list : Global Health

  • First ENT clinic for children opens in Zimbabwe

    Stanford’s Peter Koltai is participating in an effort to advance much-needed ENT care for children in Zimbabwe.

  • Decision scientist seeks hepatitis B solutions

    Mehlika Toy merged her interests in infectious diseases and mathematics to forge a career in decision science. She builds models to estimate the impact of clinical interventions to inform health policy.

  • Toll of armed conflict in Africa

    A Stanford-led analysis of the indirect impact of armed conflict in Africa shows that as many as 3.5 million infants born within 30 miles of combat were killed over two decades.

  • Toward a malaria vaccine for pregnant women

    Prasanna Jagannathan said the $100,000 prize will allow his lab team to ramp up their research in Uganda.

  • IUD device aids contraception in India

    Stanford researchers and their colleagues have tested a new contraceptive device that they say could provide broader access to long-acting contraception in developing countries.

  • Biomarker for flu susceptibility discovered

    Scientists at Stanford are believed to be the first to have discovered a biomarker that can predict who will be most susceptible to influenza.

  • Could Nipah virus become global pandemic?

    Stephen Luby discusses risk factors and potential interventions for Nipah virus, a disease with no vaccine and a mortality rate of up to 70 percent.

  • Reducing tapeworm infection in kids

    Tapeworm infection from eating contaminated pork can damage the brain, causing learning impairments and possibly enforcing cycles of poverty. A Stanford study is the first to look at infection rates within schools and propose solutions targeting children.

  • Improving cancer care in Nigeria

    Stanford physicians are engaged in an ongoing and wide-ranging collaboration with the country’s ministry of health and doctors at major university-affiliated hospitals to improve several areas of cancer care.

  • Seed grants go to nine global health projects

    The Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health has awarded seed grants to investigators who are applying innovative approaches to address health challenges in resource-poor settings.