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Welcome to the newly re-named team that focuses on age-related issues!

Over the last few months, a new team of team co-chairs, Kelly Fitzgerald, PhD and Tam Thompson-Steckel, has been working to revise the Transitions: Growing Older Team into the newly named Global Aging Team.  Ali Weihofen, LCSW, MPH  has been a significant contributor to the development of the newly...

Water: Worldwide Issues - Asia & Western USA

Here is the second in a series of three articles from the Water Team giving you information about real water problems in real places.

While America is probably not the first place you think of for water problems, the US government projects that at least 36 states will face water shortages in the...

The Water Team has thrown a lot of water facts and figures at you over the past year. While this information is accurate and relevant, at a certain point, it starts to become too abstract, as if it all takes place in a world other than your own. We understand! So the next 3 water bulletins will tell stories about...

According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), there are an estimated two million women in the world living with fistulas. Another word for fistula is ‘hole.’ So, in other words, there are over two million women who literally have a hole in the lower cavity of their bodies, and as a result, cannot control the passage of their bodily...

Improving Maternal Health

By maintaining the awareness for improving maternal healthcare, the Global Health Issues Team has provided a recommended list of videos for viewing.  If the link does direct you to the web site, please copy and paste.

List of Videos:  (Retrieved on January 29^th, 2010 from)

Melinda Gates

Improving health for mothers and newborns

October 27, 2009

Melinda...