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orukol
Mar 11, 20241 min read
An untreated bite from a sandfly can kill residents in east Africa. This co-op student is working in Kenya to eradicate the deadly disease
"Leah Oruko’s ambitions extend farther than the borders of her hometown in New Castle County, Delaware. They even extend beyond the...
Alex Chang
Dec 18, 20231 min read
Transforming emergency care in Kenya on the backs of motorcycles
By Center for Emerging Markets, on December 14th, 2023 While gearing up for graduation, Shreyas Mosurkal, a fourth-year Health Science...
Alex Chang
Dec 12, 20231 min read
Revolutionizing healthcare access in Kenya, one backpack at a time
By Center for Emerging Markets, on December 11th, 2023 In the remote regions of Baringo County, Kenya, Alex Chang, a fourth-year Biology...
Katherine O'Brien
Jun 17, 20231 min read
These students went to Kenya to find ways to prevent one of the world’s deadliest tropical diseases.
You may never have heard of visceral leishmaniasis, even though it’s the second deadliest parasitic disease in the world. As far as this...
Catherine Wenger
Feb 6, 20221 min read
Kala-azar: The burden of anaemic illness in the northern counties
By Fred Kibor, Sammy Lutta, Florah Koech and Oscar Kakai on February 3, 2022 Patients from all over Kenya travel to Chemolingot...
Sarah Weihl
Dec 9, 20211 min read
Co-ops Shift from Studying a Tropical Disease to Fighting a New Outbreak
By Molly Callahan on December 7, 2021 Sarah Weihl and Catherine Wenger, both fifth-year students at Northeastern, had only recently begun...
Hugh Shirley
Aug 4, 20201 min read
TARGETING DISEASES BEYOND OUR BORDERS
Northeastern University researchers recently returned from a four-day workshop in Kenya, where they worked with local health experts to...
Hugh Shirley
Jun 21, 20201 min read
Strengthening the clinical infrastructure of Chemolingot Sub-County Hospital in Baringo, Kenya
Western Pokot is one of the six areas within the region of Baringo. It is located in the north west of Kenya. Its population exceeds...
Hugh Shirley
May 3, 20201 min read
Global Surgery: A Forgotten Piece of the Health Puzzle
By Hugh Shirley In the world of global health, it’s pills, vaccines, and other preventive measures often at center stage. Most...
Hugh Shirley
Apr 20, 20201 min read
A disease you may not have heard of kills 20,000 people every year. It doesn’t have to.
by Anthony Kuria Wanjiru on August 12, 2019 BARINGO COUNTY, Kenya—Ten-year-old Lopeto Losile looked confused. He sat on a wooden bench in...
Hugh Shirley
Apr 20, 20201 min read
Africa constitutes 40% of those affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases in world
By Vibha Varshney and Lominda Afedraru on November 28, 2018 Around 20 people have gathered at a grassy patch in front of a tin shed in...
Hugh Shirley
Apr 20, 20201 min read
This tropical disease is second only to malaria as a parasitic killer.
by Bill Ibelle on June 6, 2018 One form of the disease begins with large open sores that won’t heal, then migrates to the nose and lips,...
Hugh Shirley
Mar 20, 20201 min read
What Trump’s WHO Funding Freeze Means for the Most Vulnerable Countries
By Aryn Baker and Joseph Hincks on April 17, 2020 On April 14,the first batch of World Health Organization medical supplies arrived in...
Hugh Shirley
Mar 20, 20201 min read
Our gaping blind spot in the fight against pandemics
By Schuyler Velasco on April 8, 2020 Infectious diseases in poor, remote regions can wreak havoc for years without any attention....
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