Global Public Health
This project is designed to allow students to identify and explore public health issues for a nation randomly assigned at the start of the term. Each student is tasked with describing the nation’s infrastructure and demographics and identifying major public health challenges. Students then select a public health issue and discuss the basic epidemiology, contributing factors, social determinants, and possible evidence-based solutions.
Reports
Afghanistan : Tuberculosis, Emily Fulk
Andorra: Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Marissa Catalano
Australia: Prevention of Tobacco use and Cigarettes, Shemal Sarma
Bahrain: Cardiovascular Disease, Sandra Morales
Belize : Maternal Mortality and Morbidity, Kelsey Snodgrass
Benin: Malaria, Daniel Priggie
Bermuda: Public Health Insurance, Maxwell Mead
Bhutan: Human Trafficking, Cindy Osagie
Bulgaria: Brucellosis, Austin Wheeler
Burkina Faso: Dengue Fever, Jorune Gurevicius
Burundi : Water Scarcity, Isabel Salas
Canada: Obesity, Marissa Olson
Central African Republic: Malaria, Molly Buck
Chad : Hepatitis E, Hanna Pegarsch
Chile: Air Pollution, Kara Eder
Comoros: Malaria, Elizabeth Rennolds
Cuba: Coronary Heart Disease, Michaela Loizzi
Czech Republic: Diabetes, Alejandra Martinez
Democratic Republic of the Congo: HIV/AIDS, John Tworek
Ecuador : The Epidemics, Anna Thoma
El Salvador: Zika Virus, Annalia Fowler
Eritrea: Malaria, Michael Tirabasso
Ethiopia: Malaria, Courtney R. Olson
French Polynesia: Chikungunya virus and fever, Chase Spicer
Gabon : HIV/AIDS, Amanda Lindau
Greece: Infection, Joshua Teets
Grenada: Cardiovascular Disease, Talayah Lemon
Guam : Mumps, Taylor Covert
Guatemala : Chagas Disease, Audrey Datzman
Guinea-Bissau: HIV/AIDS, Matt MacArthur
Guinea : Malaria, Madeleine Jacobson
Haiti : A Water Crisis, John Karras
Hungary: Cardiovascular Disease, Taylor Steger
Israel : Translocation of Rabies, Sarah Baker
Kenya: HIV/AIDs, McKenzie McNally
Kuwait : Obesity, Sabrina DiFiori
Lebanon: Cholera Outbreak, Muhammad Naqvi
Liberia : Maternal Health & Ebola, Chelsey Hernandez
Lithuania: Cervical Cancer, Samantha Dinglasan
Madagascar : Plague in Madagascar, Matthew Donald Hesch
Malta : Natural Freshwater Resources, Lisamarie Pereira
Micronesia: Tuberculosis, Mulualem Hailom
Mozambique: HIV/AIDS, Camila Davila
Myanmar: Malaria, Michelle Grevengoed
Namibia : HIV as a National Issue, Elisabeth Vlasak
Nepal : Healthcare and Sanitation Issues Resulting From Frequent Natural Disasters in Nepal, Jake Lauderdale
New Zealand : Mumps Outbreak, Kathryn Evans
Niger: Meningitis, Rodrigo Medeiros
Northern Mariana Islands: Hepatitis B, Dennis Thornton
Palau: Obesity, Tavia Weis
Panama: Ischemic Heart Disease, Alexander R. Ligeza
Peru : Zika Virus, Benjamin Martin
Puerto Rico : Zika Virus, Rachel Cybulski
Qatar: Diabetes, DiAngelo Gonzalez
Russian Federation: Alcoholism, Hannah Vercellotti
Rwanda: HIV/AIDS, Alissa Anderson
Seychelles: Diabetes, Camille Myers
Sierra Leone: Maternal and Infant Mortality, Mackenzie Ryan
Singapore : Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Dexter Lipps
Slovenia: Cardiovascular Disease, Natalia Pinto
Somalia: Rift Valley Fever, Alyson Meeks
South Africa: HIV/AIDS, Ninna Therese P. Mendoza
Spain : Childhood Obesity, Emily Haygood
Sudan : Malaria, Olivia Jilek
Swaziland: HIV/AIDS, Ibrahim El Kamla
Sweden: Elderly Care System, Jhadira Villavicencio
Tanzania: HIV/AIDS, Francis Faasen
The Gambia : Tuberculosis, Amen Belayneh
The South Sudan: Tuberculosis, Blake Schwarz
Togo: HIV/AIDS, Brooke Einsweiler
Tonga: Chronic Diseases, Muhammad Taimoor
Trinidad & Tobago : HIV Epidemic, Madison Caldwell
Turkey : Asthma, Nicole Adams
Uganda: Malaria, Sui Hnem
Ukraine : Papillary Thyroid Cancer, Elizabeth Paris
United Arab Emirates: MERS-CoV, Sarmad Nawaz Khan
Vanuatu: Malaria, Cody Wheeler
Venezuela Public Health Issue, Luke Vargas
Vietnam : Dengue Fever, Brittany Hatlestad
Virgin Islands: Heart Disease, Dylan Hayden
Zimbabwe : Malaria, Ashton Hutcheson