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Air Pollution Effects on Woman and the Developing Fetus
Mailman School of Public Health
The effects of ambient air pollution on the developing fetus. . . . More »
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Perera, Frederica
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Poland
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A Program for Families with HIV / AIDS
College of Physicians and Surgeons
In collaboration with Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macoris; Fundacion Mir, La Romana Catholic Church (Religiosas Addratices, Spain; the Dominican Order, Adrian, Michigan; the Order of . . . More »
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Nicholas, Stephen
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Dominican Republic
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Assisting / Teaching Ob-Gyn at Hopital Ste. Croix Self
Columbia University Medical Center
Currently working at Hopital Ste. Croix to assist in programs there and to bring new techniques, technology, and instruments to them. . . . More »
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Haiti
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Averting Maternal Death and Disability
Mailman School of Public Health
The Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) Program was established at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in 1999 with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. . . . More »
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Rosenfield, Allan, Maine, Deborah
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Bangladesh, Bhutan, Ethiopia, India, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan
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Birth Control
Mailman School of Public Health
Abortion research and training.
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Chavkin, Wendy
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South Africa
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Cancer in the Jerusalem Perinatal Study
Mailman School of Public Health
The Jerusalem Perinatal Study is a population-based cohort of mothers, fathers and their 92,408 offspring born in 1964?76. Subsets of the cohort may be at risk for cancer through founder mutations . . . More »
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Harlap, Susan
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Israel
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Cellular Immunity to HIV in Infants
Mailman School of Public Health
This is a study to investigate correlates of protective immunity to HIV among infants of HIV-infected mothers in South Africa. The study measures cell-mediated immune responses to HIV antigens in . . . More »
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Kuhn, Louise
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South Africa
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Contemporary Challenges in National and International Public Policy: Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals
Mailman School of Public Health
Course entitled "Contemporary Challenges in National and International Public Policy: Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals" . . . More »
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Barber-Madden, Rosemary
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Brazil
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Courses for Foreign Physicians
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Annual postgraduate courses for neonatologists and perinatologists from Eastern Europe, including Russia, sponsored by the American Austrian Foundation. Course in preparation for 2002 in Innsbruck on . . . More »
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Polin, Richard
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Austria
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Croatian Medical Journal
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Has been on publication's Advisory Board since the publication's inception.
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Erlenmeyer-Kimling, L
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Croatia
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Develop a Midwifery-Education Program in South Africa
School of Nursing
The school of nursing is working with the WHO to develop a university-based midwifery education at the University of Western Cape, South Africa. . . . More »
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Dohrn, Jennifer
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South Africa
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Development of Women's Health Centers
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Development of free-standing amublatory women's health centers in Singapore and Malaysia, providing comprehensive up-to-date services using efficient critical-care pathways. Supervision and . . . More »
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Lobo, Rogerio
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Singapore
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Diabetes Complicating Pregnancy in Urban and Rural Areas of Maharashtra, India
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Proposed clinical rotation for medical students at KEM Hospital, Pune, in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Diabetes center in urban and rural areas. Bombay Obstetrical Society and different . . . More »
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Baxi, Laxmi
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India
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Doctors for Global Health
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Non-governmental organization. Mission statement: To improve health and foster other human rights with those most in need by accompanying communities, while educating and inspiring others to . . . More »
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Ratcliffe, Elyanne
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El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Uganda
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Dominican Academic Exchange Program
Mailman School of Public Health
The Dominican Academic Exchange Program provides public-health students from Columbia University and the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo with the opportunity to gain an understanding of the . . . More »
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Aguirre-Molina, Marilyn
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Dominican Republic, North America
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Environmental Arsenic, Pregnancy, and Children
Mailman School of Public Health
We are testing the hypotheses that arsenic exposure from drinking water may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. This hypothesis is based on the fact that arsenic is a known teratogen in . . . More »
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Graziano, Joseph
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Bangladesh
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Establishment of the Model Infrastructure of HIV/AIDS Treatment System in Nairobi, Kenya
College of Physicians and Surgeons
The project is planned for five years in the limited small area to establish and operate the model HIV/AIDS treatment system through the free medical services to the residents of the slum area in . . . More »
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Inada, Yoritaro
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Kenya
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Ethiopian Public Health Training Initiative
Mailman School of Public Health
This is a broad program developing training materials and holding training conferences for Ethiopian health workers of all types. It has been in place for a number of years and includes the 5 . . . More »
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Brown, Roy
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Ethiopia
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Incarnation Childrens Center / Centro de Ninos Encarnacion
Columbia University Medical Center
Maternal-newborn HIV disease has placed an undue burden upon two church-sponsored social-services programs in La Romana, D.R., a town with 213,600 inhabitants that is an important center of the sugar . . . More »
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Dominican Republic
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Jerusalem Perinatal Cohort Schizophrenia Study
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Obstetric complications and other perinatal exposures are hypothesized to increase the risk for schizophrenia. However, studies in this area are usually limited by sample size and by their reliance . . . More »
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Malaspina, Dolores
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Israel
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Maintenance and Stimulation of Projects in Support of the Seven Medical Schools, and the Biomedical Research Agencies, in Taiwan.
