Archive: public health
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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 Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI). Bazira is an expert in health systems strengthening and a public health practitioner with decades of in-depth, field-level practical experience in global health […]
Category: GUMC Stories
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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, MBA, BPharm, an expert in health systems strengthening and a public health practitioner with decades of in-depth field-level practical experience in global health in emerging economies, to establish and co-direct Georgetown’s new Center for […]
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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 recommendation of the Emergency Committee, declined to declare the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Global health security expert Rebecca Katz, PhD, MPH, and global health […]
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A Simple Tool for Doubling Down on Disease Control
WASHINGTON (April 12, 2018) — It’s a simple idea: Pair the control of a neglected tropical disease with a more prominent disease afflicting the same populations to reduce morbidity and mortality. Th
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