Author: Madison Calvert

From the field – Summer 2018: Bringing about systematic change in global health & development

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My time here in Zanzibar has largely been spent working in the laboratory of the Mpendae Primary Health Care Unit. Every day I, along with two other students, three lab technicians, and patients, squeeze into the small, ten by ten lab facility. And every day, I see something new that completely shocks me. Over the […]

Cervical Cancer: A Disease of Inequality

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Every year, approximately 500,000 women are affected by cervical cancer, and in 2012 alone, there were approximately 266,000 deaths globally. But, cervical cancer is a disease of inequality. An overwhelming majority of these women- 84% of which- live in developing countries in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Furthermore, cervical cancer continues to remain the […]

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