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GHAUC Blog
Welcome to Global Health Advocates of UC, a unique blog here for you to explore. Global Health Advocates of UC started as an outlet to share our ideas about Global Health, and we love giving students like us the opportunity to share their passions and thoughts with others. Write on, read on, and be inspired.
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Interview of a worker at Doctors without borders
In order to discuss the subject “colonization of global health” I have interviewed a friend who has worked for several years for Doctors...
Lucie Delpech
Dec 30, 20203 min read
Medical tourism of African leaders, a form of global health colonization
There is an African idiom saying that if a man does not eat at home, he may never give his wife enough money to cook a good pot of soup....
Lucie Delpech
Dec 30, 20202 min read
Neocolonialism in Africa (Healthcare)
Colonialism has had more negative than positive effects on the continent of Africa. Ranging from tribal group rivalries to government...
Anu Fasan
Dec 30, 20201 min read
WHY SHOULD THEY BE SO HIGH? LET'S MAKE A CHANGE.
I did not research but from what I know and reading other students publications, colonization has really changed a lot of countries...
Nthabiseng Pearl Bikitshane
Dec 30, 20202 min read
Infant Mortality and Maternal Mental Health
When a woman gives birth to a baby, the mother's entire world revolves completely around her baby, and the mother is often entirely...
Nishita Srivastava
Dec 30, 20201 min read
Child Mortality In India
Health Services in India have played a major role in saving millions of lives in the past thirty years. Even though India accounted for...
Vanita Deshpande
Dec 30, 20202 min read
Why are Child Mortality Rates so high? - Diya Joshi
Child mortality rates: the mortality of children under 5 years out of a total of 1,000 kids. This number should be low, yet 137 out of...
Global Health Advocates
Dec 30, 20202 min read
Impacts of environmental factors on the disease
Is the environment affecting the increase of the virus or not? JRC Scientists say that increased solar radiation, temperatures and...
Nthabiseng Pearl Bikitshane
Dec 13, 20201 min read
Covid-19: The Race For a Vaccine. - Raj Vangani
The bell rang on Thursday, March 12th, 2020. I sluggishly left school with heaps of homework and hours of studying on my mind. To my...
Global Health Advocates
Dec 13, 20203 min read
Social Media and the Pandemic - Diya Joshi
COVID-19 changing our way of life is an understatement. Social distancing, wearing masks and virtually learning. As a college student,...
Global Health Advocates
Dec 1, 20202 min read
My Social Media Experiment During COVID - Tyler Begley
I needed to change something. I was tired of the fountain of negativity pouring through my phone. Every day I wake up and open Facebook....
Global Health Advocates
Dec 1, 20203 min read
Sexual Violence: A Silent Pandemic
What is this blog about? Sexual violence. It refers to crimes such as sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, sexual abuse and/or sexual...
Jaini Jain
Dec 1, 20203 min read
Be Positive and Stay Positive
COVID-19 has definitely impacted all our lives in several ways. It continues to negatively impact our personalities, behaviour, style of...
Najoua Kachkach
Dec 1, 20202 min read
Pandemic Habits
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers by Sean Covey is a book that transformed my thinking during my teenage years. However, I was...
Rachel Jacob
Dec 1, 20202 min read
Personal Growth during COVID
Despite losing a lot this year, I have experienced tremendous growth in the period of this pandemic. Prior to COVID: Life was extremely...
Kelly Kiganda
Dec 1, 20201 min read
Introspection During Pandemic Times
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” - Aristotle “Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.” - Lewis Carroll,...
Mathilde Renard
Dec 1, 20202 min read
5 Things I've Come to Appreciate During COVID-19 - Brooke Allnut
Rest- Prior to COVID-19 and self-quarantining, I hardly ever got enough sleep. I constantly kept myself busy with schoolwork and various...
Global Health Advocates
Dec 1, 20202 min read
COVID AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT
Like everyone else, my life has been adversely affected by the pandemic. The virus has seeped into parts of our lives in ways that we...
Ganesh Chinmai
Dec 1, 20202 min read
COVID-19: An implicit, yet powerful determinant of the 2020 Presidential Election
COVID-19. Racial equity. Dramatic Climate Change. Healthcare policy. Economic stability. All of these extremely important policies...
Sai Reddy
Dec 1, 20202 min read
The Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemic On Domestic Workers In India
India reported its first COVID-19 case in January’2020, and it started increasing its pace tremendously from March onwards. It left the...
Vanita Deshpande
Dec 1, 20202 min read
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