National Initiative in Mali Aims to Reduce Childhood Mortality
In Mali, a new approach to patient care aims to decrease the nation's childhood mortality rate.
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Rashon Lane: Understanding 'Why' in the Ebola Outbreak
Before returning home to pursue her PhD in sociology at UCSF, Rashon Lane had one last mission across the globe: go to Africa to help understand the Ebola epidemic.
HEAL Initiative Aims to Address Global Shortage of Health Care Workers
The HEAL Initiative, aims to trains professionals as a response to worldwide shortage in health care workforce, recently welcomed its inaugural class of fellows to UCSF for a three-week boot camp.
Diane Sklar, MD ’79: Providing care around the globe
Diana Sklar, MD ’79, has completed more than 20 medical missions to far-off destinations during her 30-year career.
Study Finds Donor Funds Fall Short for Key Global Health Functions
A new analysis estimates that $22 billion was spent on global health aid in 2013, yet only a fifth of this went toward such global imperatives as research on diseases that disproportionally affect the poor, outbreak preparedness and global health leadership.
Sean Parker Supports UCSF to Advance Research on Mosquito Control for Malaria Elimination
Sean Parker, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist, has donated $4.5 million to UCSF to launch a research program on innovative and aggressive approaches against the mosquito that transmits malaria.
Better Birth Control Counseling Reduces Unintended Pregnancies Among Young Women
Training health care workers to educate young women about intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants dramatically cut the number of unintended pregnancies among young women seeking family planning services.
Microclinics Help Keep Kenyan HIV Patients in Care
A team led by researchers from UCSF, Organic Health Response and Microclinic International is reporting results of a study that showed significant benefits of microclinics – an innovative intervention that mobilized rural Kenyan HIV patients’ informal social networks to support their staying in care.
The Path to Eradicating Ebola
Though the headlines have subsided, UCSF volunteers and experts are still hard at work fighting Ebola in West Africa and helping build better infrastructure that could stop another outbreak.
Video: UCSF Responders Share Their Stories of Fighting Ebola
In 2014, as the largest Ebola epidemic in recorded history struck several countries, UCSF volunteers traveled to West Africa to support the emergency Ebola response. They helped treat the sick,
UCSF Ebola Responders to Share Their Stories at Town Hall
UCSF will convene a town hall on Thursday, Feb. 26 to update the community on its global and local response to the Ebola outbreak.
UCSF’s Eric Goosby Appointed UN Special Envoy for Tuberculosis
UC San Francisco’s Eric Goosby, MD, who led the Obama administration’s efforts on HIV/AIDS, has been appointed to a new position as United Nations Special Envoy on Tuberculosis.
American Doctor Who Narrowly Escaped Ebola Death Shares Experience at UCSF
An American doctor who contracted Ebola while caring for patients in Sierra Leone spoke at UCSF about his experience after a touch-and-go, 40-day battle with the virus.
UCSF Receives National Designation as Ebola Treatment Center
UCSF has been designated by federal officials as an Ebola treatment center - the only medical center in San Francisco to earn the designation.
