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New 📄 from DGHI’s Julian Hertz and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre’s Director of Research Blandina Mmbaga:

Their research on the burden of multimorbidity-associated acute hospital admissions in Malawi and Tanzania published in The Lancet Global Health ⤵️

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Duke global health alumnus Faraan Rahim is the lead author on a paper with our Director Chris Beyrer and adjunct professor Abebe Bekele on why the U.S.' decision to scale back aid for Africa is a misstep. Full article ⬇️

Scaling back aid for Africa is a strategic misstep for the United States Policy shifts in US foreign aid under the Trump administration have had far-reaching consequences for global health, particularly on the African continent. The withdrawal from the World Health Orga...

For years, q***r stories have been misconstrued. Two of our alumni, Lucy Weyer Johnson and Paul Ngangula, are looking to change that with a new documentary film they’re co-directing called “Existence: The Untold Story of Q***r Lives.”

“This film is an invitation to everyone to see how q***r people live under the radar and how they acknowledge their own existence,” says Ngangula. “We hope to push that acknowledgment and acceptance of q***r people so others can see who we are.”

That story ⬇️

Documenting the Untold Stories of Global Q***r Communities Documenting the Untold Stories of Global Q***r Communities Two DGHI alumni plan a film to explore the strength and struggles of sexual and gender minorities in different parts of the world From left to right, Lucy Weyer Johnson and Paul Ngangula at the 2025 Master of Science in Global Health Commenc...