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Frequently Asked Questions – Internship Opportunity

*** Thank you all for your interest! We have already reached 150 applicants. Therefore, we have closed the application. A ...
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Are you our next Public Health intern?

*** Thank you all for your interest! We have already reached 150 applicants. Therefore, we have closed the application. A ...
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The Power of Numbers: The use of Incidence, Prevalence, Morbidity and Mortality Rates in Global Health

By Shazia Farooqui, Valérie Balvert and Candela Iglesias Chiesa Have you heard phrases like these in the news or on ...
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How can countries avoid the next pandemic?

By Shazia Farooqui and Candela Iglesias Chiesa In the first weeks of the outbreak that today we call COVID-19, it ...
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After Action Reviews (AARs): a tool to openly discuss successes and failures of your health intervention

By Rameen Tahir, Valérie Balvert and Candela Iglesias Chiesa A colleague came to me the other day with a concern: ...
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The One Health Approach: What is it and why is it so important?

By Valérie Balvert and Candela Iglesias Chiesa  Over 60% of all emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, which are diseases that ...
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Importance of Baseline & End-line Analysis

Imagine this: Your team is implementing a project aiming to improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) in rural communities in Country X ...
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6 Questions to ask yourself when reading research articles in public health

Students and professionals in global and public health spend a large amount of time gathering online evidence-based information to support ...
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Alanda’s 3 E’s Framework: Evidence-based, Evidence-generating and Evidence sharing

The word “evidence” gets tossed around a lot these days. What do we mean by it exactly? Imagine that you ...
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Antimicrobial Resistance

What is Antimicrobial Resistance and why should I care?

By Dorien Lijnzaad and Candela Iglesias ChiesaFor years, we’ve been used to the fact that the biggest infectious killers are ...
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Are You Our New Administrative Assistant?

***This application closed 2 February 2022*** Alanda Health is looking for a part-time virtual assistant with good bookkeeping skills. If ...
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The delta variant is causing a new wave: are our vaccines still working?

We’re so tired… of the never ending waves of COVID-19, of the public health restrictions. We want our old lives ...
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