Global health can mean many things, and I can imagine we all have a traditional image of global health service—serving abroad in resource-limited areas. But what if I told you that global health has a vast amount of opportunities, and that YOU can make a difference? Small, intentional acts of positive change can make worldwide […]
The Burden of Disease
In this post, I wanted to share an interesting excerpt from a recent paper I wrote about the burden of disease for one of my public health courses because it opened my eye to how chronic illness can have detrimental effects on global populations. I chose to write about Human Immunodeficiency Virus because of my […]
Why Human Rights Matter for Doctors
The work of advancing human rights on the part of physicians is often portrayed as laudable but supererogatory to the daily demands of the medical profession in the United States. Much of this sentiment can be traced to the mistaken belief that human rights issues are only present abroad and can only, therefore, be addressed […]
