Monthly Archives: August 2009

UNC, water, health, success!

Posted on August 31, 2009 by admin

Director Mike Cohen’s August “Global Health Update” column is about the institute’s new collaboration with Procter & Gamble and their program Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW is headed by UNC alum Dr. Greg Allgood). UNC is already distributing PUR water … Read More

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More than cogs in a machine

Posted on August 17, 2009 by admin

[Leah Gordon] During the month of July, I had the pleasure of acting as project coordinator for UNC’s Collaborative Sahsa Health Initiative (CSHI) in rural Nicaragua. A combination of grants allowed UNC students from the medical school, nursing school and … Read More

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A heartbreaking decision

Posted on August 12, 2009 by admin

[Kyle Lavin is an MD/MPH student at UNC.] This year was scheduled to be the sixth trip of the Honduran Health Alliance.  HHA is a women’s health organization composed of rising 2nd and 4th year med students, public health students, … Read More

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The day of the coup

Posted on August 11, 2009 by admin

[Hannah Pollet is an MPH candidate in maternal and child health at UNC] A few days before beginning our trip and meeting the rest of our team, my co-leader and I arrived in Tegucigalpa, the capitol of Honduras.  Busy flying … Read More

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The "period effect"

Posted on August 10, 2009 by admin

[Author Suha Patel is a medical student at UNC and co-leader of the Honduran Health Alliance.] As I was reading my epidemiology textbook, preparing myself for a year of public health research, I stumbled on the concept of a period … Read More

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Where global health and politics meet: students reflect on their evacuation from Honduras

Posted on August 10, 2009 by admin

Today begins a series of posts from UNC students who were to spend the summer working in Honduras with the Honduran Health Alliance (HHA).  HHA is a student-run collaborative of organizations and individuals who work together to promote sustainable development in … Read More

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Always remember Malawi

Posted on August 5, 2009 by admin

[Post sent in from Malawi by UNC senior Cameron Taylor] “Always Remember Malawi” is what I was given yesterday on a sticky note from one of the fieldworkers. Yesterday was one of those sad “goodbye days” where we had to … Read More

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Training TB/AIDS researchers and eating barbeque, South Africa style

Posted on August 4, 2009 by admin

[This post was sent in by Kirsten Leysieffer, the fellowship and training administrator at the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases] On Saturday, July 18, I had the pleasure of attending the first annual research meeting of  the South … Read More

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