Joshua Grubbs March 20, 2017 The Syrian civil war has resulted in a public health emergency marked by a rising incidence of infectious diseases, including cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Historically endemic in Syria, […]

Christina Schmidt March 20, 2017 With a plethora of health issues competing for the attention of policymakers, the politics of which diseases become national priorities is complex. Why do some health challenges […]

Florence Tesha March 20, 2017 Zika virus, which is mainly transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictusmosquitoes, has become a major health threat in Latin American countries, especially in Brazil. Zika has also been associated […]

Sriramkumar Sridharan1, Anna Bensley1, Jin Huh1, and Deepthi Nacharaju1 1Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA March 20, 2017 Previous studies indicate that orphaned and separated children (OSC) tend to report worse mental […]

Sahil Sandhu, Lillian Blanchard, Chunxi Ding, Alexandria Hurley, Chelsea Liu, Jackie Xu, Natalie Yu  February 26, 2018 Introduction A lack of coordination in healthcare is a major barrier globally to high-quality care […]

Sonali Biswas March 20, 2017 I left for Ecuador thinking two months would be enough to make an impact in a community with leprosy. With centuries of stigma, leprosy proved to be […]

Jackie Xu and Judy Riviere March 20, 2017 Global health partnerships are often fraught with donor-recipient power dynamics. In Tanzania, Americans are perceived to have “big money, big personalities, and data obsession.” […]

Peter J Hotez MD PhD1 1Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular Virology, Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair of Tropical Pediatrics, Director of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine […]

Alice Liu March 20, 2017 Two hundred and eighty-five million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide. Thirty-nine million of these people are blind. Ninety percent live in low-income settings (1). […]