By: Olusimbo Ige, MD,MS,MPH, Executive Director, Global Health Unit, Global Ministries When Jean Shailunga of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) contracted cholera, he was more fortunate than many of his neighbors in the rural community of the North Katanga Province. The change-maker for Shailunga was the 16-day cholera treatment he received at a Kizanga […]
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Zika May Not Be In The News, But Its Negative Impact Continues To Be Felt
By Dr. Judy Monroe, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation For many, Zika virus has fallen off the radar since the height of the outbreak in the western hemisphere in 2015–17 as the news cycle has moved on to other challenges. But Zika virus remains front and center to the families with children born […]
