Category: International Health
JHUP author Dr. Adam L. Kushner will be signing copies of Operation Health in Chicago next week at the American College of Surgeons' Clinical Congress 2015. Meet Adam and get your signed copy of at the Exhibit Hall Resource Center Book Signing Booth on Monday, October 5, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and on…
Guest post by Scott H. Podolsky, MD Antibiotic resistance has been framed by Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer for England, as “a ticking time bomb . . . arguably as important as climate change for the world.” Responding to the issue, on March 27th, President Obama’s Task Force for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria released its…
Guest post by Scott H. Podolsky, MD Antibiotic resistance has been framed by Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer for England, as “a ticking time bomb . . . arguably as important as climate change for the world.” Responding to the issue, on March 27th, President Obama’s Task Force for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria released its…
Gust post by Adam L. Kushner I know someone who needed surgery. He was born by emergent C-section and had stomach surgery at 2 months and an appendectomy at 23. He is alive today because of surgery. I am that person. Throughout much of the world, the lack of surgical care leads to death or disability…
Gust post by Adam L. Kushner I know someone who needed surgery. He was born by emergent C-section and had stomach surgery at 2 months and an appendectomy at 23. He is alive today because of surgery. I am that person. Throughout much of the world, the lack of surgical care leads to death or disability…
Guest post by Sara E. Davies The worst Ebola outbreak in history began in Guinea in December 2013 before spreading to Liberia and Sierra Leone in March 2014, with sporadic cases of infection in Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal. At least 10,000 people have now died from the disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that…
Guest post by Sara E. Davies The worst Ebola outbreak in history began in Guinea in December 2013 before spreading to Liberia and Sierra Leone in March 2014, with sporadic cases of infection in Mali, Nigeria, and Senegal. At least 10,000 people have now died from the disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that…