Monthly Archives: January 2009
Spring 2009
-General Body Meetings Thursday, February 26, 4:30pm Thursday, March 26, 4:30pm Thursday, April 23, 4:30pm -Global Health Lecture – Dr. Randall Packard Biotech G-10 Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 4:30 pm Flier Link -Application for Summer Global Health Fellows Program Due: Sunday, March 1, 2009 Application Link -Kris Holloway Lecture: “Monique and the more »
$630 Million Donated Toward Polio Eradication Efforts
This article in The New York Times describes the prevalence of polio in certain regions of the world as well as recent efforts to mitigate the continued presence of the disease. Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan continue to suffer the effects of polio, even though the vaccine for this devastating disease exists and worldwide efforts more »
Insight into the Malaria Epidemic: A Conversation with Professor Laura Harrington
Professor Laura Harrington is an associate professor in the Department of Entomology here at Cornell University. She studies medical entomology, with an emphasis on mosquito biology and vector-borne disease ecology. Her time spent overseas in countries that are hotspots of tropical diseases has contributed to her unique perspective on academic research, which blends social aspects more »
Children Suffer as Drought and Violence Feed the Famine in Somalia
With nothing left in sight to feed her children, Sadia Mohamed Afrah was forced to leave her kids and go search for food and water. After two hours, she returned to the tree where she left them only to find her children dead. Sadia had struggled to fend off starvation, but it had finally taken more »