November 23, 2007
Global-Health Programs on the Rise in the U.S.
Universities respond to philanthropic efforts and a surge in student interest
About 100 students packed into a small theater at New York University this fall to listen to an obstetrician describe the abysmal conditions that kill one in 11 pregnant women each year in her native Chad.
The students, who include lawyers, physicians, social workers, and teachers, are enrolled in an interdisciplinary master's program in global public health. Their guest lecturer for the evening was
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