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Tag: Ana Langer
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Health
Bringing women to the forefront of global health
A Harvard panel on women in the global health workforce examines ways to keep pushing for gender equity.
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Health
Dying in childbirth on rise in U.S.
Harvard panel discusses doubling of maternal mortality rates in U.S. caused by inadequate hospital facilities, lack of access, insurance gaps, and systemic racism.
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Health
When disease strikes, gender matters
Experts in Harvard Chan School discussion call for more sensitivity to differences between men and women in study and treatment of disease.
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Health
Saving women during childbirth
Throughout history, more women have died in childbirth than men have died in battle, Mahmoud Fathalla, founder of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, told attendees at the recent Global Maternal Health Conference in Arusha, Tanzania, co-sponsored by Harvard School of Public Health’s Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) and Management and Development for Health (MDH), a Tanzanian…
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Health
Mothers in peril
Every 90 seconds, a mother dies in pregnancy or of childbirth complications — a tragic statistic, but one that may drive efforts to improve health care in developing countries, said public health specialists in a Harvard talk.
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Campus & Community
HSPH awarded $12 million grant
A new three-year, $12 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support a Harvard School of Public Health effort to significantly improve maternal health in developing countries.