Tag: Harvard Global Health Institute

  • Nation & World

    A focus on battling tuberculosis

    Scientists from around New England gathered at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to discuss the latest research and findings about tuberculosis at the Fifth Annual New England Tuberculosis Symposium.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Accompanying the underserved

    “The road from policy development to implementation is usually long and rocky, one that must be trod with companions,” Paul Farmer, University Professor and co-founder of Partners In Health, told Harvard Kennedy School graduates on May 25.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Expanding student learning abroad

    Harvard President Drew Faust announced grants to six faculty members who are designing new international experiences for undergraduates, from new summer school programs in Kenya to studies in global health to other programs in Italy, Argentina, and Germany.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Second annual Burke Global Health Fellows named

    The Harvard Global Health Institute has announced the selection of the second annual Burke Global Health Fellows.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Twin dangers: Malnutrition and obesity

    Experts in nutrition gathered at Harvard Medical School to discuss the emerging “double burden” of malnutrition and obesity that is starting to affect the developing world.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    I Am My Filter and more

    Students presented projects Wednesday (April 13) from the Idea Translation Lab, which pushes students to turn ideas into reality and sets them up to take the next steps in project development.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Lessons of the Haiti quake

    Leaders of government, military, and nongovernmental organizations gathered at the Faculty Club and Loeb House to take a look back at the response to last year’s Haiti earthquake and seek lessons that can be applied to future disasters.

    5 minutes