Category: Global Health Seattle
Seattle Global Health Blogger Tom Paulson casts his skeptical eye on two recent articles on global health funding.
Health and science blogger Tom Paulson reports from the UW’s War and Global Health conference
Virus kills more than 500,000 children a year worldwide.
Initiatives of just nine organizations involve nearly 500 programs in 92 countries.
New center will target cancers caused by infections.
If successful, the program will serve as a model to develop similar programs in other countries in the developing world.
Washington Global Health Alliance invites you to its Global Health 101 session on influenza.
Vaccine will be used to treat the parasitic infection.
Hilton Foundation selects Seattle-based PATH to receive the foundation’s $1.5 million Humanitarian Prize.
Stillbirth and prematurity are responsible for more deaths of children under age 5 than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
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