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Maintenance and Stimulation of Projects in Support of the Seven Medical Schools, and the Biomedical Research Agencies, in Taiwan. . . . More »
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Pierson Jr, Richard
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Republic of China (Taiwan)
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Missions to the Fistula Center in Niamey, Niger
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This program will send a team of 3 attending
physicians and one gynecologic resident or
pelvic surgery fellow to Niamey, Niger for 10
days, where they will treat women with vesico
vaginal fistulae . . . More »
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Ascher-Walsh, Charles
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Niger
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Mother-Infant Interaction and Maternal Depression
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This study examines a community sample of 132 mother-infant pairs for the role of maternal depression in the organization of mother and infant self- and interactive regulation. . . . More »
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Beebe, Beatrice
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United States of America
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MTCT-Plus Inititative
Mailman School of Public Health
Maternal-to-Child Transmission Plus builds on the efforts in Africa, rapidly expanding over the last several years, to prevent MTCT of HIV using a well-established package of low-cost and effective . . . More »
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Rosenfield, Allan, El-Sadr, Wafaa
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Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia
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Obstetric Fistulae Repair in Niger, Africa
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Repair of vesicovaginal and rectovaginal fistulae as the result of traumatic childbirth in Niger, Africa . . . More »
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Ascher-Walsh, Charles
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Africa
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Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials
College of Physicians and Surgeons
As an investigator within the PACTG (Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Network), I have sponsored a new clinical trials unit in Johannesburg, South Africa. The unit will be integrated into the . . . More »
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Abrams, Elaine
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South Africa
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Polish Mothers and Children Study of the Columbia Center for Environmental Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Polish Mothers and Children Study of the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health is collaborating with a team of researchers at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, to follow a . . . More »
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Perera, Frederica
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Poland
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Preparation of Reference Standards for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Preparation of new international references standards for the pregnancy hormone human chorionic gonadotropin and its metabolites isolated from urine of pregnant women. To be distributed under WHO . . . More »
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Birken, Steve
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Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Rakai Project: Uganda
Mailman School of Public Health
Population-based HIV/STD / infectious disease cohort, currently covering all consenting adults in 44 villages in rural Rakai District, southwestern Uganda. Cohort established in 1998. Annual . . . More »
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Wawer, Maria
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Uganda
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Relation of Maternal-Infant Feeding Interaction with Maternal Stressors and Distress in Bangladesh
School of Nursing
As part of the MIMIMat nutrition intervention study in Bangladesh, 120 mother-infant pairs were observed in the home at 3.5–4.0 months infant age to assess quality of feeding interaction using the . . . More »
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Byrne, Mary
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Bangladesh
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Rotation With the International Family AIDS Program in La Romana, Dominican Republic
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Located on the Southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, La Romana is the site of several innovative new opportunities for medical students. After working in the Dominican Republic, their . . . More »
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Nicholas, Stephen
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Dominican Republic
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Soros Reproductive Health and Rights Fellowship
Mailman School of Public Health
Administered by the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, the Soros Reproductive Health and Rights Fellowship invites scholars and activists to engage . . . More »
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Chavkin, Wendy
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United States of America
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Support Groups for Mothers, Children, and Parent-Child Video Bonding Consultations for Women Pregnant and Widowed on 9-11
College of Physicians and Surgeons
This is a treatment project offering weekly support groups and periodic mother-child video bonding consultations for these 9-11 widows. The project also inclueds a research component. . . . More »
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Beebe, Beatrice
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United States of America
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The International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP)
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) brings together diverse initiatives aimed at addressing the HIV epidemic. Within ICAP, the MTCT-Plus Initiative, the Multicountry . . . More »
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El-Sadr, Wafaa
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Africa, Asia, Central America/Caribbean
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The International Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavorial Studies
Mailman School of Public Health
The International Core of the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies is a resource for the development of international research initiatives by HIV Center investigators working in . . . More »
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Parker, Richard, Stein, Zena
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Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, United States of America
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Women's Social Networks and Health in Mali
Mailman School of Public Health
This project explores the influence of women's social networks on child health and survival through a comparative investigation of two ethnic groups in Mali, West Africa. Funded by NSF, fieldwork . . . More »
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Adams, Alayne
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Mali
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Women's Socioeconomic Development and Health
Mailman School of Public Health
Throughout the developing world, there is evidence of declining rates of mortality and fertility, yet no clear understanding of the factors driving this change, nor the extent to which these health . . . More »
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Adams, Alayne
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Bangladesh
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