Tag: Global Health
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‘When you’re with a patient … their suffering counts more than your suffering’
Symposium honoring late global health pioneer Paul Farmer reflects on achievements, purpose, influence of Haiti
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Benita Kayembe takes hard look at hidden human cost of electric cars
Studying at Harvard Chan School has helped graduate Benita Kayembe understand the forces that shape the health of people around the world.
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In a war zone, COVID isn’t the only health problem
A Chan School panel details need for broader health campaigns that also include various vaccines in conflict areas.
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Learning from COVID’s ‘Chernobyl moment’
Members of an independent panel charged with coming up with ways to prevent the next pandemic urged international action.
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Seeking ‘a leadership moment’ on global vaccination
A $25 billion investment in global vaccines would bring a five-to-one economic return and save many lives, according to Rebecca Weintraub, an HMS global health expert.
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How pandemic set back efforts to fight other deadly global health problems
COVID-19 has not only sickened and killed millions around the globe, it has wreaked havoc on existing programs to fight health ills that affect millions more. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle Williams discusses with the Gazette an “action agenda” on global health for the incoming Biden administration.
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Fighting for humane mental health treatment
Faraaz Mahomed, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is working to protect the rights of those using mental health systems throughout the world.
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Inoculating against misinformation
A new survey by Harvard researchers shows that trust in leaders and institutions are at a low ebb in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, highlighting the importance of gaining trust as part of the response to the growing Ebola epidemic there.
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Homeless, hopeless, and sick
Humanitarian workers from around the globe will visit Harvard to discuss how best to treat the increasing number of diabetics among refugee populations. Symposium organizers talk about the problem and what they hope the symposium will accomplish.
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The algorithm will see you now
AI is coming to a hospital near you — but it may be in the world’s remote regions that it could impact patients most. However, experts gathered at Harvard said its potential will not be realized unless it is deployed as part of broader health care solutions, not simply as a tool in search of…
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‘To be horrified by inequality and early death and not have any kind of plan for responding — that would not work for me’
In the Experience series, Paul Farmer talks Partners In Health, “Harvard-Haiti,” and making the lives of the poor the fight of his life.
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Environmental medicine brings climate change to forefront
During a panel discussion at Harvard Medical School, members of Students for Environmental Awareness in Medicine gave the physicians’ perspective on how environmental issues will impact human health.
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‘Stay engaged’ to aid global health
The U.S. needs to remain an active leader in addressing global health problems both for its own sake and for that of populations around the world.
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Targeting the ills of climate change
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry helped launch a new Harvard climate change and global health initiative Thursday, saying that climate change impacts almost always affect human health.
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Sick planet, sick people
Harvard scientists are helping launch a new initiative to foster collaboration among scientists working at the intersection of the environment and health.
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New realities in care
Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, says the University has the talent, resources, and leadership to steer progress in improving health around the world.
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Bringing global health home
The world is smaller than ever when it comes to infectious disease, a fact that means people have more at stake than ever before in each other’s health, speakers said at a symposium marking the fifth anniversary of the Harvard Global Health Institute.
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A decade of student impact
Now in its 10th year, the Cordeiro Family Undergraduate Research Fellowship for Global Health and Health Policy has funded undergraduate research projects for more than 100 students. A celebratory program highlighted some of their accomplishments.
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Cheap and compact medical testing
Harvard researchers have devised an inexpensive medical detector that costs a fraction of the price of existing devices, and can be used in poor settings around the world.
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The context of health care for all
Drawing on the experience of four nations, experts described how crises and fundamental transitions often prove the catalysts behind universal health care systems during a panel event Tuesday at Harvard’s Longwood campus.
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New childhood TB cases double earlier estimates
Harvard researchers have estimated that around 1 million children suffer from tuberculosis annually — twice the number previously thought to have the disease and three times the number of cases diagnosed every year.
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A faith in global care
Harvard University Professor Paul Farmer, whose nonprofit Partners In Health has improved lives in some of the world’s poorest places, said he was inspired early by the liberation theology movement.
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Liu named Marshall Scholar
Brandon Liu has been named one of 36 students nationwide to receive a Marshall Scholarship, which will allow him to study for two years at a university in the United Kingdom.
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‘A once-in-human-history opportunity’
A new report chaired by Harvard economist and University Professor Lawrence Summers says that eliminating health disparities between rich and poor nations is not only possible by 2035, it’s cost-effective. The study also sets out the steps to achieve it.
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Comparing charts on health
U.S. and Chinese health officials gathered at Harvard’s Longwood Campus to discuss health care challenges facing both nations, including the rise of noncommunicable diseases and reforming health care systems.
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Collaboration key in health gains, Clinton says
Former President Bill Clinton, at the Harvard School of Public Health to accept a Centennial Medal, hailed the networks active through the global health community as critical to gains made in recent decades.