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The Canary in the Coal Mine: Ebola Virus
Though there have been regular reports in the American press covering the expanding Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Sierra Leone it has not caused the public panic of Swine Flu or SARS of recent past.
Read More“Making Global Health a Sustainable Career”
Dr. Phuoc Le, Co-founder and Co-Director of the Global Health Core at UCSF, was recently featured in the April issue of Today’s Hospitalist, a monthly magazine that reports the latest news in practice management, quality improvement, and clinical updates in the field of Hospital Medicine.
Read MoreReflections from Liberia: Considering Costs of Care, a Poor Problem
“Will you charge me?” he asked quietly, between labored breaths. He sat in the hospital bed with his legs over the side in what is known as a “tripod” position—his elbows resting on a nearby stool to prop his chest…
Read More“What if We Made Health Care Proactive?”
Ari Johnson, currently a resident physician at the University of California, San Francisco has recently been featured in an article by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Ari has been noted for his research in the fields of infectious disease,…
Read More“Global Health Hospitalists: Strange but Noble Bedfellows”
Robert M. Wachter recently joined the Global Health Core on a trip to Haiti to experience first-hand the Core’s efforts to provide quality care across borders. Dr. Wachter is Professor and Associate Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
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