January 9, 2020 - 9:35am
In Tanzania, the overall unmet need for Family Planning (FP) is high, with greater unmet need in poorer, more rural and less educated women.In a recent paper, Christine Aristide and colleagues analyzed perspectives of rural men and women on family planning and used a theoretical framework to summarize... Read More
December 12, 2019 - 5:02pm
Pictured: Tanzanian co-investigator nurse Ndalloh Paul teaching at an educational seminarUnmet need for family planning is high in sub-Saharan Africa and particularly so in northwest Tanzania, where over one-third of sexually active women do not desire pregnancy yet use no effective form of... Read More
November 6, 2019 - 4:28pm
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now the leading cause of adult mortality in Haiti, having surpassed HIV in the last decade. Responding to this urgent need to understand this emerging epidemic in Haiti, Dr. Margaret McNairy, Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell, has led several research... Read More
October 8, 2019 - 12:08pm
An intervention to lower post-hospital mortality for HIV-infected Tanzanians has recently begun in Mwanza, Tanzania, led by PI Dr. Robert Peck, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Center for Global Health. The intervention, called DARAJA (meaning “bridge” in Swahili), is being assessed in an NIH-... Read More
September 4, 2019 - 3:01pm
Dr. Genevieve Hilaire is the Director of the Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Clinic at GHESKIO, the Center for Global Health’s affiliate partner site in Haiti. Dr. Hilaire is also a Masters student in the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research program at Weill Cornell Medicine. She was... Read More
June 11, 2019 - 5:02pm
Dr. Robert Peck was awarded the Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine, one of the 2019 American Medical Association Foundation Excellence in Medicine Awards. This award honors recipients for their “outstanding international service in the areas of medical practice, medical education, and... Read More
April 16, 2019 - 2:39pm
The Global Health Research Fellowship is a three-year fellowship that includes mentored field-based research, courses in research methods, and clinical service at Weill Cornell NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The majority of the fellowship time will be spent conducting mentored research at one of our... Read More
February 25, 2019 - 5:09pm
PBS recently released "On the front lines: One doctor's decades-long fight to heal Haiti" featuring Dr. Jean W. Pape. Dr. Pape discusses the successes and challenges that Haiti has experienced and how GHESKIO has combated various health challenges.Dr. Pape is the Howard and Carol Holtzmann Professor in... Read More
February 13, 2019 - 11:22am
Dr. Radhika Sundararajan M.D., Ph.D., was one of five to be awarded the 2019 Kellen Junior Faculty Fellowship. This annual award provides research support to remarkable female junior faculty at Weill Cornell, allowing them to establish a scientific track record leading to success in research and... Read More
February 5, 2019 - 3:31pm
Each year, the Weill Cornell Medical College Resident Exchange Program hosts residents from Bugando University College of Health Sciences in Mwanza, Tanzania. The program’s mission is to train the next generation of Tanzanian physicians while expanding the awareness and skills of Weill Cornell faculty... Read More
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