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Lessons from the 2004 Tsunami

The pattern of hospitalizations arising from the deadly 2004 tsunami that hit Sri Lanka and other Indian Ocean nations offers lessons into how to prepare…

HIV Conquers Immune System Faster than Previously Realized

Students Abroad Show Adaptability, Understanding in Building Communities

Toxic Releases Disproportionately Affect Minority and Low-Income Communities

Research: DGHI Teams Improving the World Around Them

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China's Focus on HIV/AIDS - July 24, 2008

International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) - August 3-8, 2008

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Call for Abstracts: Unite for Sight Annual Global Health Conference

Funding Opportunity: National Institute on Aging Research on Social Neuroscience of Aging. LOI Deadline September 30, 2008

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July 18, 2008 (New York Times) “Trial for Vaccine Against H.I.V. Is Canceled”
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July 17, 2008 (New York Times) “Gene Variation May Raise Risk of H.I.V., Study Finds”
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June 20, 2008 (News & Observer) “Doc Hasn’t Stopped Helping” (features Dr. Sam Katz of Duke in Work on Measles)
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May 5, 2008 (Modern Healthcare) “Medical Migration” (quotes Michael Merson and Jeff Moe on the internationalization of medicine)
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May 5, 2008 (Herald Sun) “Studies find 1 in 5 babies lag in shots” (quotes Dr. Dennis Clements).
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April 19, 2008 (News & Observer) “NC becomes center of HIV fight” Read More Online

April 18, 2008 (Duke Chronicle) “Dzau Envisions Culture Built on Values, Leaders”
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April 4, 2008 (Duke Chronicle) “Our Medicines, Our Labs, Our Responsibility” by Timothy A. Bouley and Richard Waters (Duke School of Medicine) Read Online

March 8, 2008 (Durham Herald Sun) “HIV takes toll on black women”
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March 2, 2008 (Durham Herald Sun) News about the health problems of Durham.
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February 26, 2008 (Duke Chronicle) Dr. Jeffrey Wilkinson and his wife, Dr. Sumera Hayat, are moving their family to Kenya to expand the University’s involvement in maternal health issues.
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February 13, 2008 (Durham Herald Sun) Duke University Medical Center hosts a Blue Jean Ball to raise money for global health work with women in Kenya

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January 29, 2008 (marketwire) Dr. Richard Payne of Duke speaks at the Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa Hosts Congressional Briefing on Palliative and End-of-Life Care and Global Battle Against HIV/AIDS

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January 24, 2008 (WebWire) Duke Blue Jean Ball to Benefit Global Health in Kenya

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January 23, 2008 (Duke Chronicle) Merson decries unfair world health policies at pediatric ground rounds.

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December 17, 2007 (China.com) An interview with Professor Michael Merson, written by Duke graduate student Xing Zong for Chinese website Read Column

December 8, 2007 (Tanzanian Daily News Online) KCMC inaugurates family care clinic.  read more

November 26, 2007 (Herald Sun) The way to beat AIDS is through extensive testing

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October 10, 2007 (WUNC) Sherman James Speaks on Health Disparities.

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October 5, 2007 (WUNC) Sarah Armstrong, MD, discusses obesity on WUNC’s The State of Things.

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July 30, 2007 WRAL covers Neurosurgeon Michael Haglund’s upcoming trip to Uganda, with surplus material provided by Duke Global Health PLUS.

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