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WEBAs COVID-19 forces us to hunker down in our homes, telecommute, stock up on staples, limit visits to relatives and friends, and disrupt our lives in many other ways, we are …

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Public Health in Mexico Wilson Center

WEBMexico is facing a wide array of new public health challenges, particularly as it confronts numerous challenges related to COVID-19. While policymakers and public health …

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Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes: An Old Problem, A New Threat …

WEBThe ongoing global effort to combat malaria has a new challenge: Anopheles stephensi, a species of mosquito that is able to reproduce in enclosed, urban areas. The …

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Infographic How Do Mexicans Get Healthcare

WEBCurrently, 2.3% of the population is insured through the private sector while over 32 million Mexicans (26.5%) have no access to any form of healthcare. Pemex. …

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Vaccine Diplomacy in the Wake of COVID-19 Wilson Center

WEBAs the COVID-19 pandemic gripped the world in late 2019 and early 2020, the world’s great hope was in the rapid development and deployment of vaccines. …

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Women, Poor Testing, Poor Health Wilson Center

WEBWomen spend 25% more time in poor health than men. While women generally live six years longer than men, a new report from the World Economic Forum …

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Infographic How Do Mexicans Get Healthcare

WEBCurrently, 2.3% of the population is insured through the private sector while over 32 million Mexicans (26.5%) have no access to any form of healthcare. In Mexico, …

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Citizen Science and COVID-19: The Power of the (Distanced) Crowd

WEBCitizen Science and COVID-19: The Power of the (Distanced) Crowd. Citizen science and crowdsourcing offer huge potential to complement official responses to the …

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Mexico Election Series Challenges and Opportunities in the

WEBGuests must register via Zoom in order to receive the webinar info.. The upcoming elections on June 2, 2024 will be the biggest Mexico has ever seen, and will …

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Pandemic Learning: Migrant Care Workers and Their Families Are

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought into the open two things that much of the world has always assumed but not fully acknowledged: women do the vast majority of caregiving, …

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Six Steps Towards Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality

WEBIn collaboration, the following six steps to help end preventable maternal mortality were developed: Take a rights-based approach to women’s health. Follow a holistic life-cycle …

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Mapping the Human Genome: Risks and Benefits Wilson Center

WEBMapping the Human Genome: Risks and Benefits. January 5, 2004. David Rejeski, director of the Wilson Center's Foresight and Governance Project, lauds the …

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Exploring the Complexity of Pandemics Through Play

WEBDeveloper: Z-Man Games. Price: Varies; Base Board Game, $39.99; Computer, $9.99. Platform: Board Game and Computer (Steam) Although not designed …

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Curing Inequity: Opportunities for Improved Access to Women's

WEBMexican women's access to healthcare has improved drastically over the past decades. Since the turn of the century, maternal mortality has decreased from 55 to …

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The Global Care Economy

WEBNo. 1 l April 2022 GLOBAL HEALTH & GENDER POLICY BRIEF In the United States, contributions related to the care economy amount to $648 billion, annually.8 Globally, if …

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The Juggling Act of Caregiving Balancing Career, Health, and …

WEBIn The Juggling Act of Caregiving: Balancing Career, Health, and Gender Roles, Sarah B. Barnes, Project Director of the Maternal Health Initiative, describes the role of, the …

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Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: A Look at Brazil

WEBWomen’s economic empowerment is essential to gender equality. Economically empowered women exercise increased control over resources, as well as their own time, lives, and …

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Smart Take Earth Day 2024 Calls for Planet Over Plastics!

WEBThis year’s Earth Day theme—“Planet vs. Plastic”—calls for a 60% reduction in plastic use by 2040. The billions of items of plastic waste that pollute oceans, lakes, …

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A Crisis Within a Crisis: Venezuela and COVID-19

WEBWith failing public services, widespread scarcity of medical supplies, and rampant hunger and malnutrition before the pandemic, Venezuela is ill equipped to cope with COVID-19. …

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Too Much Too Soon: Addressing Over-Intervention in Maternity …

WEBFor years, the primary approach to improving global maternal health was additive – to increase capacity to address shortfalls in clinics, doctors, supplies, …

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Maternal Health Policy Brief Wilson Center Maternal Health …

WEBPerinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) include depression, anxiety, panic, ob-sessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, and …

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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

WEBAMLO’s warpath against neoliberalism continues as the June elections approach and his days as president dwindle. The most recent effort entails a significant …

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