Tag Archives: Health
Ebola outbreak continues in West Africa
Let’s talk about Ebola for a moment. What a number of people don’t know (and if they did know, they may have forgotten), is that there is still a massive outbreak of Ebola raging in three countries – Guinea, Sierra … Continue reading
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Tagged Ebola, Health, MSF, Peter Piot, virus, West Africa
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Never Again
This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide began and this week people are remembering their experiences in the country undergoing a mass killing of citizens. Annie Thomas was a new foreign correspondent for AFP and Rachel worked for … Continue reading
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
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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Angela Hill 