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How a Health Needs Assessment Can Boost Your Project’s Impact

By Julius Agyei Okanta and Candela Iglesias Chiesa Imagine dedicating six months to planning and launching a $5 million maternal ...
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Are you our next Public Health intern?

*** Internship applications are closed. We have already reached 125 applicants. Therefore, we have closed the application. A new internship ...
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Frequently Asked Questions – Internship Opportunity

*** Internship applications are closed. We have already reached 125 applicants. Therefore, we have closed the application. A new internship ...
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From Agents to Environments: Key Concepts in Public Health Epidemiology

By Giulia Habib Meriggi, Sabine Donders, Candela Iglesias Chiesa, and Julius Okanta. Ever wondered why some people seem invincible against ...
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From “3 by 5” to COVAX: Redefining Success in Global Health Initiatives

By Candela Iglesias Chiesa When is a failure not a failure?  At Alanda we are all for setting targets, measuring ...
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From Discoveries To Lifesavers – Milestones In Vaccination

By Sabine Donders and Candela Iglesias Chiesa If you had been born in 1915 (in a high-income country), your life ...
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Mastering Global and Public Health Presentation Skills: Your Passport to Impactful Communication

By Sabine Donders and Candela Iglesias Chiesa Picture this: You have exactly ten minutes to showcase the amazing new results ...
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Underrated Skills In Public And Global Health: Are You Disregarding Key Skills You Possess?

By Sabine Donders, Geonel Moluba and Candela Iglesias Chiesa The emphasis on hard technical skills is often high in many ...
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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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