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UCSF-led Commission Sets Out Targets to Eliminate Tuberculosis in a Generation

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IGHS partners with University of Nairobi to train underserved girls and young women in data science
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CDC awards $17.5M to four UCs, Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Washington to respond to disease outbreaks
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Lancet Commission calls for a reboot on global tuberculosis response
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UC awards large grant to a cross-campus Indigenous health collaborative
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Impacts of crowd control on healthcare delivery and mental health in the occupied Palestinian territory: provider perspectives
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Education, trust and empowerment needed to address non-communicable diseases
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Humanitarian crisis: the Sudan story
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The three seed winners: Anneka Hooft, Alison El Ayadi, and Charles Langelier
Three Researchers win Center for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Investigator Seed Awards
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Ingrid Chen receives grant to develop second generation of mosquito repellents

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Sep 27, 2023 IGHS Grand Rounds

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