We are all trying to offer our patients something to stave off the most terrifying outcomes of COVID-19 and to ease suffering. A lot of the clinical…… Read more “What it means to be excluded from COVID-19 RCTs”
Author: alysewheelock
Internal Medicine resident with interests in infectious diseases, medical anthropology, and Latin America.
Is migrant health global health?
“Pathogens do not recognize international borders. But much churn – social and microbial – is introduced at the borders.” – Re-Imagining Global Health, Paul Farmer and colleagues…… Read more “Is migrant health global health?”
Brief thoughts on access to banking and its affects on health
I have been thinking about informal and formal financial structures in developing countries recently and their impacts on health. This topic is on my mind because of…… Read more “Brief thoughts on access to banking and its affects on health”
What’s behind the “know-do gap” in global health?
The graph above, featured in Das et al’s paper “Rethinking assumptions about delivery of healthcare” (1), poses an intriguing and critical paradox. Doctors from around the world treat…… Read more “What’s behind the “know-do gap” in global health?”
What can fumigation backpacks in the Sierra show us about global health?
During this week of Global Health Bootcamp hosted by Compañeros En Salud (CES), we’ve been discussing macroscopic concepts and movements in global health. We began with a…… Read more “What can fumigation backpacks in the Sierra show us about global health?”
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