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Explore the latest public health research and insights about International Health.

Engaging students in Grenada. Nikita Cudjoe

Parachute science, also called colonial science, involves scientists from high-income countries gathering data in low-income countries and leaving without acknowledging the contributions from communities or local scientists.

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Aerial view of workers growing water spinach on ecological floating beds at Chun'an County in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.

An enormous burden rests on the global community in getting nutrition right, and as the 76th World Health Assembly gathers in Geneva to discuss Saving Lives, Driving Health for All, we must urgently address both the drivers and impacts of the nutrition crisis.

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A woman gives a polio vaccine to baby.

After years of engagement with local communities to battle outbreaks and provide essential services, female frontline workers in Pakistan are now being offered a seat at the policymaking table. The benefits are likely to last well after polio is finally defeated.

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Some of the participants during a plenary session at the symposium

The  was held in Monrovia, Liberia from March 20-24, 2023, under the theme 鈥Advancing Community Health Worker Programs to Build Resilient and Reputable Health Systems That Would Accelerate Primary HealthCare for Universal Health Coverage鈥.

https://healthsystemsglobal.org/

An inexpensive treatment approach called CETA was specifically designed for use in low-resource and conflict-ridden areas.

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Staff care for a pregnant patient in the Trocaire Doolow Hospital in Doolow, Somalia, October 15,2022. Photo by Giles Clarke/UNOCHA/Getty.

Throughout the world, gender inequities in health are readily apparent, preventing women from receiving the health care they need, in a timely manner, and delivered in a way that responds to their unique needs and expectations, thus demanding a focus on women-centered solutions.

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Akol Anna Grace, an assistant nursing officer of Kopoth Health Centre, poses between houses during a home visit in Kopoth, Karamoja region, Uganda, on May 25, 2022. Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty

Women are the driving force behind global health. They make up 70% of the global health workforce and 90% of frontline health workers, yet they hold only 25% of senior decision-making roles in the field. Why are women are not progressing into leadership roles?

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International Health Faculty Experts

Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of International Health? They鈥檙e here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

 

Judd L. Walson
Professor
International Health

Judd L. Walson, MD, MPH, is an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist who works to improve child survival, growth, and development in low- and middle-income settings.

Melissa Marx
Associate Professor
International Health

Melissa A. Marx, PhD 鈥02, MPH 鈥98, evaluates maternal, child, and infectious disease programs, and has led response efforts for outbreaks including SARS, Ebola, and COVID-19.