Javaid Iqbal discusses the role of machine learning in healthcare
The i-value By Javaid Iqbal Role of Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have emerged as one of the most important technologies of Industrial Revolution 4.0. The use of AI and ML will transform and disrupt healthcare as large quantities of data will be transformed into insights for improving the diagnosis of […]
Dr. Heather Tillewein discusses body modification and gender violence
This blog will focus on the realities of how traditional/cultural body modification reinforces gender violence due to cultural norms.
Ellen Considine discusses low-cost air quality sensors + environmental justice
Promise and pitfalls regarding the use of low-cost sensors for addressing air inequality
Stuti Chakraborty discusses the insidious onset of stroke: can your job kill?
Stroke Reimagined By Stuti Chakraborty Insidious Onset of Cerebrovascular Disease: Is your job killing you? Recent Developments On 17th May 2021 the World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) published the Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, of ischemic heart disease and stroke, attributable to long working hours from […]
Rebecca E discusses “The Health of the American Education System: Two Fundamental Questions”
True Curriculum By Rebecca Elliott, MPH Lesson 1: The Health of the American Education System-Two Fundamental Questions Today we’re talking about Let’s start with a question: Is the American education system working? As straightforward as this question might seem, I don’t think that it is a fair one. Asking if our education system is working […]
Joanna Burke-Bajaj identifies concerns of gender and choice in the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan to reduce FASD
Health with Humanity By Joanna Burke-Bajaj Gender and Choice in Health Promotion: WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan Recommendations to Reduce FASD Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) include a wide range of possible negative effects on birth and fetus development from the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. The first draft of the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan […]
Sofia Weiss Goitiandia dives into “Access to Medicines, Vaccines and the COVID-19 Pandemic with Medical Anthropologist and Health Equity Advocate Sarai Keestra”
Sofia Weiss Goitiandia talks to medical anthropologist and medical doctor-to-be Sarai Keestra to discuss a pertinent interdisciplinary issue of our time, access to medicines.
Dr. Butool Hisam discusses Pakistan Life Savers Programme: Making a difference with a pair of hands
Zaitoon By Dr. Butool Hisam Pakistan Life Savers Programme: Making a difference with a pair of hands The Parken Stadium in Denmark a long-standing witness to the loud cacophony of noises that erupt on each side from within it. It has housed major football matches and live music concerts. On Sunday, however, for a few […]
Dr. Hegde shares health equity notes from the field
The Charm City Experience By Sonia Hegde Contamination on the Onzole When released into the atmosphere, anthropogenic mercury emissions travel globally, settling in waterways and on surfaces. Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is responsible for 37% of mercury emissions in the world, more than coal-fired power plants. In rural, coastal Ecuador, near the border of […]
Dr. Hegde shares a history of gold mining in Portovelo-Zaruma
The Charm City Experience By Sonia Hegde A history of gold mining in Portovelo-Zaruma Photo of a local community member along the Santiago River in coastal Ecuador by Sonia Hegde. In the 16th century, mercury amalgamation methods were brought to the Americas by Spanish colonizers (1,2). Gold mining in the Portovelo-Zaruma region of Ecuador began in […]
