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Bacterial Resistance to Two Critical Antibiotics Widespread in Southeast Asia

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (August 12, 2019) — Resistance to two critical antibiotic types, one a “drug of last resort” when all others fail…

August 12, 2019

News Release

Global Health Security, Law Experts Express Relief After WHO Declares DRC Ebola Outbreak a PHEIC

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON (July 17, 2019) – Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom,…

July 17, 2019

News Release

Global Health Law, Policy Expert Says WHO May Need to Establish New Level of Public Health Emergency for Regional Outbreaks

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (June 14, 2019) — Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the…

June 14, 2019

GUMC Stories

Panel Reflects on Lessons From the Past to Secure Public Health for the Future

May 11, 2019 — While measures to improve infectious disease response have improved dramatically over the past decade, the global health community cannot afford to be, …

May 11, 2019

GUMC Stories

Meet Deus Bazira, Co-Director of the New Center for Global Health Practice and Impact

(April 15, 2019) — Georgetown University Medical Center this week announced the appointment of Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH, MBA, BPharm, to co-lead Georgetown’s new Center for…

April 15, 2019

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Georgetown Welcomes Deus Bazira and Colleagues to Lead New Global Health Center

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (April 15, 2019) — Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) announces the appointment of Deus Bazira, DrPH, MPH,, …

April 15, 2019

GUMC Stories

Georgetown Partnership Explores Faith-based Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance at Second Rome Workshop

(April 12, 2019) — Religious communities have a potentially vital role to play in thwarting the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a “hidden” and yet looming global…

April 12, 2019

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Georgetown Global Health Experts in Infectious Disease Available to Comment on WHO PHEIC Meeting

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (April 12, 2019) — Today, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the…

April 12, 2019

GUMC Stories

Once His Home, Medical Student Uses Research Requirement to Investigate Hypertension in Zimbabwe

(March 29, 2019) — The nearly 200 independent scholarly projects completed by students at Georgetown University School of Medicine this year varied from topics including…

April 8, 2019

GUMC Stories

Alternative Spring Break Experience Provokes Reflection, Introspection for NHS Student

(March 29, 2019) — Growing up in Nebraska, Emily Graul (NHS’20) was already familiar with the challenges associated with rural health care accessibility, but leading an…

March 29, 2019