The Washington State University Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health is working on both a global rabies effort and an assessment of global stunting – all through a multidisciplinary approach.

Dr. Susan Graham has taken over this year as the Director of the Global Health Pathway, a certificate program that requires a combination of a scholarly project, coursework, an international experience, a cross-cultural clinic experience, and community involvement, spread over the four years of medical education. Dr. Graham has directed the concurrent Global Health MD-MPH degree program for the past year, and her involvement with the Pathway and its curriculum has grown from that work. Dr.

"Do you know that according to the World Health Organization, deaths due to cancer in developing countries have surpassed the deaths due to HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined? About 80% of deaths due to cancer worldwide occur in developing countries, and infectious disease related cancers account for about 40% of all cancers in Africa...It is high time therefore that Africa paid attention to this ticking time bomb.

Al Jazeera launched a new global talk show called South 2 North -- the first global talk show based in Africa. The host, Redi Thlabi, talks to intriguing personalities from around the world. In the first episode, available online, Tlhabi talks to best-selling Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy and hears why she thinks that Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi should not be made into icons.