Community and Solidarity in the Age of Coronavirus
More than any other recent global health crises, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to embrace a new sense of global...
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Institut Canadien de Génomique et de Société
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Kalina Kamenova
- Oct 1, 2019
- 2 min
Local knowledge is invaluable for infectious disease preparedness and response in Africa
A new book by Genomics4S Research Fellow Dr. Samuel Ujewe and colleagues scrutinizes the socio-cultural dimensions of emerging infectious...
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Samuel J Ujewe, PhD.
- Apr 4, 2019
- 3 min
The Rise in Measles Outbreaks Prompts us to Take Communitarian Values Seriously
Child vaccination is not a matter of personal choice or preference; it is a parental responsibility for protecting all children in the...
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Hannah Horvath
- Mar 7, 2019
- 4 min
The world is coming one-step closer to the release of gene drive mosquitoes into the environment
Gene drive mosquitoes could end malaria, but many believe they are the making of a modern day Jurassic Park. Recent news about...
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Nikkita Mistry
- Feb 19, 2019
- 4 min
Vaccine hesitancy becomes a top global health threat
The anti-vaccination movement has succeeded in creating a new global health emergency right alongside the existing threats of influenza...
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Kalina Kamenova
- Oct 18, 2018
- 4 min
Genomics and Public Engagement in the Global South: Echoes from the 2018 World Health Summit
Blog post by Samuel J Ujewe, PhD Africa is about to become a testing ground for recent innovations in genomic medicine, yet the voices...
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