[ Spring 2009 ] Like a runaway train, type 2 diabetes is speeding through many rapidly developing countries, including China. Could a seemingly simple change in diet—from white rice … Continue reading “Obesity in China portends a diabetic disaster”
AGENTS OF CHANGE Participants in the China Senior Health Executive Training Program (including Ge LiJun, deputy director general of the Ministry of Health’s Department of … Continue reading “Training China’s public health leaders”
[ Spring 2009 ] At the height of China’s SARS outbreak in the spring of 2003, with Beijing reporting hundreds of new cases a day, Yuanli Liu woke … Continue reading “China’s leaders, HSPH experts unite in health reform effort”
[ Spring 2009 ] The human cost of South Africa’s misguided AIDS policies AIDS activists and researchers argued for years that the negligent HIV/AIDS policies of former South … Continue reading “The cost of South Africa’s misguided AIDS policies”
[ Spring 2009 ] Innovative course prepares students to cope with complexity Imagine yourself as a candidate for the master’s degree in public health at Harvard. … Continue reading “Case-based learning”
The making of reformer Sarah Iselin By the latest estimates, only 2.6 percent of Massachusetts residents lack health insurance, the lowest rate of any … Continue reading “Reining in Health Costs”
[ Spring 2009 ] Products Designed to Evade Control Can’t smoke on an airplane, but still crave tobacco? Tobacco companies have come up with a solution … Continue reading “Stealth tobacco”
In this issue Employer health incentives: Employee wellness programs prod workers to adopt healthy lifestyles Companies are increasingly using wellness incentives — and disincentives … Continue reading “Harvard Public Health: Winter 2009”
[Winter 2009] Employee wellness programs prod workers to adopt healthy lifestyles A Massachusetts man lost his job at a Scotts Miracle-Gro lawn and garden … Continue reading “Employer health incentives”
[Winter 2009] Harvard College Alcohol Study calls for changes at U.S. Schools Fed up with their inability to deter underage students from binge drinking … Continue reading “Binge drinking”