Nigeria to vaccinate 7.7 million girls against leading cause of cervical cancer
In Nigeria, cervical cancer is the third most common cancer and the second most frequent cause of cancer deaths among women aged 15 and 44.
Year: 2023
Healthcare and Housing: This Denver Health Center Offers Both
With housing units in short supply, Tepeyac Community Health Center operates a clinic in the same building as affordable housing for patients.
Shout Gladi Gladi: A Film from the Freedom from Fistula Foundation
Narrated by Academy Award winning actress Meryl Streep, SHOUT GLADI GLADI celebrates the extraordinary people who rescue African women and girls from obstetric fistula, a medical condition that can turn them into reviled outcasts.
Ruth Arnold Smarinsky, PharmD: A strong force for good
Not hurricanes. Not earthquakes. Nothing stops Smarinsky from speeding medicines to the world’s worst disaster areas.
UC Davis School of Medicine’s Bayanihan student-run clinic now offers ophthalmology care
Dedicated undergraduate volunteer leads effort to expand care for Filipino immigrants.