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Anna Kramvis – A big job in a small world

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Over time, I expanded my role to full-time and established my research entity, the HVDRU, in 2008. Despite causing more deaths than the former three diseases combined, HBV receives little attention and funding from global health policy makers.

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What You Need to Know About Tuberculosis

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317-326, 2008. x (2) “ Global Tuberculosis Report ”, World Health Organization, 2020. Online] (3) “ The Clock Is Ticking: World TB Day 2021 ”, World Health Organization, 2021. Online] (9) “ Global Health: Newsrooms: Global Health Topics: Tuberculosis ”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Health, 2020.

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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

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Specifically, prevalence data was used by global health experts and epidemiologists to track the overall number of cases and understand how the disease was spreading. Cases then declined again in the 1980s and early 1990s but rose to an average of 30 cases per year from 2001 to 2008.

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SPH Plugs In: Our Favorites This Fall

BU School of Public Health Blog

The premise is “very encouraging,” says Idowu, who aspires to use her training in program management and global health to strategize with healthcare leaders, decision-makers, and providers to support holistic wellbeing, a vision of wellbeing that encompasses not only physical and mental health, but also spiritual and relational health.

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Yellow Fever: Past and Present

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Available: 10.1038/s41541-020-0205-6 (12) “ Yellow Fever “, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global Health, 2018. Matton, “Yellow fever in Europe in 19th Century”, Ecological Aspects of Past Settlement in Europe. Bennike, pp. 211-222, 2002. (5) Available: 10.1001/jama.300.8.960 326-330, 2009.