Blog Topic: Global Health

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  In Peru, Penn Researchers Race to Vaccinate Dogs as Two Epidemics Collide

  March 30, 2021

  Reggaeton music, mobile clinics, and mathematical algorithms have all played a role in the implementation of a unique vaccination campaign in Peru’s second-largest city.

  Epidemiology Global Health Public Health
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  Pavilion Powers Ahead to Combat COVID-19

  March 26, 2020

  As much of the region falls quiet, construction crews are on job around the clock at the Pavilion, the new hospital on the campus of the HUP, to expedite the completion of 120 patient rooms by mid-April — 15 months ahead of the facility’s planned opening.

  Patient Care General Interest In the News Infectious Disease Global Health Public Health COVID-19
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  At Drive-Through Testing Sites, Penn Providers on the Front Lines of a Pandemic

  March 22, 2020

  As the coronavirus quickly spreads, experts say that testing is critical. In response, Penn Medicine is joining health systems throughout the region and the U.S. in following the South Korean model and setting up drive-through testing sites.

  Global Health Health Care Policy Health Care Quality and Safety Human Interest Infectious Disease Patient Care Public Health
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  #WomenofPenn: Marietta Ambrose Takes Global Health to Heart

  December 19, 2019

  “Global health” or “global medicine” bring to mind efforts to address the most urgent injuries and illnesses affecting people in middle-to-low-income countries. Though traditionally a major concern only in more resource-rich countries, in recent years, cardiovascular disease has started to affect people around the world. That’s where Marietta Ambrose, MD, MPH, comes in.

  Women of Penn Global Health Global Medicine Cardiology