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August 21, 2009

New York Times Magazine carries essay by UCSF expert on global women’s health

An essay by Catherine Maternowska, PhD, an assistant professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, was published in the August 18 online edition of the New York Times Magazine. In the article, Maternowska describes her experiences in South Africa where she was assigned to assess a health clinic for truckers, and the girls and women who trade sex with them for cash and goods.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/magazine/23lives-t.htm