Joanne Silberner

Joanne Silberner, an 18-year veteran of NPR's Science Desk, is a freelance reporter focusing on global health. She also teaches journalism at the University of Washington.

Articles by Joanne Silberner

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Decolonizing Global Health: Know Your Organizational Weaknesses

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Decolonizing Global Health: Reform Your NGO

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Decolonizing Global Health: Change the Curriculum

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Decolonizing Global Health: Respect Your Partners

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Infectious Diseases

Courageous Voices: Global HIV/AIDS Activists Share their Stories

Anton Basenko attending the UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on Tuberculosis, 2018

Replacing Hate with Harm Reduction

Bill Hall photographed in his home in Seattle, Washington, Oct. 5, 2015. Image: by Robert Hood/Fred Hutch News Service

Speaking Out

Dr. Kawango Agot, Kenya

Infectious Diseases

Working Close to Home to Prevent HIV

A nurse monitors a COVID-19 patient in the ICU of Regional Medical Center in San Jose, California on May 21, 2020. Image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Depression, Pain, Breathing Problems—and That’s After Surviving COVID-19

A maternity matron holds 2 baby girls, the first children conceived through IVF in Kenya, May 2006. Image: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty

Infertility as a Neglected Disease

Meeting surrounding the kickoff for the HelmVit study on schistosomiasis during pregnancy and its effects on the infants immune system (Prof. da Costa is second from left). Image by Eva Arnold

A Neglected Disease, A Lab Researcher, And Real Life

Anita Neupane following surgery on a contracture that goes from her right shoulder to her waist, which prevents her from lifting her arm.

Fighting Fire with Prevention