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MAKING AN
IMPACT
MAKING AN IMPACT
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SAVING LIVES AROUND THE GLOBE
The Mailman School addresses today's
health challenges through a broad lens,
creating public health programs that can
serve as models and be replicated across
the country and around the world in
order to reach large numbers of people
with life-saving interventions.
With Mailman School activities and
programs in more than 80 countries,
students focused on global health are able
to work in the fi eld through the School's
many international initiatives, including
addressing arsenic poisoning in children
and adults exposed to contaminated well
water; increasing the awareness, prevention,
and treatment of HIV/AIDS;
providing relief services to those living
in countries devastated by man-made
and natural disasters; and developing
interventions to avert maternal death
and disability.
Students participate in international
practica and internships through