent failure of another potential vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) underscores the enormous challenges of tackling diseases whose heaviest burden falls on the developing world. A quarter of a century after the first report of AIDS, our knowledge about how an HIV vaccine [...]