global health

November 26, 2022

Behind the data

When doctoral student Horacio Chacón Torrico looks at public-health data, he sees the ‘forgotten’ people he wants to help.


November 29, 2020

For many UW retirees, service never stops

Retiring from the UW doesn’t end the story for faculty and staff. They are driven to serve their communities on a local or global scale.


September 11, 2020

For our health

The UW is putting its combined brainpower into population health, improving lives around the world.


June 4, 2020

Smallpox slayer's wisdom

William Foege, ’61, was instrumental in wiping smallpox off the face of the Earth. The lessons he learned in that fight offer wisdom as we face COVID-19.


March 1, 2017

population health, global health, health care

Tending to the world

Scientists, doctors and data collectors join forces for population health.


December 29, 2016

$210 million gift gates foundation uw

Healthy people, healthy planet

With a $210 million gift, the UW moves forward to become a global hub for human health.


June 1, 2014

Mobile medicine

A collaboration between UW Computer Science and Engineering and PATH, a Seattle-area non-governmental organization, has led to a simple, ingenious solution to a dilemma facing women in Sub-Saharan Africa who wish to store breast milk. While medical care and safe water are not always available, most Africans today have smartphones.


March 1, 2014

Nurse, philanthropist and more

Ekene “Kennie” Amaefule is a former Nurse of the Year at Harborview Medical Center who has single-handedly improved health care, education, social services and access to clean water in her native village of Imo State, Nigeria.


December 1, 2013

25 years improving lives

Health Alliance International (HAI) is celebrating its 25th year of helping people in developing countries lead healthy lives.


March 1, 2013

Future of medicine

The answer to developing a quick fix for a virus? (Or the answers to a whole host of other medical issues?) It might be found in proteins.


December 1, 2012

Building a way out

A unique partnership will bring a school, and designs for a hopeful future, to girls in Afghanistan.


September 1, 2012

Defeating disease

Dr. Bill Foege, ’61, is a global health leader, affiliate professor of epidemiology at the UW School of Public Health, and recipient of a 2012 Presidential Medal of Freedom.


September 1, 2011

Gene warfare

In the future, global-health experts may be able to cast a genetic net over mosquitoes to prevent them from spreading malaria to people.


December 1, 2010

Medicine for the masses

Using business, medical and engineering smarts, UW alumni are solving medical problems in Washington and beyond.


September 1, 2010

Healthy smiles

There’s a war going on, with UW pediatric dentists on one side and childhood tooth decay and its related troubles—such as pain, speech and learning problems, and nutritional issues—on the other.


June 1, 2010

Mobile goes global

The Open Data Kit, a suite of tools developed by computer scientists and engineers at the University of Washington, makes it possible to use mobile devices for social change in the developing world.


March 1, 2010

Huskies in Haiti

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake, numerous UW Medicine and Health Sciences faculty, students and health professionals went to Haiti to treat the injured and sick and care for the displaced.


December 1, 2009

Remembering Rwanda

For 12 years, the Rwanda war crimes trials have dragged on as a United Nations-sponsored tribunal attempts to bring to justice those responsible for the killing of 800,000 Rwandans during 100 horrific days in 1994. A team headed by UW Information School Professor Batya Friedman is working to make sure the world never forgets.


March 1, 2009

Missing shots

Childhood vaccination rates are increasing, but not as quickly as many governments around the world have claimed. That's the conclusion of a new study by researchers at the UW Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).


December 1, 2007

Strong medicine

Some governments may shun his straight talk, but Chris Murray's prescriptions for global health could ultimately help all of us live better and longer.