How China vanquished malaria—and what African countries can learn from the experience
December 16, 2020 – In 2010, China announced one of its most ambitious undertakings in public health: It planned to eliminate indigenous cases of malaria within a decade. The disease had a long and lethal history in the country—it’s…
Worldwide Week highlights Harvard’s global reach
Harvard Worldwide Week 2020 showcases the breadth of the University’s global engagement through a host of virtual offerings and features a host of Harvard Chan School experts.
Bearing witness
Harvard Chan School scientists at the forefront of the pandemic response share their stories of stress, exhaustion, anger, grief, gratitude, and soul-searching.
Malaria genetic surveillance project receives HGI grant
A Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health project to conduct genetic surveillance of malaria parasites in China is one of seven projects to receive grants this year from the Harvard Global Institute (HGI). Led by Dyann Wirth,…
Off the Cuff: 21st-Century Barefoot Doctors
Fifty years ago, during the Cultural Revolution in China, a cadre of “barefoot doctors” were dispatched to provide basic health care for their rural communities. Winnie Yip believes the program continues to hold lessons for today.
Symposium focuses on aging and health
April 5, 2018 – As the world’s population ages, driven by declines in both birth and death rates in many countries, older people’s ability to continue to do things that matter to them—rather than merely being free of…
Winnie Yip elected president of International Health Economics Association
Winnie Yip, professor of the practice of international health policy and economics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was elected president of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA).
Health and education ministers focus on leadership at annual Harvard forum
July 11, 2017 – For four intensive days in June, 16 education and health ministers from developing countries in Africa gathered at Harvard to focus on leadership effectiveness, priority setting, financing, and policy implementation. They came for the…
Finance ministers from Africa, Latin America convene for annual forum at Harvard
May 1, 2017 – Countries with inclusive and responsive governing institutions—essentially, those that are more democratic—are also more economically successful. That was one of the messages that 15 finance ministers from Africa and Latin America heard at the fifth…