Isabelle Crary Hundreds of individuals waited eagerly and patiently outside Hospital Regional de Ayacucho as I walked into the office building transformed into clinic on my first day of volunteering. I traveled over 5,000 miles to reach Peru, yet I would learn that the patients at the clinic had much more difficult journeys to arrive at the hospital. Men, women, children and entire families had … Continue reading Overlooked: Socioeconomic and Cultural Impacts on Health

Meena Chetty On my latest visit to India this past summer, I noticed at least one McDonald’s in every city, a Kentucky Fried Chicken at the airport, and most recently, the appearance of Starbucks franchises throughout the country. According to Euromonitor International, a compiler of consumer food service statistics, there were 339 McDonald’s outlets alone in 2013 with an expected 150 new McCafé outlets in … Continue reading Fast Food Culture and Industrialization