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Tackling Infectious Disease With A Systems Approach: Two Stories From East Africa

Maureen Langlois

A lunch forum featuring three international visitors working with Ohio State in East Africa.

Date: Wednesday, June 14, 12-2

Location: Enarson Classroom…

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Brown Bag: Promoting Technical Transformation And Financial Inclusion Among Smallholder Farmers In Africa

Maureen Langlois

Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

Mario Miranda will discuss two interrelated factors that have been identified by development economists as critical…

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Brown Bag: Culture, Agriculture And Shrubs: Improving Soils and Crop Yield in West Africa

Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

The Sahel is an ecologically fragile environment where in-season drought periods are common, causing chronic low yields, crop failures, and…

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Brown Bag: Linking Water Quality With Aquatic Biodiversity In Rural Ugandan Communities

Maureen Langlois

Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

This week, Suzanne Gray will discuss her Water Across the World project, where she works with students in rural…

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Brown Bag: The Sustainable and Resilient Tanzania Community Program

Maureen Langlois

Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

The Sustainable and Resilient Tanzania Community Program (SRTC) is an interdisciplinary, international service-…

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Brown Bag: Health And Demographic Surveillance In Africa: Experiences From The Last 25 Years

Maureen Langlois

Voices from the Field Brown Bag Speaker Series

Africa is the world region with the least information on population health.  Most civil registration and vital…

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New “Voices From The Field” Brown Bag Series Focuses On Africa

Maureen Langlois

The Global Water Institute and the Center for African Studies announce a new informal lunchtime forum to highlight the work of Ohio State faculty who have had significant…