George Rutherford receives Holly Smith Award for Faculty
Dr. Rutherford has won this year’s Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine. Three awards are given—one to a faculty member and two to staff. The winners are deemed to exhibit those qualities best exemplified by Holly Smith: dedication to the School of Medicine, diversity in roles played, commitment to sustaining UCSF’s position as a world-class institution—and accomplishment of all the above with humor and grace. Dr. Rutherford was honored at the “Salute to Excellence” program on May 27, 2009.
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| Influenza A(H1N1) Flu information H1N1 flu is an example of a global health issue; an infectious illness that spreads across international borders with the travelers who carry the virus. These public agencies are your best sources of information about the current situation:
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GHS’ Global Health Group announces new guidance on malaria elimination
On Friday, April 24th, in commemoration of World Malaria Day, Sir Richard
Feachem spoke at a press conference and panel discussion
at the headquarters of the World
Health Organization (WHO). Sir Richard, director of GHS’ Global
Health Group (GHG), announced two new GHG publications on malaria: Shrinking
the Malaria Map: A Prospectus on Malaria Elimination and its companion Shrinking
the Malaria Map: A Guide on Malaria Elimination for Policy Makers. These
seminal documents are intended to help leaders, policy makers,
and front-line workers in the battle to eliminate malaria.
Global Health Experts Release New Guidance on Malaria Elimination
Press release, Friday, April 24, 2009
Statement from former President Bill Clinton on World Malaria Day
Friday, April 24, 2009
The Prospectus is a road map for those working on the front lines of malaria control and elimination. The Guide is a policy digest of the Prospectus intended for leaders and policy makers.
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