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Health by All Means: The “Health is Wealth” Response to COVID19 in Rural Kenya

Posted on May 13, 2020

Written by: Olivia Dahlquist, Assistant Director of the 4W Women & Wellbeing Initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison As the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc in high-income countries like Spain, Italy, the the UK, and the United …

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UW Women at 150: Computer scientist Thelma Estrin

Posted on February 8, 2019

Thelma Estrin was an early pioneer of the field of medical informatics — the now commonplace practice of applying computers to medical research and treatment. She also was something of a trailblazer for women hoping …

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UW receives UN chair for global work on gender, wellbeing and peace

Posted on December 9, 2018

The University of Wisconsin—Madison has been awarded a UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing and a Culture of Peace, a first in the state of Wisconsin and a first for the university in any area. It …

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