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 …
Category: Global health
“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 …
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 graduate advocates for disability rights and empowerment in Thailand
When Oranicha (Natty) Jumreornvong decided to leave her home in Thailand to attend Stanford University, her family was uneasy about her decision. Jumreornvong explained in …
Working to bring online medical education to South Africa
Stanford lecturer Maya Adam, MD, has a long connection with South Africa. Her mother is South African, and Adam grew up both there and in Canada. Now, …
A small African country with a powerful voice
The recent film "A United Kingdom" tells the story of Botswana’s maverick first president who defied convention and caused an international scandal by marrying a …
Women less likely than men to receive surgery in conflict areas, study shows
Stanford researchers have found that men are more likely to receive surgery in armed conflict areas. Their findings were recently published in the journal Surgery. The …
Visiting scholar urges global health community to “think like a politician”
With funding for global health on the chopping block in many nations, Stanford visiting professor David Heymann, MD, offered practical advice for the global public …
Surgery in the time of Ebola: A conversation
In the first chapter of their book, Operation Ebola, Stanford surgeon Sherry Wren, MD, and her Johns Hopkins colleague Adam Kushner, MD, MPH, write something …
Special delivery: Letters of support to Syrian refugees
In the video above, Raneem, a Syrian refugee living in Jordan, is shown reading aloud a letter of support from a research assistant at Stanford …
Gender parity in global health events: A conversation
In honor of International Women’s Day, the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health teamed up with partners at Women in Global Health and the Global …
Intestinal pathogen drops gene, spreads through body — and sub-Saharan Africa
Typhoid fever, caused by a strain of the bacterial pathogen Salmonella, is thought to have wiped out one-third of the population of Athens in 430 B.C. and continues to …
Using water to improve life in global slums
Marking a milestone partnership in planetary health, Stanford epidemiologist Stephen Luby, MD, has been tapped to direct the health evaluation of a project to use water …
Muslim and afraid – but not alone
Every night when he was still in Homs, Syria, a then-5-year-old named Mustafa hid underneath his mattress because he thought it protected him from the …
Stanford researcher travels to Qatar to discuss how behavior changes can improve global health
About 1,400 health-care experts and government officials from over a 100 countries recently attended the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in Doha, Qatar. WISH …
Stanford bioengineers develop a 20-cent, hand-powered blood centrifuge
Inspired by a whirligig toy, Stanford bioengineering professor Manu Prakash, PhD, and his students have designed a centrifuge from paper, twine and plastic that can …