UBC Online Global Health Journal Club, Wednesday, January 15, 2014 – Malaria
The next UBC online global health journal club is happening on Wednesday Jan 15 at 8PM PST.
Due to popular demand, we will be reviewing: Malaria
Our journal club will be focused on two recent Malaria reviews from the Lancet (attached to this email). The first is a general review of malaria biology and epidemiology, followed by a second paper detailing “new strategies for new challenges” in Malaria elimination. We are very fortunate to have as our guest Dr. Jan Hajek,
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