South Africa
Senior named Global Health Fellow
Harvard College senior Mary Davies ’13 has been named a Global Health Fellow with Medical Missionaries.
Tags: Awards, Campus & Community, Haiti, Mary Davies ’13, Medical Missionaries, Medicine, South Africa, St. Joseph’s Clinic, Tanzania, Thomassique, Volunteering
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TB test offers rapid results
A new rapid test for tuberculosis (TB) could substantially and cost-effectively reduce TB deaths and improve treatment in southern Africa — a region where both HIV and tuberculosis are common — according to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers
Tags: Botswana, Harvard School of Public Health, HarvardScience, Health & Medicine, HIV, Joshua Salomon, Lesotho, Massachusetts General Hospital’s Program in Cancer Outcomes and Training, Multi-drug-resistant TB, Namibia, Nicolas Menzies, PLoS Medicine, South Africa, southern Africa, Swaziland, TB, Tuberculosis, WHO, World Health Organization, Xpert
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Meticulous design
A recent SEAS workshop emphasized comprehensive planning, cultural awareness, and a holistic approach to design in developing solutions to global problems.
Tags: Caroline Perry, Design, Engineering & Technology, Engineers Without Borders, Essmart Global, Global design, Global problems, HarvardScience, Jackie Stenson ’08, President's Challenge, Product development, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, South Africa, Teamwork, Water pumps, Woodward Yang
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