Tag: International Health

  • Nation & World

    An experiment gone horribly awry

    Victims of U.S. syphilis experiments in Guatemala are still awaiting compensation that may or may not come, even as new laws passed in the wake of 9/11 make it harder, in some circumstances, to sue disease researchers for wrongdoing, panelists at Harvard Law School said.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Congo: Couldn’t leave them behind

    Researchers from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative have been working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for several years examining the roots of the violence against women that has plagued this war-torn region.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Killing the ‘fiery serpent’

    International health workers are on the verge of eliminating guinea worm disease from the planet, marking the second time humanity has eliminated a malady that once plagued millions.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Takemi Fellows take Harvard, tackle international health

    The Takemi Program in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health announced the names of its incoming research fellows.

    1 minute