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Stop and think before you drink sugary beverages — drink water instead Five reasons to re-think your drink: The facts about sugary beverages Imagine scooping 10 spoonfuls of sugar into your glass of water. Does that seem like a lot? That’s how much added …
The Global Health Program at Boston Children’s Hospital is now accepting applications for the Pediatric Global Health Services Fellowship Program. This fellowship is an accredited General Academic Pediatric Fellowship that aims to train future leaders, …
Scroll past the map to learn about our global programs. Our global programs Children in Crisis The International Quality Improvement Collaborative for Congenital Heart Diseases (IQIC): Improving Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries OPENPediatrics …
Predicting and Preventing Post-Discharge Mortality Among Children (Monrovia, Liberia, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) Challenge As many as 18 percent of children die in the period after being discharged from hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the large …
Modern Approaches to Tuberculosis (China and South Africa) Challenge Many countries continue to be plagued by drug-resistant tuberculosis, with more than 1.6 million deaths occurring worldwide each year. Few new antibiotic therapies exist, particularly …
Improving the Health and Wellness of Vulnerable Youth in Rural Rwanda Challenge The Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) in Rwamagana, Rwanda was built in 2007 to provide a safe and secure environment for youth orphaned during the Rwandan genocide. As the …
Sickle Cell Research in Africa See more about the research tanzania Global Health Program | Tanzania Projects | Boston Children's Hospital See Tanzania projects from the Boston Children's Hospital Global Health Program. … …
Post-tsunami recovery in Chile On Feb. 27, 2010, a devastating earthquake occurred off the coast of Chile. Registering a magnitude of 8.8, the quake also triggered a tsunami that ravaged the Chilean coast. By the day’s end there were hundreds dead and …
Trauma System Development in Northern Haiti Challenge Trauma accounts for 10 percent of the global burden of disease and in Haiti 12 percent of deaths each year. For those who survive trauma, the disability and psychological consequences are substantial, …
Challenge Laos has just over 200 pediatricians caring for a nation of more than 2.8 million children, with care concentrated in the capital city of Vientiane. The Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) is located in the northern half of the country, …