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Amy Chang Katherine Fang Alison Mosier-Mills Shea Jennings Alicia Ding Sophia Kecskes Kevin Nguyen Ephrem Rae Peter Suwondo
The Things Money Cannot Buy: The Distinction between Cost and Cost-Effectiveness
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Amber Tang
Diagnosing Lyme Disease
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Sreeja Kodali
INDIA: Examining the Efficacy of the RSBY Program in Providing Healthcare for the Rural Poor
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Akhil Upneja
SWITZERLAND: Regarding Health System Reform
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Emily Thacher
GAZA: Enduring Disorder: PTSD in Gazan Children
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Sophia Kecskes
PERU: Burns in Peru: A Neglected Global Health Crisis
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Rachel Perler
Questioning Fundamental Assumptions
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Richard Skolnik
OCD and Me
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Hannah Samson
Julia Yao
Alexander Cruz Alykhan Nurani Amber Tang Jennifer Godfrey Moktar Jama Caroline Tangoren Katherine Xiu Akhil Upneja Lelina Chang Alykhan Nurani
WRITING Sophia Kecskes, Sreeja Kodali, Rachel Perler, Hannah Samson, Richard Skolnik (Lecturer in Health Policy and Management, Yale ‘72), Amber Tang, Emily Thacher, Akhil Upneja
cover design by Sarah Eckinger
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GLOBAL HEALTH TODAY
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layout design by Katherine Fang and Shea Jennings
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