Hotez on Neglected Tropical Diseases
October 03, 2011
Neglected tropical diseases exact a staggering toll on the world’s poorest people, taking years off their lives and for those who survive, leading to decreased productivity, stunted physical...
Students Tackle Health Problems Abroad
October 07, 2011
A University program is grounding students in current health issues — and putting them on the ground overseas to turn their knowledge into practice. For two years, Yale’s Global Health...
Around the World: YSPH Photo Essays
October 07, 2011
Scores of Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) students fan out around the globe each spring to complete their internship project. Usually lasting 10 to 12 weeks, the internship is a...
Journalist to Discuss AIDS Crisis
October 10, 2011
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mark Schoofs ’85 will visit Yale to discuss "Ending the AIDS Epidemic: A Revolutionary Opportunity" on Wednesday, Oct. 12. The event, sponsored by the...
Student Writes about Global Health Funding
October 13, 2011
“HIV-positive. It should have been a death sentence for her,” a good friend of mine recalled during lunch on a recent medical trip abroad to South Africa. Hearing those words during a prenatal...