February 19, 2011

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A Student Activist’s Guide to the Galaxy!!!

Last weekend (Feb 5-7), AIDemocracy held our Spring Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., where our chapter leaders, near-by members, and students in the area came together for three days of leadership and advocacy training.  They also partook in conversations around some of our major issue … [Read More...]

Environmental Health Threat of Lead Exposure – what impact on developing countries?

I recently found an exhibit which brought up a case example of childhood lead exposure and the consequences on health that can result, even for relatively minor exposures.  However, their focus was early childhood exposure, which is a valid research point from a public health perspective.  … [Read More...]

Valentines Day 2011 – The Heartbreak Budget Battle Heats Up

This year Valentines Day in Washington is not about heart shaped candy and bouquets but rather fiscal budgets, continuing resolutions  and the ongoing battle between the White House and Republican majority Congress over establishing a federal budget. Already half way through fiscal year 2011, … [Read More...]

Understanding How Drug Resistance Happened with Malaria

It  is  often  unfortunately  easy  to  understand how drug resistance happened with tuberculosis (TB) - an entirely man-made phenomenon in which patients either could not or did not comply with the long treatment regimens,  often suffering extremely unpleasant side effects from the … [Read More...]

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