UW researchers to study, address global health problems

Mangoes are Haiti's largest export, but the country imports mango juice. "It doesn't make sense," said Gergens Polynice, a UW-Madison research assistant from Haiti. "How can we process the foods in Haiti and take advantage of the local market?" Polynice and other campus researchers will explore that question in one of eight projects to win grants through the university's new Global Health Institute, launched Thursday at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 10/31)