Junctions; Choices, Hair and Public Health Adventures

My journey to Ethiopia begins in 18 days. I was stuck at a crossroad a few weeks ago when I happily accepted a year-long public health director position for a very small organization that operates in three countries in Eastern Africa because, a few days later, out of the blue, I received a request for […]

Public Health Wednesdays: SARS, is that your cousin?

Public Health Wednesdays: SARS, is that you? New reports indicate that Saudi Arabia has revealed seven new cases of a novel coronavirus, including five deaths — a surprise announcement that is raising transparency concerns and seems to have caught even the World Health Organization off-guard (May 2013). With the recent news of the new and […]

Public Health Wednesdays: Racism as a Public Health Issue.

Since I am such a public health nut, it seems appropriate that I should turn my hump day around by sharing public health tidbits that I have discovered. I thought this was pretty interesting. He covers some great material. I had never really heard of Mr Wise before, but he certainly has my attention.