Pneumonia and Diarrhea Progress Report 2023

This case study follows a manager of a bar near Western University’s campus, which is under scrutiny on social media and by local news reporters due to reported sexual assault incidences at the venue. The case describes the ways in which the bar’s manager interacts with community members, including the local police and Western University’s Sexual Violence Prevention team, to collaborate on how to use targeted resources and strategies to address the repeated sexual assault…

This case study describes the impact of providing cash transfers to primary caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya. The Kenyan government partnered with UNICEF to pilot and expand a monthly cash transfer program to ultra-poor households caring for orphans and vulnerable children. This case describes the collaborative efforts and iterative approach behind the program implementation, health and non-health outcomes for the children, and costs of the program. This case study is part of…

This article from the Lancet analyzes the global, regional, and national burden of disorders impacting the nervous system using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. The paper seeks to understand how a diverse set of disorders, including neurodevelopmental disorders and emergent conditions, such as cognitive impairment as a result of COVID-19 illness– result in nervous system health loss. The paper provides estimates of mortality, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), years…