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The Lulun Project, which fed infants eggs as opposed to solely breast milk, was carried out in a region of Ecuador called Cotopaxi, which has high levels of stunting.

An egg a day keeps stunting at bay

The Center for Global Health hosted a discussion on early childhood nutrition Friday with two main areas of focus — general trends in early childhood nutrition and a project in Ecuador that reduced childhood stunting by giving infants eggs.

His Excellency Health Minister Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Obaid Al Saidi spoke about Oman's progress in recent decades and his hopes for future collaborations. 

Omani delegation discuss shared health challenges

The Center for Global Health and the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center hosted a conference Wednesday that brought together University researchers and a delegation from Oman that included the Omani Minister of Health and the Omani ambassador to the United States.

Every Wednesday, the Center for Biomedical Ethics co-hosts the Medical Center Hour. This week, the topic was "Patients without Passports: Challenges of Caring for the Undocumented."

Medical Center Hour presents "Patients without Passports"

On Tuesday, the Medical Center Hour, hosted by the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities and the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life, addressed the ethical and practical issues of providing undocumented immigrants with health care in a presentation called “Patients without Passports.”

National Suicide Prevention Week aims to reduce stigma, offer hope

Last week, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) hosted a week of events in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week (NSPW). On Monday night, the group painted Beta Bridge with the quote “We’re all broken; that’s how the light gets in.” “We painted Beta Bridge as a club to bond and also spread the message of hope to the rest of the UVA community,” club president Megan Mason Dister, a third-year in the College, said in an email statement.

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Catheters like these are able to deliver radiation therapy to the specific area in which it's needed, so the patient doesn't have to undergo general radiation.
This year's Match Day celebrations were held in McLeod Hall and included a student dollar pool and a champagne toast. 

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