http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/climate-and-society-students-develop-research-for-nasa-iri/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/climate-and-society-students-develop-research-for-nasa-iri/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:07:14 +0000 Brian Kahn http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35543 Two Climate and Society students are working on a NASA DEVELOP project at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. Learn about the research and visit their virtual posters.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/12/climate-and-society-students-develop-research-for-nasa-iri/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/30/visualizing-malaria-from-space/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/30/visualizing-malaria-from-space/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:42:48 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32648 Public health professionals are increasingly concerned about the impact climate variability and change can have on infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue fever and bacterial meningitis. However, in order to study the relationships between climate and ...]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/30/visualizing-malaria-from-space/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/02/malaria-and-the-mason-dixon/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/02/malaria-and-the-mason-dixon/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:10:45 +0000 CERC Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=22120 When push came to shove, it was a microscopic virus that would draw the frontiers of a nation, and help to decide the life and livelihood of millions upon millions of the Americans who came to live there.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/02/malaria-and-the-mason-dixon/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/29/mosquito-traps-for-the-future/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/29/mosquito-traps-for-the-future/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:34:32 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18324 The New York Times reported yesterday on a new, simple approach to mosquito control that—if accurate--could be a game changer in the world’s efforts to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/29/mosquito-traps-for-the-future/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/08/integrating-treatment-for-aids-and-other-neglected-tropical-diseases/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/08/integrating-treatment-for-aids-and-other-neglected-tropical-diseases/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:15:25 +0000 Elizabeth Robinson http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15338 Thirty years after AIDS was first reported, the United Nations will meet today to discuss next-steps toward controlling the disease. Developing countries in Africa are still the hardest hit by AIDS, but progress is being made through the framework of the Millennium Development Goals, which calls for a reversal of the spread of HIV/AIDS in [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/08/integrating-treatment-for-aids-and-other-neglected-tropical-diseases/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/29/preventing-malaria-in-the-millennium-villages/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/29/preventing-malaria-in-the-millennium-villages/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:44:54 +0000 Paola Mejia http://blogs-admin.ei.columbia.edu/?p=4882 I work at the Malaria Program of the Earth Institute’s Center for Global Health and Economic Development. The bulk of our work takes place at the Center for National Health Development in Ethiopia, which supports national malaria control programs in ten African countries and contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Ethiopia. [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/29/preventing-malaria-in-the-millennium-villages/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/student-researchers-past-and-present-share-their-work-on-sustainable-development/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/student-researchers-past-and-present-share-their-work-on-sustainable-development/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:54:38 +0000 Ivy Morgan http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/support/?p=837 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/student-researchers-past-and-present-share-their-work-on-sustainable-development/feed/ 0