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Stories from the Field

The global health challenges in the world are immense. But people at Duke have a passion for tackling these issues piece by piece, community by community, lesson by lesson.

The stories collected here give a flavor of the global health projects the Duke community has undertaken. From faculty profiles and podcasts about research and teaching to student blogs about life and learning in foreign countries, these stories highlight not only the challenges, but the solutions that are possible when people dedicate themselves to serving others.

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The State of Affairs for Women’s Health in Moshi

In the first month after his arrival in Moshi, Tanzania to launch the Duke-KCMC Women’s Reproductive Health Program, DGHI Member Jeff Wilkinson found himself participating in the examinations for residents and medical students at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC).

Physical Therapy Graduates Go Global!

After two years of fundraising and planning, doctoral students from the Duke Physical Therapy (DPT) Class of 2008 at long last realized their dream to go on a service-learning trip to Mumbai, India after their graduation this May.

What is Your Global Health IQ?

How many of the questions posted in the Duke Chronicle on July 15, 2008 did you get right?  Check the answers below, and then click on the link to enter into the drawing for a $25 gift certificate to the Duke Book Store.  (Only Duke students are eligible.)

Jen'nan Read's 6-25-08 Interview Podcast with Dr. Mazz

Dr. Mazz talks to Jen’nan Ghazal Read, a professor in sociology and global health at Duke, about the vast diversity within the American Muslim community on 1210 Tonight

The New Doom - Priscilla Wald's podcast on North Carolina Public Radio

Our biggest fear used to be the A-bomb, but these days nuclear holocaust has been overshadowed by eco-anxieties that run the gamut from global climate change to BPA in water bottles. Host Frank Stasio discusses the new doom and the nature of cultural anxiety with: Tom Hoban, professor of Sociology and Anthropology at N.C. State University; Priscilla Wald, professor of English and Women’s Studies at Duke University; and, Robin van Tine, professor of Biology at Saint Leo University.

Student Perspective

Amina's Baby - Reflections on a Birth, and Death, in Niger

Nora Wilson Dennis recounts her experience in observing childbirth in Niger.

Student Profile

Exploring Medicine in Different Cultures: Honduras 2008

Kim Alexander’s report on the 2008 trip to Honduras for the “Exploring Medicine in Other Cultures” course at Duke.

May 2008 Podcast: Dr. Kate Whetten Discusses Research on Orphan Care

May 2008 Podcast: Dr. Kate Whetten Discusses Research on Orphan Care

“There Were Some Who Had Tears...”

An article originally published on the Fuqua website discussing student donations what will provide limbs to the needy.

Duke Resources

Community Health Research Liaison Center Helps Involve the Community in Research

The Duke Center for Community Research (DCCR) works with communities to better understand their concerns, and to find ways to move proven technologies and therapies more quickly out into community practice so that they improve health, especially of under-represented minorities. The DCCR, led by Dr. Lloyd Michener, leverages the talent of the academic research community to collaboratively create a training, research, and liaison system that will effectively and systematically involve the community in clinical and translational research training, priority setting, participation, and follow-up.
The DCCR’s Community Health Research Liaison Center is a community resource offering agencies, organizations, and residents the resources and training necessary to better understand research, receive research coaching, more clearly define their concerns, and seek researchers with whom they can work.

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“This morning I discovered that the sound of a donkey is more ear-piercing than that of any rooster in the world...” Read more of Andy Cunningham’s blog, “We are old enough”