Health
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Climate change is driving the rise in dengue cases
Faculty Affiliate Erin Mordecai has found at least 257 million people now live in places where climate warming could cause dengue incidence to double in the next 25 years.
November 20, 2024
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Michele Barry on elevating women leaders in climate and health
Faculty Affiliate Michele Barry says increasing women’s participation in discussions about these topics is key to finding solutions that will benefit a broad range of people.
October 10, 2024
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You'll never guess the culprit in a global lead poisoning mystery
On NPR, Affiliated Researcher Jenna Forsyth details her work on reducing lead, which resulted in a dramatic drop in blood lead levels in Bangladesh.
September 23, 2024
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Pricing health insurance in India
Faculty Affiliate Alessandra Voena co-authored an article in VoxDev on how governments should set premiums for health insurance, given the high costs of raising revenue.
September 12, 2024
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Lower-carbon concrete floors could pave the way to a health solution
Concrete floors are easily cleaned of disease-carrying pathogens, but they come at a high environmental cost. A lower-carbon flooring mix could provide a solution.
September 04, 2024
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Q&A with King Center Predoctoral Research Fellow Besindone Dumi-Leslie
Dumi-Leslie worked with former Faculty Director Pascaline Dupas on projects encompassing health, gender, and institutions, among others.
August 23, 2024
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Forecasting climate’s impact on a debilitating disease
Faculty Affiliates Giulio De Leo and Erin Mordecai developed models that can predict how the risk of parasitic disease schistosomiasis will shift in response to climate change.
August 05, 2024
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Connecting human health with nature
The King Center funded the Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference, hosted by a new program pursuing win-win ecological solutions for health and the environment.
July 24, 2024
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Q&A with King Center Predoctoral Research Fellow Suhi Hanif
Hanif has been working on research in infectious disease epidemiology.
July 09, 2024
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Mosquitos kill more people than any other creature, the CDC warns
On NPR Morning Edition, Faculty Affiliate Desiree LaBeaud briefly talks about how climate change is extending mosquito breeding seasons.
July 08, 2024
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Improving mental health and combating HIV in an often-neglected population: Adolescent girls
Researchers are investigating the factors that impact adolescent girls’ adherence to HIV treatments in Kenya, with funding from the King Center for a follow-up study.
June 13, 2024
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New study reveals health insurance expansion significantly improves well-being
Faculty Affiliate Karen Eggleston finds that China’s urban-rural integration policy for social health insurance significantly improved the life satisfaction of rural residents.
May 23, 2024
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TIME100 Health Most Influential People: Jenna Forsyth
Affiliated Researcher Jenna Forsyth was selected for her work on shoring up food safety in South Asia, which was supported by the King Center’s lead exposure initiative.
May 02, 2024
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Sustainable solutions in spotlight amid e-rickshaw boom
Faculty Affiliate Erica Plambeck, a member of the King Center's initiative on reducing lead, facilitated a Bangladesh workshop on the sustainable management of lead-acid batteries.
April 03, 2024
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Why is there so much lead in American food?
Lead pollution in LMICs, which is being researched by the King Center's initiative on reducing lead exposure, can find its way into consumer products that travel around the world.
April 01, 2024
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The future of cardiovascular treatments across the world
Ami Bhatt speaks on the Transforming Healthcare podcast about the future of patient monitoring, and how LMICs can play a part in developing the technologies of the future.
March 27, 2024
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Battling the coronavirus ‘infodemic’ among social media users in Kenya and Nigeria
As featured in Nature Human Behaviour, Faculty Affiliate Susan Athey is investigating low-cost scalable interventions to improve the quality of information circulating online.
March 18, 2024
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Heart disease risk factors detected in adults in low-income nations
The research serves as a crucial empirical foundation for addressing health disparities and improving outcomes for individuals in the poorest segments of global society.
March 15, 2024
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Re-evaluating prevalence of risk factors for cardio-vascular disease among people in extreme poverty
A study debunks the belief that cardiovascular diseases are low among the poor; major risk factors have a significant prevalence across all sections, regardless of income.
March 14, 2024
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A turning point in Nigeria’s fight against cervical cancer
Faculty Affiliate Ami Bhatt has been supporting Nigerian cervical cancer prevention efforts since 2015 alongside global partners and Stanford colleagues and students.
March 13, 2024