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NPR—Agnes Binagwaho Is A Doctor With ‘Sassitude’
October 28, 2017
Excerpt taken from an article originally published in NPR. Years before she became the health minister of Rwanda, Agnès Binagwaho tried to lock a fellow pediatrician in a hospital room. She saw a doctor…
Forbes—How Seed Global Health Is Using Education To Reduce Global Health Inequities
October 18, 2017
Excerpt taken from an article originally published in Forbes. Some people can pinpoint the exact moment that inspired their career path. For Dr. Vanessa Kerry, the founder and CEO of Seed Global Health, it…
Why I’m an Advocate
October 17, 2017
My cousin and her baby died during childbirth. Beyond the staggering loss, the part that hurts the most is that their deaths were preventable. They almost certainly would have lived had my cousin been…
Harvard Medical School—Bending the Arc: New documentary illuminates global health equity
October 1, 2017
This excerpt was taken from an article published by the Harvard Medical School. The story begins with a group of young idealists who set out 30 years ago to save as many lives as…
Millions of lives saved by taking the time to listen
September 29, 2017
The story of how Rwanda has doubled life expectancy. Bending the Arc tells the story of three friends who believed that poor people shouldn’t die because they didn’t have access to basic medical treatment and medication.…
New York Times—In Haiti, a Building Fights Cholera
September 12, 2017
Next month marks the seventh anniversary of the cholera outbreak that ravaged Haiti. The disease, which can cause death within hours if left untreated, came less than a year after Haiti was rocked by…
The Conversation—The secret behind Rwanda’s successful vaccination rollouts
August 10, 2017
The best medical treatment option in the world can’t save a single patient unless it is delivered at the proper time, with the proper plans and processes in place. That’s why implementation science for health matters.…
New York Times—In Health Care, Republicans Could Learn From Rwanda
July 18, 2017
Republicans, you are probably tired of hearing how so many Americans are sicker than their peers in other rich countries, lacking access to needed medical care. There are only so many times one can take…
Harvard Study: Vitamin A Helps Protect Against TB
July 7, 2017
Tuberculosis is the most deadly infectious disease in the world, killing 1.8 million people in 2015 alone, yet little is known about why exposure to the airborne disease sickens some people and not others.…
Skoll Foundation—Bending the Arc: Setting the Bar High for Social Change
July 5, 2017
Thirty years ago, as horrific disease like AIDS and tuberculosis ravaged much of the world, three remarkable young people—Jim Yong Kim, Paul Farmer, and Ophelia Dahl—came together in a squatter settlement in Haiti, determined…
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