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Refugees and Infectious Diseases
As violence continues to plague war-torn South Sudan, even after efforts at ceasefires, refugees continue to pour out of the world’s...
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Nov 3, 20177 min read


BPR Interviews: Roberta Jacobson
Roberta Jacobson ’82 is an American diplomat who is currently the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico. She previously served as the Assistant...
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Jun 3, 20164 min read


Nearly Gone But Not Forgotten: Lessons from Post-Ebola West Africa
Even though Liberia saw its first case of Ebola in three months in early April, the danger of the epidemic that claimed around 11,000...
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May 1, 20166 min read


Zika and the Abortion Rights Debate
What happens when a country without legal abortion tells women not to get pregnant? This was the question many asked when government...
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Mar 18, 20165 min read


Fear as Motivation and the Zika Problem
Zika has entered the American consciousness in much the same way Ebola did: with a melodramatic flourish and a twinge of impish paranoia....
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Mar 1, 20165 min read
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