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Global Network Formed To Address Health Management Education

This week, members of an international Health Systems Competencies and Curriculum Initiative (HSCCI) taskforce proposed the formation of a global health systems training and education…

DGHI’s Master of Science in Global Health focuses on research to improve health around the world

It’s one of only a few in the nation, and it has attracted students from as far away as Asia and Africa. The Duke Global…

Tanzania’s First Female Physician begins Medical School, Builds Alliances with U.S. Institutions

For every 33,000 people living in Tanzania, there is one doctor to serve them. This daunting doctor-to-patient ratio, as Dr. Esther Mwaikambo describes it, has…

International Taskforce to Meet in Durham to Discuss Strengthening Health Systems Around World

A taskforce of 32 health systems experts from 15 countries will convene in Durham next week to develop recommendations for schools of public health, medicine…

New Global Health Course Focuses on Cross-Cultural Medicine

Duke Global Health Institute Faculty Member David Boyd will introduce a new undergraduate course next semester that explores the role of indigenous medicine in global…

DGHI Holds First Meeting of Student Council

Created as part of the Institute’s bylaws, a Student Council has been established to serve as the official liaison between the Duke Global Health Institute…

DGHI Obesity Prevention Study to Launch Next Month

Duke Global Health Institute Faculty Member Gary Bennett will lead new research that targets overweight African-American women in the Piedmont.

National Black Nurses Association Honors Duke Nurse Leader in Health Care Disparities

In honor of her work on health care disparities, Dorothy Powell, EdD, RN, FAAN, Associate Dean for Global and Community Health Initiatives at the Duke…

Duke Global Health Residency Program Expands in its Second Year

The Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health (HYC) and the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) have selected five new global health residents and fellows to the…

More HIV-Infected Individuals in Developing Countries Now Have Access to Antiretroviral Treatment

This article, co-authored by DGHI Associate Director of Research John Bartlett, was published in the October 2009 issue of “The Lancet.”

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The obesity pandemic
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Genomics: making a world of difference
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Delving into health disparities in Durham
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The changing environment
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On the short end of globalization
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Harnessing the passion for global health at Duke
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