A new exploratory study by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health faculty member and a Carolina alumna found that Syrian refugees in camps and communities in Jordan would benefit from palliative care … Read more

A new study has produced, for the first time, estimates of the environmental conditions in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries around the world. Using nationally representative data from six countries, researchers calculated that only two percent of health-care … Read more

Joseph Pinto, adjunct professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, is a co-author of an international Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report that presents analyses of ozone levels … Read more

Dilshad Jaff, program coordinator for solutions to complex emergencies in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health’s Research, Innovation and Global Solutions office, has analyzed road traffic accidents in the Kurdistan region of Iraq and proposed strategies that can diminish the financial and human toll associated with this public health issue.

Three researchers in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health are co-authors of a new study that estimates what outcomes would likely result if Colombia were to institute a national tax on sugar-sweetened … Read more

A master’s student, faculty member and alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health have been awarded a Kenan-Biddle Partnership grant to improve health and wellness among refugee communities in the Triangle … Read more

Why would an American oncologist, employed at one of the country’s preeminent public universities, choose to live and work in an area that places himself and his family at risk of diseases they wouldn’t be exposed to in the United States? … Read more

Actions to significantly slow climate change would improve air quality in the United States, avoiding roughly 24,000 projected premature deaths associated with air pollution in the year 2050. This is the main conclusion of new research from the University of … Read more

More people are of migrant or refugee status now than at any other time in history, and the health of these vulnerable populations has become a critical public health issue. Their legal status – including lack of documentation and lack … Read more

Two Gillings School of Global Public Health faculty members at the University of North Carolina are co-authors of a chapter in a new book, Societies Emerging from Conflict: The Aftermath of Atrocity, edited by Dennis B. Klein. Dilshad Jaff, program … Read more