This Thursday, hundreds of women from around the world will gather here for the inaugural Women Leaders in Global Health conference, designed to highlight the …
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New Stanford center aims to fight global poverty
According to the UN, around 800 million people live in poverty worldwide, with "many lacking access to adequate food, clean drinking water and sanitation." In …
Mapping brick kilns to improve health of people and the environment
Using satellite imagery, a team of Stanford researchers has designed a mapping tool with the potential to transform brick manufacturing across South Asia. If successful, …
A look at health care reform — in China
The struggles with health insurance reform here in the United States piqued my curiosity about what we could learn from other countries. I reached out …
Stars of Stanford Medicine: “It’s my duty to give back”
Graduate student Christopher Tchakoute hopes to return to Cameroon to improve health care there. He's featured in this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A.
Graduate student Christopher Tchakoute hopes to return to Cameroon to improve health care there. He's featured in this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A.
Dispatch from Lebanon: Refugee children need education, as well as health care
I’m writing from Lebanon, which is now home to approximately 2 million Syrians, all of whom are not recognized as refugees. This includes hundreds of …
United States opioid crisis serves as a warning to the world
Writing recently in The Lancet, Stanford's Keith Humphreys, PhD, shines a spotlight on the expanding globalization of the opioid epidemic. He urges leaders in other nations …
Saving lives for 20-cents: Manu Prakash presents at TEDxStanford
One of the most important things I’ve learned as a writer is that every good story has an even better backstory. So when I heard …
Rift Valley fever virus illustrates interdependence between environment, global health
Formerly bound to the African continent, recent cases of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) in western nations and China warrant increased vigilance given the viruses’ …
Foreign aid cutbacks could harm health of Americans, Stanford health policy researcher argues
New legislation introduced last week to could reduce foreign aid by $10 billion. Some of these cuts would affect global health organizations that fight HIV …
A new tool for breaking the cycle of poverty
Understanding why certain populations remain persistently poor has presented a challenge for social and natural scientists alike. Now, Harvard researcher Matt Bonds, PhD, and colleagues …
“Sometimes aid is transformative:” A look at a simple, affordable clubfoot treatment
In his New York Times column today, writer Nicholas Kristof offers an uplifting story of how a simple, cheap innovation is having global impact for thousands of …
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Working to end global health disparities
Luqman Hodgkinson, PhD, describes his work to enhance medical opportunities in his native Kenya in this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A.
Luqman Hodgkinson, PhD, describes his work to enhance medical opportunities in his native Kenya in this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A.
Stanford health researcher wins prize for using statistics to prevent rapes in Kenya
Mike Baiocchi, PhD, grew up in a family of nurses and passionate public health advocates. He says a liberal can-do attitude was baked into his …
Stanford’s Michele Barry on why we need more women leaders in global health
As the women began to clap, Michele Barry, MD, director of Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health, realized she’d touched on something big. It was …
Stanford inventor designs low-cost science tools for the world
Henry Ford, the father of the first affordable automobile, once said, “I will build a motor car for the great multitude... constructed of the best …