Ed note: Today we welcome Junaid Nabi back to the blog. For more about Junaid, please see the bottom of this post. The following is adapted from a speech that was delivered as one of
The Humility of Expertise
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Five for fighting, three to six for mumps: Controlling disease outbreaks in the NHL (Part 2)
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Editorial note: This piece was co-written by Atif Kukaswadia, PhD, and Ary Maharaj, M.Ed. Atif is a writer for the Public Health Perspectives blog on the PLOS network, and Ary is a writer for Silver
Five for fighting, three to six for mumps: Controlling disease outbreaks in the NHL (Part 1)
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Editorial note: This piece was co-written by Atif Kukaswadia, PhD, and Ary Maharaj, M.Ed. Atif is a writer for the Public Health Perspectives blog on the PLOS network, and Ary is a writer for Silver
Empowering Community Health Workers with Telecommunications Tools: Lessons from the Savar Textile Building Collapse, the Ebola Epidemic, and Everyday Global Health Care Delivery
Posted March 20, 2017 by
Ed note: Today we welcome Junaid Nabi and Dr. Rhatigan to the blog. For more about the authors, please see the bottom of this post. In the spring of 2013, on a cloudy morning in
Taking Action: Small Victories with Big Impacts
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Ed Note: Today, we’re happy to welcome Jenn Lau to the blog. More information about Jenn can be found at the bottom of this post. The process of adjusting your diet and increasing physical activity
Who is public health?
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Ed Note: Please welcome Jessica Berthold and Sarah Mittermaier to the blog today. Jessica Berthold is communications manager, and Sarah Mittermaier is communications specialist, of Prevention Institute (website, twitter), a national nonprofit based in Oakland
A healthy society is a disaster resilient society
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Today, we warmly welcome to the blog Professor Shinichi Egawa from the Division for International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine, International Institute of Disaster Science at Tōhoku University. His bio can be found at the bottom of this
Guest Post: Public health agencies should prioritize public health based on evidence, not fear
Posted October 30, 2014 by
The Editorial: The complexity of health requires an expansion of the areas covered by public health agencies Ed note: This post comes to us from our PLOS Blogs friend Dr Travis Saunders. Travis Saunders has
The worm turns no more…
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Public Health Perspectives is pleased to welcome Charles Ebikeme to the blog this week. For more information about Charles, see the end of this post. John Stavely, age 24 and unassuming, arrived at Cape Coast
Public Health Perspectives: Guest Post Policy
Posted April 21, 2014 by
Since we launched Public Health Perspectives, we’ve published several guest posts. We’re big fans of them – they’ve provided diverse and different perspectives on issues, and have been able to provide insight on issues we