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Allison Tatarsky is the director of the Malaria Elimination Initiative at the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences.
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Q&A: She’s looking to wipe out malaria, the world’s deadliest disease

by Liz Harris November 28, 2022November 28, 2022

Allison Tatarsky is director of the Malaria Elimination Initiative at the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences. The 38-year-old Oakland resident heads a team that works with endemic countries and […]

Meir Gerner plays a version of himself in “Africa.”
Posted inTV & Film

Review: An Israeli’s anxiety over aging comes out of ‘Africa’

by Michael Fox July 9, 2021July 9, 2021
Dr. Ari Johnson and Dr. Jessica Beckerman are this year's recipients of the Charles Bronfman Prize for their work bringing medical care to Mali.
Posted inUncategorized

‘We have the obligation to help’: Married doctors recognized for life-saving work in Mali

by Dan Pine February 18, 2021February 23, 2021
A woman in blue scrubs (Sandberg) stands next to another woman in blue scrubs wearing a stethoscope. they are standing outside of a small building labeled "pediatric ward." a local woman with a baby is walking into the building.
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Lessons from practicing medicine in a refugee camp

Michelle Sandberg by Michelle Sandberg April 24, 2019April 24, 2019
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