Faculty, staff and students affiliated with UNC School of Social Work, Global Social Development Innovations (GSDI), recently participated in the Virtual International Consortium for Development (ICSD) 22nd Biennial Conference. GSDI co-hosted the conference in partnership with the Centre for Social Development … Read more

In rapidly growing cities of sub-Saharan Africa, informal communities – sometimes referred to as “slums” – lack access to many critical infrastructure needs, including sanitation and protection from exposure to human waste. This puts communities, especially children, at risk of … Read more

Outside her home in Lusaka, Zambia, a mother proudly gazes down at her two newborns. The woman and her twins were cared for at the Kamwala District Health Center, one of two sites where Carolina faculty members conduct joint research … Read more

For nearly 20 years, Joy Noel Baumgartner, professor in the School of Social Work and Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has focused much of her research on interventions that promote … Read more

Ifeoma Ajunwa, associate professor of law and founding director of the Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making Research Program at UNC School of Law, has received a prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for the 2021-2022 academic year. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program sends approximately 800 … Read more

Jean Lambert Chalachala ’16 MPH has a calling—to improve the human condition. Chalachala, a clinician and public health expert, has found ample opportunities to do just that, working in surgery, hospital administration, epidemic and crisis management, lactation support, family planning and more. But … Read more

On March 24 the container ship Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, causing potentially billions in lost trade while hundreds of other cargo ships motored in circles waiting for the canal to reopen. … Read more

Carolina junior Victor Ilevbare has been through an epidemic and a pandemic, both of which informed his interest in medicine. It took one public health crisis to convince Victor Ilevbare that he wanted to help fight infectious diseases. It took … Read more

Dr. Mina Hosseinipour is a professor of medicine and scientific director for the Institute’s UNC Project-Malawi. UNC recently honored her with a 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction. Officials announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Malawi on April … Read more