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April 28, 2015
Class Snapshot: 'Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic'
Class: "Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic" Description: This course, offered primarily to juniors and seniors, focused on the current Ebola epidemic in West Africa. Throughout the semester, students examined the public health science of Ebola, the social aspects of the epidemic and the…
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April 02, 2015
Alumna Kate Grant Gives a Voice to the World’s Poorest Women
Fatima went into labor with her first child at the age of 16. As is custom in her nomadic community in western Sudan, she planned to deliver the baby at home. But after three days of complications, she embarked on a half-day trek by camel to the nearest hospital. When she arrived, her baby was delivered stillborn by Caesarian…
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March 30, 2015
Wailoo Serves on IOM Committee Focused on Mitochondrial Gene Therapy
The United Kingdom's House of Commons recently voted to allow British researchers to pursue a controversial new fertility treatment intended to help women avoid passing on certain genetic defects to their children.The technique, "mitochondrial DNA replacement therapy," has the ability to alter the DNA of an embryo so children…
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March 23, 2015
Alumni Join Ebola Intervention in West Africa
Ebola is difficult to contract. The disease is not airborne like influenza or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) – a healthy person must come in direct contact with the fluids of an infected, symptomatic person to risk transmission. The count of deadly cases of Ebola is continuously exceeded by the mortality rates of…
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March 18, 2015
Ebola Outbreak of 2014 May Have Laid Tracks for Deadly Measles Epidemic in Africa
The Ebola outbreak that has swept West Africa since 2014 may have cleared the way for a more familiar killer that could claim thousands of more lives — measles.The African countries most affected by the outbreak could now be highly susceptible to measles epidemics due to severe disruptions in health-care systems caused by Ebola…
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March 02, 2015
Maternal Health in India Much Worse than Previously Thought
More than 40 percent of women in India are underweight when they begin pregnancy, according to a new study published by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. On average, these women gain only 15 pounds throughout pregnancy – just half of the recommended amount.The findings – featured…
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February 26, 2015
Princeton Forum in Dublin to Focus on Ebola Crisis, Lessons for the Future
The third annual Princeton-Fung Global Forum will bring together researchers, scholars, policymakers and health officials in November to examine West Africa's Ebola outbreak as a case study of a modern plague. The event, to be held Nov. 2-3 in Dublin, Ireland, will highlight the multidisciplinary approach needed to resolve the…
Oleg Itskhoki
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February 26, 2015
Itskhoki Named a 2015 Sloan Research Fellow
Oleg Itskhoki, assistant professor of economics at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, was one of five Princeton University faculty members named a 2015 Sloan Research Fellow for promising early-career research in science. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awards the two-year $50,000 fellowships to 126…
Oleg Itskhoki
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February 25, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africans Rate Their Health and Health Care Among the Lowest in the World
Sub-Saharan Africans rate their health and health-care systems among the lowest in the world, according to a new report published by Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.Despite these low ratings, health care is not a primary policy concern for people in these countries. Instead, sub…
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February 16, 2015
How Income Fraud Made the Housing Bubble Worse
Historically, Englewood and Garfield Park are two of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. Yet, between 2002 and 2005, these neighborhoods experienced remarkable growth in terms of home purchases, but it wasn’t because these neighborhoods had suddenly turned a corner.Instead, these two areas exemplified a broader pattern of…