Richard
Wamai
Associate Professor of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies
Richard Wamai in the Press
What Trump’s WHO Funding Freeze Means for the Most Vulnerable Countries
Wamai, a Kenyan expert on public health who leads a center for global health and disease research at Northeastern University, told TIME that Trump’s move could not have come at a worse time for public health in the global south. One of the programs Wamai runs in east Africa has already been put on hold […]
PolitiFact
Joe Biden says cervical cancer ‘totally preventable’ in Africa
Richard Wamai, assistant professor of public health at Northeastern University, said the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are ill equipped for this challenge. “Detection will require expanding the health service system, which requires investments in infrastructure,” Wamai said. “That calls for prioritization which is difficult to do because of competing health demands. Cancer in general is, […]
Al Jazeera
To cut or not to cut
Roughly 1.1 million people in Zimbabwe live with HIV. Studies show circumcision could reduce the risk of infection by 60 per cent. Since 2011, Zimbabwean men and infants have been undergoing voluntary non-surgical circumcision. Opponents of circumcision argue the risks don’t outweigh the benefits and claim messaging is giving men a false sense of hope […]
