Monthly Archives: February 2009

Treating trauma patients during Malawi's rainy season

[Post sent in by Jonathan Samuel, a UNC surgical resident working in Malawi] It’s the rainy season now.  During the short downpours, you get drenched walking 10 feet from your car to the house, and the roads flood after five … Read More

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WUNC-FM features coverage of our work in Malawi

Starting next week, WUNC radio 91.5 FM will air a special edition of its “North Carolina Voices” series, “Global Connections.”  WUNC health reporter Rose Hoban traveled to UNC Project in Lilongwe, Malawi and reports on our efforts to make a … Read More

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National health reform in China

The Chinese government recently released its National Health Reform Plan. One of the government’s  key academic advisors was Gordon Liu.  Liu is Chair of Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management’s Department of Health Economics and Management. He is also Adjunct … Read More

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Ethics and global health research

Our colleague over at the Global Bioethics blog has an interesting post about a recent research ethics scandal in Malawi.  While the details of the legal case are still pending, the incident serves as a reminder that those of us … Read More

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Building relationships in Latin America

IGHID Latin America Projects Manager Pia McDonald, PhD, has a busy week ahead of her hosting a delegation from University of Nicaragua, Léon (UNAN), as well as a senior researcher from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. The delegation from Nicaragua … Read More

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Bringing health care to Kibera – report from Kenya

[This post was sent in by Mamie Sackey Harris, Africa Projects Manager at the institute.] Kenya – Jan. 22, 2009 It’s been awesome finally getting to see the Carolina for Kibera program. Right in the heart of Kibera this UNC … Read More

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The hunt for a cure

Check out this story from Bloomberg News.  Our own director, Dr. Myron Cohen, and Dr. David Margolis, UNC Professor of Medicine, weigh in on the search for an HIV cure and what is being done at UNC to further that … Read More

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Putting HIV prevention in the hands of women – report from CROI

IGHID’s  Director of International Operations and UNC Project International Director Irving Hoffman is author on a paper reporting promising results from a clinical trial testing the effectiveness of a vaginal microbicide, PRO 2000 gel (0.5 percent dose).  The study involved … Read More

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CROI 2009

This week infectious disease specialists, microbiologists, immunologists, biostatisticians and other scientists are gathered in Montréal for the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. UNC-Chapel Hill has a strong presence at the conference, with a total of 27 abstracts accepted.  … Read More

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The China century

Each month institute director Myron Cohen, MD writes a “Global Health Update” column for the UNC Global newsletter.   His most recent column focuses on the social and economic forces that have given rise to some of China’s biggest health … Read More

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