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What Is a Global Health Professional?

Tulane Public Health Blog

While healthcare organizations around the globe work to improve access to quality care, global health professionals work to bring together national and international efforts to address health inequity. Such a response is also essential for creating a more equitable global health community.

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Dr. Anete Muxlhanga’s Mission: Local, Data-Driven Solutions for Maternal Health in Mozambique

Maternal Health Task Force

The interconnected challenges of maternal health, HIV, and healthcare inequities call for a paradigm shift in global health researchone that prioritizes regions like Mozambique and passes the torch to local actors. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 70% of global maternal deaths , yet only 1.3%

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Proposing a new indicator to assess health disparities: measuring inequalities in causes of death

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Iñaki Permanyer and Júlia Almeida Calazans Policymakers and scholars are increasingly interested in monitoring and curbing health inequalities. Measuring how ‘similar’ or ‘dissimilar’ the different causes of death are can help us understand global health inequalities and patterns of mortality.

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Honoring the 2025 AMCHP Annual Award Recipients

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Prior to joining the New Jersey Department of Health, Dee was the Global Giving Lead for the philanthropic arm of a global health service company. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Health and a Master of Public Health in Population Health Management and Leadership from Ohio State University.