UGA students’ winning national public policy entry addresses homeless women’s hygiene

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With an innovative proposal addressing a silent public health problem for homeless women, four students from the University of Georgia won the top prize in the fourth annual Public Policy Challenge National Invitational in Philadelphia earlier this month.

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