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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 [...] I posted the syllabus for my upcoming Public Health Informatics II course: Health Mapping in a Digital Age. This workshop is for students in the NYU Master’s Program in Global Public Health. This one-day workshop is designed to give students an overview of current trends in health mapping; knowledge of state-of-the-art tools, methods, and [...] Peter Baker reports on the Administration’s decision-making process for the troop surge in Afghanistan in the excellent NY Times article, “How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan.” Nothing settles a disagreement like a good ole fashioned map-off. After a meeting where the Pentagon made a presentation with impressive color-coded maps, Mrs. Clinton [...] Kirkuk City/Iraq GIS Day Celebration. Source: Nashwa Hameed, via gisday.com Today is the 10th annual GIS Day, part of Geography Awareness Week. 2008 is also the International Year of Planet Earth. And in case you were wondering, we are starting the (Second) United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty. Vibrio cholerae bacteria. Source: Kirn et al. (2000). From Science Daily: Cholera outbreaks may soon be predicted using satellite sensors, paving the way for preemptive medicine in countries that suffer epidemics… |
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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