International Collaborations

International collaborations at the Harvard School of Public Health involve 90 countries and include major initiatives in Africa, China, India, and Cyprus—a pivotal gateway to the Middle East—North Africa, and Europe.

AFRICA

Making sense of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Researchers with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative seek to understand and prevent sexual atrocities in the Congo 

South Africa’s misguided AIDS policies
Former president’s rule resulted in hundreds of thousands of early deaths and preventable infections

Saving mothers and infants from HIV 
New drug regimen could revolutionize care in the developing world

The wily malaria parasite
Genetically diverse P. falciparum strains add up to one virulent, drug resistant foe

Refugee from the Congo
Mastering languages of public health and biostatistics

ASIA

Child brides, child mothers, child victims
Changing the cycle of family abuse in India and South Asia

China’s leaders, HSPH experts unite in reform effort
Keeping 1.3 billion people healthy

Obesity in China portends a diabetic disaster
Can brown rice blunt an epidemic? 

The lessons of oral rehydration therapy
The co-discoverer of a simple solution to a global killer passes all he has learned to public health’s next generation 

What’s behind Asia’s gold rush?
For both China and India, advances in health have helped fuel prosperity 

Passages to China and India
In the transitions of these countries toward greater wealth and health, the School is playing a valuable role

 

EUROPE and the MIDDLE EAST

Making smoking history worldwide
HSPH’s push toward a tobacco-free planet

A geographer of health
Mapping health risks in Cyprus and Boston

HSPH-Cyprus Initiative
Bringing public health innovation to the eastern Mediterranean