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Heart Disease and Stroke Worldwide Tied to National Income
An analysis of heart disease and stroke statistics collected in 192 countries by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that the relative burden of the two diseases varies widely from country to country and is closely linked to national income, according to researchers at UCSF.
UCSF Medical Students Create Free Medical Translation App, Conquering Language Barriers to Patient Care
<p>What started as a 2 a.m. conversation over coffee between two fourth-year medical students, ended with the development of a free mobile medical translation application with the potential to profoundly impact patient care worldwide that has more than 8,000 downloads to date on iTunes.</p>
UCSF Nurse Calls Attention to Indoor Air Pollution in Guatemala
<p>UCSF family practice nurse Lisa Thompson is calling attention to the dangers of rustic stoves – which use biomass fuels such as wood, coal, animal dung and crop residue – and result in harmful pollutants adversely affecting people in developing countries.</p>
New Website Answers What Works in Global Health
<p>A team of researchers at UCSF and the Kaiser Family Foundation has launched a new web portal this month that summarizes findings for a range of prevention and treatment interventions designed to reduce the risk of death and disease in the developing world.</p>
UCSF School of Dentistry Hosts Inaugural Global Oral Health Symposium
<p>The UCSF School of Dentistry recently established the Global Oral Health program, whose members hosted an inaugural symposium on May 23. Leaders of major health initiatives from around the world participated.</p>
SFGH's Ward 86: Pioneering HIV/AIDS Care for 30 Years
<p>San Francisco General Hospital's internationally renowned Ward 86, one of the oldest and largest HIV/AIDS clinics in the United States, has from the start of the epidemic led efforts to understand HIV and develop treatments that make it possible for patients to manage the disease.</p>
UCSF Marks Three Decades of AIDS
<p>As one of the preeminent biomedical education and health sciences research institutions in the world, UCSF emerged early as a pioneer in the fight against AIDS. Today, three decades later, UCSF is working on multiple fronts to prevent, treat and stop the spread of the disease that has killed 33 million people worldwide.</p>
First AIDS Research Conference in Uganda Focuses on Building Collaborations Among African Investigators
<p>The first conference of its kind in Uganda drew together investigators from across all of sub-Saharan Africa to discuss leading-edge problems in the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the goal of fostering meaningful collaborations to combat the disease.</p>
UCSF Faculty Provide Health Expertise to People of Japan
<p>UCSF has produced a series of public service announcements to address mental health issues and other health-related issues in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 and continuing crises at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.</p>
UCSF Taps Jaime Sepulveda to Lead Global Health Efforts
UCSF has named international global health leader Jaime Sepúlveda as executive director of UCSF Global Health Sciences on September 1.