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Recommended Reading on Ebola’s Return

September 24, 2019 by Mia Tellmann Leave a Comment

Scientist counting cells infected with virus. Picture by Shutterstock/ Andrii Slonchak

I came across this interesting article in the British newspaper The Telegraph. It provides readers with a vivid description of realities of an Ebola treatment center, the effects the disease has on families and communities, and the reasons for Ebola’s return. Continue Reading

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Ebola, infectious disease, outbreak

How to Learn More About Incident Management

July 4, 2019 by Mia Tellmann Leave a Comment

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Happy Independence Day! Over the last week, I have attempted to increase my understanding of how the American incident management system works and the organizational structure that is in place in case of an emergency. In order to do this, I took two courses provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Continue Reading

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Department of Homeland Security, emergency management, emergency preparedness, FEMA, ICS, incident management, NIMS, public health, US Government

A Great Resource for Global Health Data: Gapminder

June 12, 2019 by Mia Tellmann Leave a Comment

A free chart from www.gapminder.org

Gapminder is a Swedish foundation created by Hans Rosling, his son Ola Rosling, and Anna Roslin Rönnlund. It was founded on February 25th, 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden and often collaborates with universities, the United Nations, and both public and non-governmental organizations. Gapminder strives to educate the world’s population on the ignorance of global facts, reduce misconceptions of people’s worldview, and promote global data and research that is easy to understand. Continue Reading

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: data mining, global health, Hans Rosling, online tools, public health, trends

Book Review of “Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Containing and Preventing Biological Threats”

February 15, 2019 by Mia Tellmann Leave a Comment

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, book by Jeffrey R. Ryan. Photo by Mia Tellmann

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Containing and Preventing Biological Threats, by Jeffrey R. Ryan, is a very comprehensive and multi-faceted book. This was one of the first books that I read when I began learning about global public health and it gave me a great introduction into the sometimes complicated field of bioterrorism.

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Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: biological threats, biosecurity, bioterrorism, book review, emergency management, learning, preparedness, prevention

The Good News Nobody Talks About

December 19, 2018 by Mia Tellmann Leave a Comment

Professor Hans Rosling. Picture by ted.com

When I first started out learning about global public health, the course that got me hooked was “An Introduction to Global Health”, taught by Professor Hans Rosling from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. After taking this course, I was inspired to further explore the field of public health and later biodefense. Continue Reading

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Gapminder, global, Hans Rosling, Karolinska Institute, online learning, public health, Sweden, world health

Is the CDC Museum worth a trip?

October 7, 2018 by Mia Tellmann 1 Comment

Smallpox prevention poster at the CDC Museum

To anyone interested in the topic of public health, a visit to the David J. Sencer CDC Museum in Atlanta is a must for two reasons:
1) The exhibit provides a comprehensive, yet easy to understand overview of the history and the work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2) It shows the various battles fought against global diseases in the past and in the present, in great detail.

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Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: CDC, David J. Sencker Museum, disease prevention, public health

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