One of the leading causes of death and hospitalizations for infants and children within the global health community is attributed to diarrheal diseases. It is estimated that this preventable and ...
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I remember being forced as a child to gurgle salt and water solution whenever I would get a mouth sore in Nigeria. The solution was never pleasant and I can’t imagine what drinking it must tast...
In 1980, diarrhea and dehydration were killing 4.6 million children worldwide. You would probably guess that when a simple, inexpensive solution came along, it would be quickly and widely adopted...
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Diarrhea and the accompanying dehydration is the second leading cause of death in children under five worldwide. Since the early 1980s, the WHO and UNICEF have recommended oral rehydration therap...
What is Global Health Law? Global health law is a field that encompasses the legal norms, processes, and institutions needed to create the conditions for people throughout the world to attain the...
In the publication “TRIPS and The Global Pharmaceutical Market”, Barton describes the effects of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement on the global community. A...
Dilemmas in decision-making are invariably apart of global health policy. With the variety of international actors, stakeholders, and opinions, it’s easy to see why implementing new global heal...
After reading about attempts to eradicate Polio in Uttar Pradesh, followed by several articles addressing the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), I was curious: Did the...
The case of Polio Elimination in the Uttar Pradesh state in India serves to highlight the impact that specific individuals can have in any global health undertaking. Likewise with the smallpox el...
Northern Nigeria is plagued with many issues, one of them being Polio. Nigeria, along with Afghanistan and Pakistan are the only countries left in which Polio is still endemic. Considering that P...