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1. Maternal Mortality: The Greatest Health Divide in the World
Carolina Bibbo, Taraneh Shirazian
2. Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Conflict Setting
Nichole Young-Lin, Maya Garala, Erin Gertz
3. Obstetric Fistula
Salma Rahimi, Tracy Capes, Charles Ascher-Walsh
4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy
Veronica Ades
5. The Unmet Need for Family Planning
Kate A Shaw, Jessica M Atrio, Paul D Blumenthal
6. Anesthesia in Action at a Global Health Site
Andrew M. Perez MD, Ram Roth MD, Elizabeth A.M. Frost MD
7. At Your Cervix: Preventing Cervical Cancer using a Single Visit Approach
Deborah Landis Lewis, Miriam Cremer
8. The Challenge of Global Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention, Detection, and Treatment
Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MS
9. Radiation Therapy: A Privilege, not a Right - Treatment of Cervical Cancer with Limited Radiotherapy in Low-Resource Settings
Jessica Ton, Linus Chuang, MD
10. Interested in Volunteering Abroad? Considerations When Choosing a Global Health Opportunity
Michael Brodman, MD
About the Author
Dr. Taraneh Shirazian is the Director of Global Health in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY. She is also the cofounder and Medical Director of Saving Mothers (www.savingmothers.org), a nonprofit dedicated to reducing maternal morbidity and mortality and improving the lives of women through prevention, education, training of local providers, and clinical outreach. Dr. Erin Gertz is the first Global Health Fellow in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She attended medical school at the University of Hawaii John A Burns School of Medicine and completed her residency training in Ob/Gyn at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.