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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

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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

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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

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A Billion People Will Be Newly Exposed to Diseases Like Dengue Fever as World Temperatures Rise

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (March 28, 2019) — As many as a billion people could be newly exposed to disease-carrying mosquitoes by the end of the…

March 28, 2019

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Georgetown Researchers Launch ‘Nari Paila,’ Mobile Games to Share Information on Fertility Awareness, Family Planning in Nepal

MEDIA CONTACT:Karen Teberkm463@georgetown.edu WASHINGTON (March 24, 2019) — This month, Georgetown researchers launched a series of mobile games in Nepal to reach young people…

March 24, 2019