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In August of 2020, after a day treating patients, John McAdams, MD, gets ready to meet with a young couple from the community. He is excited to share the latest progress on his institution’s Cancer Treatment and Control Center, which is set to open in 3…

The case recounts the events of the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola Outbreak, starting with the death of patient zero, a young Guinean boy named Emile Ouamouno in December 2013 and ending in August 2014 when the World Health Organization declared the…

This case is located within the multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis, as key managers decide what kind of monitoring and evaluation to implement for one of its social business programs, Novartis Access. This new program will expand the company’s…

Elizabeth, a middle-aged African American woman living in Minnesota, develops chest pain and eventually presents to a local emergency room, where she is diagnosed with stress-related pain and given Vicodin. Members of a non-profit wellness center where…

In 2011 in response to two high profile cases of maternal death during labor and delivery, Ugandan citizens mobilized to prevent maternal mortality by improving the delivery of healthcare services in public hospitals. The Coalition to Stop Maternal…

In 2016, resident physicians organized a strike at the State University Hospital of Haiti (HUEH) in the capital of Port-au-Prince that eventually spread to at least ten other public hospitals in the country, effectively paralyzing the health care system…

The SALUDos program began in 2008 as a response to an influx of migrant seasonal farm workers (MSFWs) at a mobile medical unit serving homeless persons in Santa Clara County in Northern California. The program offered patients free and low-cost primary…

This case describes and explores the development of the first medical transitions clinic in Louisiana by a group of community members, health professionals, and students at Tulane Medical School in 2015.  The context surrounding health in metro New…

This case tells the story of Dr. Roblero, a newly-graduated Mexican physician working in the rural community of La Soledad, who cares for Esdras, a young boy suffering from chronic malnutrition and pneumonia. Dr. Roblero and a team of providers…

The Palestinian Bedouin of the Negev desert are a minority community within Israel, one that has experienced limits on its rights to land use and health access. The Bedouin claim of ownership of their ancestral lands is disputed by the state of Israel,…