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Global health

Coronavirus

Here's the Hopkins study President Trump referenced

Published Feb 27, 2020

The Global Health Security Index, issued in October by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, assessed 195 countries on their readiness to deal with the threat of an epidemic or pandemic. Overall, the results were not encouraging.

Global health

Map tracks coronavirus outbreak

Published Jan 23, 2020

The dashboard, built by a team at the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering and regularly updated with data from the WHO, CDC, and other sources, illustrates how the virus is spreading in China and beyond

Study: Viruses are leading cause of pneumonia in children

Published June 27, 2019

PERCH study, led by researchers at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, highlights the need for new vaccines, especially for respiratory synctial virus

Global health

Study compares HIV risk among three common methods of contraception

Published June 13, 2019

ECHO trial in eastern and southern Africa shows high incidence of HIV infection among study participants despite extensive HIV prevention counseling

Alliance for a Healthier World

Addressing health inequities in vulnerable communities

Published Sept 7, 2018

Healthier World Challenge Implementation Grants award up to $250,000 over three years to address global health inequities

Interdisciplinary scholar

Global health policy expert named 34th BDP

Published July 2, 2018

Jeremy Shiffman, who comes from American University, views health care policy through the lens of political science

Global health

'I hope countries will compete in generosity'

Published June 27, 2018

Philanthropist and tech giant Bill Gates visits SAIS for discussion of the U.S. foreign aid budget and what it means for health care in the developing world