An app developed at the University of Georgia is partially responsible for the Jan 23 announcement that the World Poultry Foundation has been awarded a four-year $21.4 million grant from […]
Category: Global Health
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The CDC Foundation Honors Tom Frieden With a ‘Future Leaders Fund’
The CDC Foundation has launched a Tom Frieden Future Leaders Fund shortly before Dr. Frieden’s term as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ends with the transition […]
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CDC’s Frieden to Resign on Jan. 20 in Keeping With Government Protocol
Already the second longest serving director in the 70-year history of the Centers for Disease and Prevention, Dr. Thomas Frieden is to submit his resignation on Jan. 20 when President-elect […]
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GSU’s School of Public Health Selected to Host Prestigious Fulbright Program
Its network of partnerships with other community organizations is a likely reason that the U.S. State Department selected Georgia State University’s School of Public Health to host 100 Fulbright scholars […]
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Data Key to Improving Health in U.S., India
Better exchange between the U.S. and India can address deficiencies in each of their respective health care systems, creating immense commercial value and healthier citizens in the process, a group of […]
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Walgreens ‘Get A Shot. Give A Shot.’ Program Doubles Contribution in Advance of Giving Tuesday, Nov. 25-29
The Walgreen Co.‘s “Get a Shot. Give a Shot.” campaign stretches across the great divide separating the United States from developing countries by encouraging Americans to receive vaccines recommended by […]
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Decatur’s Task Force for Global Health Wins $2 Million Prize
A Decatur-based global health nonprofit today joined the exclusive ranks of Hilton Humanitarian Prize awardees, receiving $2 million along with a prestigious designation won by only 20 other organizations ever.
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Innovative Aqua Towers Provide Fresh Water to the World’s Most Remote Impoverished Communities
A small group of the Planet Water Foundation team were in the Dominican Republic, when one asked “How long do you think it would take to build a single AquaTower?” […]
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Attacks on Health Workers Expose a ‘New Age of Barbarism’, Experts Say at Health Summit
As the U.N. Security Council deliberates about what to do about the carnage in Syria and elsewhere, speakers at the 5th Atlanta Global Health Summit agreed that the world has […]
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Nigerian Princess Takes On Boko Haram With Atlanta Fundraiser
With Europe‘s refugee crisis taking over the world’s attention, the crisis in northeastern Nigeria slips below the headlines even though the Boko Haram terrorists have displaced 1.5 million people […]