Since the inception of the field of global health, allocation of sufficient funds has been…
Author: Erfan Faridmoayer
Born and raised in Iran, Erfan moved to United States after graduating from high school. At UCLA, he is a fifth year undergraduate student majoring in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology and minoring in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. He is involved with Shot at Life, an organization under the umbrella of United Nations Foundation promoting vaccination in third world countries. Erfan hopes to pursue medicine and research after graduating from UCLA. Outside of academics, he enjoys watching movies, playing classical Persian piano, practicing Shotokan karate, and finding new ways to solve his Rubik’s Cube.
Haiti’s recovery: Don’t give them the fish, teach them how to fish
Almost five years have passed since the devastating earthquake in Haiti that cost at least…
A Broken Measure Will Not Be Fixed by a Broken System
By Erfan Faridmoayer Editor Immigration reform has always been a subject of heated discussion in…
Ending Polio: A Long Overdue Eradication
Erfan Faridmoayer Editor The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called it “one…
Egypt Re-revolutionized: A comparison of two movements
by Erfan Faridmoayer Editor A few years ago, at the peak of Arab Spring, Egypt had…