Outbreak in Northern Uganda
Julian Jamison, writing on Chris Blattman’s blog, notes an outbreak of an unknown disease in northern Uganda. There’s also a note in Kenya’s Daily Nation. Hard to say what it is without more definitive...
View Article"A baby was born in my Land Rover today"
….so writes my friend Bobby Garner, a missionary in Uganda. Worth a read.
View ArticleFrom the front lines of public health
Rashida is a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda teaching “teaching life skills/health/whatever at a local secondary school,” as well as a blogger. She also happens to be in the same Hopkins global health...
View ArticleAnother way to help in Somalia
One of the best ways to address the severe acute malnutrition seen during famines — like the one in Somalia now — is a Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF). They’re basically nutritionally fortified...
View ArticleWhy did HIV decline in Uganda?
That’s the title of an October 2012 paper (PDF) by Marcella Alsan and David Cutler, and a longstanding, much-debated question in global health circles . Here’s the abstract: Uganda is widely viewed as...
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Uganda is beautiful
I’ve been in Uganda the last few weeks helping with the implementation of a large scale survey: a representative national household survey and survey of drug retailers and healthcare providers, all...
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