By Maria Thacker Goethe Antibiotics have been our most effective treatment for infectious diseases for the better part of a century, and they continue to be effective in many circumstances. However, bacteria are catching up to ...
By Jamie Bay Nishi, Executive Director, Global Health Technologies Coalition The COVID-19 pandemic has awoken many to the potential of global health crises to cause human suffering and devastate economies. Similarly, the global response to ...
By Katie Shapcott and Stephanie D. Adams, Ph.D. Center for Global Health Innovation, Office of Health Equity & Crisis Coordination As vaccines and therapeutics allow most of us to learn to live with COVID-19, the ...
By CarriAyne Jones Parr, PhD, Head of UK Science and Innovation Network, Southeast US; Global Health and AMR Lead; British Consulate-General As scientists, doctors, and public health leaders, we tend to approach challenges analytically. We ...
By Gabriella Corrigan On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Communities closed their doors, strapped on masks, and distanced themselves from friends and family. Most people believed these ...
By Jenelle Williams, Director of Programs, Global Health Action GHA was founded on the belief that the key to improving local and global health is to train, educate, and empower individuals. This core value was ...
The Center for Victims of Torture, the largest treatment program of its kind for survivors of torture and war worldwide and a leader in global mental health, operates a small clinic in Clarkston, Georgia. Often ...
By Dr. Stephanie Adams, Interim Executive Director, Global Health Crisis Coordination Center According to the CDC, Native American and Native Alaskan persons are 3.3 times more likely, Black persons 2.9 times more likely, and Hispanic ...
By Maria Thacker Goethe, MPH, CEO, Center for Global Health Innovation On April 25, the world recognizes World Malaria Day because it remains a leading cause of preventable illness and death around the world. Despite ...
By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President-Health, The Carter Center The recent observance of the second annual World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day (Jan. 30) prompted me to reflect on my good fortune in overseeing the Carter ...
This is a critical time for global health, and the Georgia community is organizing and leading to address the fight against COVID-19 and other public health threats. On December 17th, The Georgia Global Health Alliance ...
By Claire Jarvis, PhD Healthcare providers, industry, elected officials, and patient advocates came together virtually September 22nd for Georgia Bio’s inaugural Patient Advocacy Summit. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted long-standing public health disparities that ...
By: Brandy Mai, Director of Public Information, Global Health Crisis Coordination Center (GHC3), Center for Global Health Innovation COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on our way of life. It has altered our routines, divided belief systems, ...
Introduction to Global Health Action In 1972, Dr. Ada Fort and Miss Virginia Proctor, two administrators at Emory University’s Woodruff School of Nursing, recruited and inspired a group of leaders from Atlanta’s health, religious, business, ...
By Dr. Fernando Reati In these times of fear, anxiety and the possibility of serious illness or even death due to the coronavirus pandemic, I have been thinking a lot about those first days I ...
By Connor McKoy, Director, Agriculture & Environment Communications, Biotechnology Innovation Organization The rapid spread of the coronavirus out of Wuhan, China has sparked concern across countries as the international community grapples with how best to contain it. ...
By Dr. Eve Byrd, Carter Center Mental Health Program Director Access to mental health care is a basic human right. As we enter a new decade, we are heartened to see global mental health disorders ...
By The Center of Victims of Torture Kidane* was tortured while serving in the Eritrean military. The beatings were so damaging, he could no longer work. He escaped to the refugee camps in northern Ethiopia, where he ...
By Charles Redding Photos provided by Partners in Care In many of the communities we serve we often find that people are afraid to go to the hospital. People view the hospital as a last ...
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