Between 2008 and 2020, districts across the country of Bangladesh saw a 93% reduction in malaria cases. Today, as the world reflects on the World Malaria Day 2024 theme, “accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world,” researchers...
Yenupini Joyce Adams, an assistant professor of the practice and the global maternal research lead for the Eck Institute for Global Health, has been recognized by the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) as an Emerging Leader. This recognition...
Students from almost every discipline at the University of Notre Dame spent several days preparing presentations on one of the world’s most pressing global health challenges: tuberculosis.
For over 8,000 years, the “white death,” tuberculosis (TB), has plagued humankind. Its effects are described in Biblical verses and appear in mummies from Ancient Egypt. Those infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes TB, can now be cured thanks to...
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are engaging community partners in St. Joseph County, Indiana, to improve access to health care services for pregnant and postpartum women in underserved areas of the community with the Pop Up Pregnancy &...
Although two hundred years have passed since the development of the first antimalaria treatment and over 140 years since…
Karla Gonzalez Serrano, postdoctoral scholar for the University of Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health, has always wanted to join a team that helps doctors provide better care. …
In India, iron-deficient anemia (IDA) among children less than five years old is on the rise, leading to higher “hidden” morbidity and mortality. IDA causes headaches, fatigue, and developmental delays, including physical and cognitive impairment among children. Anemia prevalence in...
Four PhD students at the University of Notre Dame have joined the Eck Institute for Global Health as graduate research fellows. The Institute will support the students as they pursue topics in global health, including…
Each day, over 6,500 newborns and nearly 800 pregnant and postpartum women die from complications globally, according to data collected in 2020…
Globally, one in four people lack access to clean drinking…
Eck Institute for Global Health launches global health minor in fall 2023…
The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society (LFIDS) has announced the first round of Health Equity Data Lab (HEDL) awards to four new research projects led by multidisciplinary teams of researchers and community stakeholders.…
The Lucy Family Institute for Data & Society (LFIDS) …
