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Global Health Pioneer Paul Farmer Calls for Improved Care for U.S. Poor
U.Va. News StaffMarch 13, 2007 -- Renowned for his work in global health initiatives from Haiti to Africa, Dr. Paul Farmer, a founding director of Partners In Health, told a University of Virginia...
View ArticleU.Va. Course Seeks Sustainable Solution to Food Shortage Crisis
U.Va. News StaffJune 6, 2008 — Since mid-April, when the World Food Program declared a global food price crisis, the ripples of the so-called "silent tsunami" have been felt across the globe.There have...
View ArticleAfrican Cholera Epidemic a Preventable Human Rights Tragedy, Asserts U.Va....
Sally JonesMarch 24, 2009 — Although illness rates and mortality from cholera have been drastically reduced in a vast majority of the world, Africa remains plagued by soaring cases and deaths from the...
View ArticleU.Va. Symposium to Focus on Universities' Role in Promoting Global Health
Jane KellyNovember 3, 2009 — Dr. Thomas C. Quinn, founder and director of Johns Hopkins University's Center for Global Health, will give the keynote address Friday at the University of Virginia Center...
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John Colley and Richard Guerrant Are Honored With 2010 Thomas Jefferson Awards
Marian AnderfurenNovember 5, 2010 — John L. Colley Jr., a member of the Darden School of Business faculty for 43 years, and Dr. Richard L. Guerrant, director of the Center for Global Health whose...
View ArticleMarch 11 Fundraiser to Help Bring Clean Water to South African Province
Zak RichardsFebruary 22, 2011 — For the past three years, University of Virginia students and researchers have worked to establish clean water and sanitation systems in Limpopo Province, South Africa...
View ArticleMarch 11 Fundraiser To Help Bring Clean Water to South African Province
Zak RichardsMarch 2, 2011 — For the past three years, University of Virginia students and researchers have worked to establish clean water and sanitation systems in Limpopo Province, South Africa...
View ArticleMedical School's Joy Boissevain is Globally Respected
Fariss Samarrai UVA Today is highlighting the winners of the 2011 Leonard W. Sandridge Outstanding Contribution Awards. Today: Joy Boissevain of U.Va.'s Center for Global Health. To see all of the...
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U.Va. Infectious Disease Expert Named Va. Outstanding Scientist
U.Va. News StaffJanuary 19, 2012 — The University of Virginia Health System's Dr. Richard L. Guerrant, an infectious disease expert who has waged an international campaign against deadly childhood...
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University of Virginia's 'PureMadi' Brings Clean Water to Developing Countries
Fariss SamarraiA ceramic water filtration device that looks like a clay flowerpot may someday play a large role in reducing waterborne infectious diseases in developing countries.Faculty and students...
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Board Members Get First Look at Hospital Bed Expansion
Dan HeuchertFebruary 24, 2012 — During its meeting Thursday, the Medical Center Operating Board had its first look at the University of Virginia Medical Center's hospital bed expansion. The 72 private...
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U.Va. Team Wins Walmart Better Living Business Plan Challenge
Josie PipkinApril 24, 2012 — A team of University of Virginia students aiming to improve water quality and the local economy in a rural South African province won the $20,000 grand prize at the Walmart...
View ArticleStudents Work on Primary Health Care in St. Kitts and Nevis
Anne E. BromleyJune 26, 2012 — The University of Virginia is partnering with the Ministry of Health in St. Kitts and Nevis on two student-led research projects that examine the use of primary and...
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Nursing, Globally: Recent Grads, Professor Offer Care in Malawi, Return...
Christine Phelan KueterDespite the many things they learned in the University of Virginia School of Nursing before they graduated in May, Rebecca Thornton, Megan Veasey and Erin Donnelly never got a...
View ArticleArt Exhibition Sparked by Health Care Training Partnership Opens Oct. 2
Eric SwensenA new exhibit at McGuffey Art Center featuring the work of two Rwandan artists grew out of an effort to improve health care in Rwanda that includes the University of Virginia School of...
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Dalai Lama Exchanges Ideas, Laughter With Health System Clinicians
Christine Phelan KueterThe Dalai Lama joined five University of Virginia Health System clinicians on the Paramount Theater stage for nearly two hours today, the first of two events marking his...
View ArticleDillingham Succeeds Guerrant as Director of U.Va.’s Center for Global Health
Jane KellyThe University of Virginia’s Center for Global Health has a new director.Executive Vice President and Provost John Simon named assistant professor of medicine Dr. Rebecca Dillingham to...
View Article$1.7 Million Grant Funds Battle Against Deadly Childhood Diarrhea
The University of Virginia's Center for Global Health has won a $1.7 million, five-year grant to train researchers to battle the spread of deadly diarrhea among young children in rural South Africa.The...
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U.Va. Center for Global Health Receives Funding for Gut Function Biomarker...
The Center for Global Health at the University of Virginia School of Medicine announced today that it will receive funding through the Biomarkers of Gut Function and Health program within the Grand...
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First Global Health Case Competition Brings Together Diverse Perspectives
Lisa KesslerDrug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are being reported in the Mumbai slum of Dharavi, one of the largest slums in the world and home to an estimated 1 million people. That’s the...
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