Dr. Utibe Effiong is a practicing board-certified Internal Medicine specialist physician and Public Health scientist passionate about health policy, health systems administration, drug addiction management, infectious diseases, the influence of the environment on human health, global health, and development. He is an international public speaker and prolific writer on issues of global health importance. Also …
President Obama’s Immigration Accountability Executive Actions are likely to have far reaching political and social implications. They also have serious implications for public health here in the United States and for global health as well. Depending on how this issue is settled in the long run, a reform of the U.S immigration system could mean …
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. He talks about preventing chronic diseases in developing countries, with a particular focus on diabetes, one of the fastest growing health challenges in Africa. After working as an internist in southern Nigeria, Utibe Effiong was inspired to look at the …
Es ist eine deutliche Anklage. Während der Ebola-Ausbruch in West-Afrika die Welt besorgt, bezeichnet Dr. Utibe Effiong, einer der Sprecher auf der TEDx-Konferenz am 6. September in Berlin, die Epedemie als "das größte Versagen der globalen Gesundheitspolitik aller Zeiten". Dr. Effiong erklärt, dass „Ebola immer nur als afrikanische Krankheit gesehen wurde, als Krankheit des Busches.“ …