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January 24, 2014
Becky Bartlein off to new adventures in Côte d’Ivoire!
The current research coordinator of the Global Medicines Program, Becky Bartlein, is the recipient of a Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship award. She will be located in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, where she will be working under the Ministry of Health in the Institut National de la Sante Publique (INSP) – the National Public Health Institute – starting…
Global Medicines Program Presents at Western Regional International Health Conference
The 9th Annual Western Regional International Health Conference (WRIHC), “At a Crossroads: Choosing Hidden Paths in Global Health,” took place on the UW Seattle campus April 27-29, 2012 (www.wirhc.org). Joseph Babigumira presented in two sessions at the conference: “Marginalized Populations: Health: A Human Right?” and “Realities in the Field: When Good Intentions are not Enough” Becky…
January 23, 2014
Graduate Student Assisting with Pharmacy Management in Afghanistan
Graduate student Norio Kasahara, MPH, has been working for the Urban Health Systems Strengthening Project in Afghanistan as Technical Advisor since 2011, which is funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). One of the project objectives is to develop capacity of sub-national public health department. As the Afghan Ministry of Public Health prioritizes improvement of the pharmacy management,…
Expanded Access to Contraception Provides Economic Benefits to Sub-Saharan African Country
Two papers were recently published highlighting the work of Joseph Babigumira and colleagues on the economic analyses of unsafe abortions and on increasing access to contraception in Uganda. His work used modeling methods to show that unsafe abortions cost the country substantial resources and that providing universal access to modern contraceptives would be highly cost-effective. Recent news stories, such as…
Global Medicines Program featured on Humanosphere
Becky Bartlein was featured as a “Changemaker” millenial to watch and interviewed here. Andy Stergachis was highlighted in an article about the release of an Institute of Medicine Report that he co-authored, entitled “Ensuring Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad” and discussed the dangers of counterfeit medicines here.
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