Now accepting applications for 2013-2014.  The deadline is March 15, 2013.

Current and Former Takemi Fellows are invited to join the Takemi Program in International Health Group on Facebook.  The purpose of this group is to allow Takemi Fellows and Alumni to network and interact both formally and informally.  The group is intended for past and present Takemi Fellows only.  We welcome others to add us as a Friend, and to join our Fan Page.

The Takemi Program in International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health is an interdisciplinary research program that focuses on the problems of mobilizing, allocating, and maintaining limited resources to improve health. To address these issues, the program brings together at Harvard a small group of Takemi Fellows, mid-career professionals from around the world, with particular emphasis on fellows from developing countries.

Through its activities, the program aims to advance knowledge about international health and to contribute to institutional development and improvement of national policy.

The program was established in 1983 and is named after Dr. Taro Takemi, the distinguished physician-scientist who served for more than 25 years as the president of the Japan Medical Association.

We are pleased to announce the publication of a book on pharmaceutical reform co-authored by the Takemi Program’s Director Michael Reich: Pharmaceutical Reform: A Guide to Improving Performance and Equity.  Full text can be downloaded free of charge.Please also note that Access: How do good health technologies get to poor people in poor countries(a book on access to health technologies co-authored by the Takemi Program’s Director Michael Reich) is available for download free of charge as well.

We are happy to announce that Policymaker software is now available for download free of charge. This easy-to-use tool can help you analyze, understand, and create effective strategies to promote your point of view on any policy question or political issue. PolicyMaker provides step-by-step guidance to help you conduct a stakeholder analysis and design political strategies to support your policy.