Program on International Health and Human RightsProgram on International Health and Human Rights -- The Program on International Health and Human Rights promotes practical and effective responses to global public health challenges through the innovative application of human rights. This is done through a combination of research, capacity building, policy development and health programming in a variety of areas focusing on HIV/AIDS, reproductive and sexual health, and child and adolescent health.
Women, Gender and Health -- The Working Group on Women, Gender and Health was founded in 1996 by Harvard School of Public Health faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, and students interested in advancing the study of women, gender, and health at the School. In 2002, the school-wide faculty approved the Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender and Health. This concentration is now governed by a Steering Committee comprised of faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, and students who meet monthly to discuss ways to promote curriculum development and public health research and practice regarding women, gender and health at HSPH.
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS) -- For the past four decades, the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS) has served as the locus of interdisciplinary research on population change, socioeconomic development, and human health at the University. Now under the umbrella of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health (HIGH), the Center guides University-wide efforts to understand the evolving health needs of the global community. Activities at the Center are directed towards the population dimensions of health changes—devising, developing, and applying new methods to track both mortality and disability around the globe; examining the links between demographic change, health and welfare; and ensuring that the focus on populations and population health is not lost in Harvard’s broader attempts to contribute to human security and development.