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First study to measure toxic metals in tampons shows arsenic and lead, among other contaminants
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Empowering Frontline Health Workers with AI: Navigating Pitfalls and Possibilities
On June 25, the Bay Area Global Health Alliance hosted its third virtual convening on AI and Global Health, bringing together leaders from diverse sectors to explore how artificial intelligence has the potential to support these essential workers and facilitate care at the last mile.
Critical Condition: Violence Against Health Care in Conflict
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Neurological conditions claim the lives of thousands of children every year. New treatments in the womb may save them
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3rd Annual Bay Area Tuberculosis Science (BATS) Symposium
Join the UC Tuberculosis Research Advancement Center (UC TRAC) for the 3rd Annual Bay Area Tuberculosis Science (BATS) Symposium, co-sponsored by Alliance members UCSF Center for Tuberculosis and UC Berkeley Center for Emerging and Neglected Diseases. BATS brings together TB investigators at UCSF, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Stanford University and the SF Department of Public Health to highlight established and early-stage investigators in the UC TRAC community with the intention to build community and foster collaboration.
How to Cover Planetary Health
Join Mongabay for their Mongabay Webinar Series: Planetary Health on June 13th @ 9PM UTC (2PM PST). This Mongabay webinar will focus on the planetary health framework, and how journalists can better communicate stories related to global or ecological change and the human health impacts of these changes. Panelists for this webinar include Alliance members Sam Myers, the faculty director of the Planetary Health Alliance, and Mark Schapiro, a journalist and lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
How air pollution is causing girls to get their first periods earlier
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H5N1 Is Increasingly Adapting to Mammals
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UC Berkeley public health students launch Black Lactation Matters
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Bird flu landing in The City is ‘a blip on the radar,’ experts say
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What Does It Take to Prevent and Address Workplace Violence?
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workplace violence is the third leading cause of fatal occupational injuries in the United States. Starting on July 1, 2024, employers in California need to implement an effective workplace violence...
International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease
Join Alliance member UCSF’s Quantitative Biosciences Institute in collaboration with the University of Sierra Leone for the first International West Africa Symposium & Workshop on Infectious Disease. The Symposium on July 29-30 will bring and expose leaders in the international infectious disease community from within Africa and beyond, together in Freetown, Sierra Leone to describe the state of the art in infectious disease research on a number of key pathogens relevant to the region. Workshops will follow on July 31-August 3.
Empowering Frontline Health Workers with AI: Navigating Pitfalls and Possibilities
Join the Bay Area Global Health Alliance at 8:30-10 am PT, June 25 for a panel discussion exploring the complexities and opportunities of using AI to support frontline workers. This discussion, the third in a four-part series sponsored by Pfizer, will be moderated by UC Berkeley lecturer and Alliance board chair Colin Boyle and will feature Elina Urli Hodges (Duke Global Health Innovation Center), Daphne Ngunjiri (Access Afya, Kenya), Andrew Ddembe (MobiKlinic, Uganda), Raghav Minocha (Simprints), and Enric Jané (Causal Foundry).
New study differentiates perinatal risks of COVID-19 infection from pandemic era societal changes
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Combatting Avian Influenza: Employing the One Health Approach to Prepare for, Prevent, and Respond to Emerging Health Threats
Join Alliance member UC Davis for a a virtual emergency consultation aiming to inform policy and inspire coordinated action on combating Avian Influenza. Through a One Health approach we will develop a pathway for cross-sector collaboration in infectious disease preparedness and response efforts.
A Vision of Equity for All: The Alliance Joins UC Davis Grand Challenges and Healthy Davis Together to Develop a Blueprint for Equitable Pandemic Response
View UC Davis' Pandemic Preparedness Roadmap website page. Among the many lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was an understanding of the critical need for collaborative, multisector responses to emerging health concerns. The response in the United...
The Agonizing Reality of Obstetric Fistula
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Surgery in a hospital doesn’t necessarily lead to better outcomes than surgery in a surgical center
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Human-Centered Design Course
Alliance member UCSF is offering a course focused on human-centered design. Human-centered design is a discipline incorporating the human needs perspective to solve problems in public health and medicine. Learners will learn and follow a design process, applying methods focused on building empathy, translating needs into solution requirements, creative ideation, prototype development and testing, and planning for implementation. Deadline for registering for this Fall term course is May 1st, 2024.