Providing Care in War-Torn Afghanistan
Mamman Mustapha, a project coordinator in Herat, helped organize care and provide safety during the transition from war to the takeover by the Taliban.
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Providing a Safe Place for Treatment in NYC: “Care For the Homeless”
Care For the Homeless provides healthcare to more than 7600 patients a year at 27 sites around the five boroughs of NYC. Here are excerpts from interviews with two providers, a doctor and a nurse.
Dr. Patricia Gordon of CureCervicalCancer: CNN 2021 Hero
More than 350,000 women die from this almost completely preventable cancer each year, the leading cause of cancer death among women in the developing world. Dr. Gordon founded CureCervicalCancer to address this unmet need.
President and Founder of “Health Care Without Walls” Steps Down
After 22 years of heartfelt service, Dr. Roseanna Means has left the organization to give more time to her family and herself.
Patent-Free Covid Vaccine on Track to Protect the Developing World
Despite good intentions, the developed world has done a poor job of providing sufficient Covid vaccines to developing nations. Drs. Peter Hotez, Maria Bottazzi and colleagues at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have devised an effective, low-cost vaccine called Corbevax. It is easy to store — no low-temperature freezers required, … Read more
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