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With the ignition of the 
#MeToo movement, increasing 
uncertainty of North Korea’s 
nuclear armament and string 
of terror attacks around the 
world, the latter half of 2017 
was an undeniably contentious 
time. Throughout all the 
uncertainty, the constant 
push remains for innovative 
research. Healthcare and life 
expectancy have improved 
drastically around the 
world, thanks to innovative 
biomedical research. However, 
this trend of has not impacted 
all countries equally, and that 
cannot be ignored. It is the 
mission The Journal of Global 
Health to bring to the forefront 
innovations and areas of 
improvement in parts of the 
world that do not always have 
an international presence.

This issue highlights the promise 
of emerging innovations. While 
the history of global health is 
studded with many scientific 
breakthroughs, in recent years, 
the forms of innovation have 
multiplied. There have been 
advances in traditional medical 
devices such as tele-stethoscopy 
with the potential to transform 
global healthcare delivery in low-
income countries. There have 
also been new solutions to end 
stigma associated with disease 
such as creating opportunities to 
construct sustainable gardens to 
benefit communities. We invite 
you to read about these exciting 
innovations in the following 
pages. 

This issue marks The Journal of 
Global Health’s seventh year of 
leading insightful global health 

discussions around the world. 
We are proud to present the 
product of months of hard work 
by our authors and editors. No 
single issue can possibly present 
every valuable research finding 
from the world of global health 
research. There is an ever-present 
need for progress in healthcare, 
and countless stories and voices 
remain to be heard. We continue 
our mission to promote global 
health dialogue and impactful 
research in the form of our 
physical journal, global health 
podcasts and regularly updated 
content on our website, wwww.
ghjournal.org. 

Smriti Kanangat 
& Rahi Punjabi
Editors-in-Chief, 2017

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THE JOURNAL OF GLOBAL HEALTH

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Letter from the Editors
Dear Reader,

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EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Smiriti Kanangat
Rahi Punjabi

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Emily Sun

MANAGING EDITOR

Chandana Golla

WEBSITE

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Sarah Shi

SENIOR EDITORS

Anthony Chesebro
Nathan Lam
Ankita Saxena

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Waleed Ali
Lynn Bi
Michelle Bosche
Samuel Castro
Celine Chen
Joshua Choe
Hyunsoo Chung
Abhishek 

Chakraborty
Aimee Cicchiello
Ailis Dooner
Victor Gordillo
Lilian Ha
Linnie Jiang
Claire Kim
Kelly Lew
Katie Long
Rachel Mintz
Asim Rana
Sairaj Sajjath
Neeraj Sakhrani 
John Sheehy

Shreya Sirivolu
Anna Sung
Jerica Tan
Anisha Tyagi
Naazanene Vatan
Varun Venkatesh
Joyce Zhou

ONLINE EDITORS

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Alondra Aguilar
Kat Chen
Patrick Kelly

Jason Mohabir
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Jeremy Perna
Renee Ren
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Anisha Tyagi
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