Author Archives: Angela Hill
Why vaccinations are a good idea: the B.C. example
British Columbia now has the dubious distinction of having their largest measles outbreak EVER recorded in the province. There have been 320 confirmed cases of the VACCINE-PREVENTABLE disease. Seriously, in 2014, in one of the greatest countries for healthcare, and … Continue reading
Reportable illness
So a man isolated with a high fever after traveling to Liberia is in Royal University Hospital. The region and Ministry of Health release information that it looks to be a hemorrhagic fever – naturally everyone (myself included, at least … Continue reading
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Tagged Ebola, hemorrhagic fever, PHAC, publicly reportable disease, Saskatoon
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Approaches to primary health care
Here is a question from my EdX SW25x class this week – Biosocial approach to Global Health. There has been a long discussion about the strengths and weaknesses between vertical approaches and horizontal approaches. Please provide an example of each. … Continue reading
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Tagged Health, measles, primary health care, SW25x, vertical approach
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EdX: Learning online
I’ve started taking a couple of online EdX courses. EdX is free and lectures from some of the world’s best universities – sometimes they are lectures literally taken from the classroom, so if someone coughs, you miss what the professor … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, EdX, global poverty, Health, learning online, Paul Farmer
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Get it … it’s a cell wall
I know I’m a science geek, and I hate to always prove that, but this was too good to resist.
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Tagged biochemistry humour, cell wall, science geek, science jokes
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Angela Hill 