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AAG 2010: Geographic Context of Global Health (Green) from Eric Green on Vimeo. Association of American Geographers, 2010 Annual Meeting Interactive Short Paper Session: Geographic Contexts of Global Health Abstract Characteristics of the social and physical environment — the social ecology — can positively or negatively influence the health and well-being of adolescents, including their ability to avoid contracting [...] Cross-posted at Change.org’s Global Health Blog. We know that poor girls in developing countries often lack access to sanitary napkins. But does a lack of pads actually make it more likely that girls will drop out of school? That’s the case that Sheryl WuDunn and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof make, in an essay adapted from their book Half the [...] Kate at Wronging Rights points to an AP report that the Cambodian government has complained to Google about the representation of its border with Thailand in Google Earth, calling it “devoid of truth and reality, and professionally irresponsible, if not pretentious.” Good luck Cambodia. Google still has not responded to my message [...] The fate of Migingo Island remains unclear. Who is the rightful owner? Kenya? Uganda? In addition to having evidence on their side, Kenya also has popular support. There are currently 785 “fans” of the Migingo is KENYAN page on Facebook. There is also a Migingo for Kenya group (239 members) and a [...] Kenya and Uganda are in a row over a small island on Lake Victoria that lies near their shared border. Jeffrey Gettleman picked up on the dispute in a recent NY Times article. I have disagreed with Gettleman’s descriptions of African affairs in the past, but I think he got Migingo [...] |
I am an Associate in the Poverty, Gender and Youth Program at the Population Council and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Public Health in the New York University Master's Program in Global Public Health. 
 
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