April 11, 2011 The statistics laid out by the Honorable Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, South African Minister of Health (right), during the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture … Continue reading “South African Health Minister presents plan for stemming the tide of HIV/AIDS in his country at HSPH Dean’s Distinguished Lecture”
April 5, 2011 — Each year since 1995, National Public Health Week has been celebrated during the first week in April. Organized by the American Public Health … Continue reading “National public health week 2011: Live injury-free”
March 29, 2011 — A radiation expert at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), says that radiation leakage from the continuing nuclear disaster in Japan … Continue reading “Risk to U.S. from Japan radiation low, expert says”
March 29, 2011 — Marking the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Flavia Bustreo (right), assistant director-general for women and children’s health at the … Continue reading “WHO’s Bustreo delivers Dean’s Distinguished Lecture with a ‘hidden agenda’ to inspire students to join fight for women’s and children’s health”
March 29, 2011 — When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers, injuring dozens and spewing thousands of barrels of … Continue reading “Crises responders seek to bridge gaps in emergency response”
March 28, 2011 — People in Japan may look calm on the outside but they are depressed on the inside, a former Harvard School … Continue reading “Experts at HSPH forum give views on ‘unprecedented’ triple crisis in Japan”
March 28, 2011 Ask a typical student who is studying epidemiology what she or he is learning, and the overwhelming answer will refer to … Continue reading “HSPH prof. Nancy Krieger pens new book, Epidemiology and The People’s Health: Theory and Context”
March 23, 2011 — Ten years ago, attention given to HIV/AIDS at a United Nations special session was followed by the establishment of the Global … Continue reading “Conference calls for global focus on the burden of non-communicable diseases of the world’s poorest billion”
March 22, 2011 — Former colleagues, faculty, students, staff and family members of the late Armen H. Tashjian, Jr., professor of toxicology, emeritus, and former chair … Continue reading “Brendan Manning receives Armen Tashjian, Jr., award for excellence in endocrine research”
March 11, 2011 — Growth in India’s economy since 1992 has not ended undernutrition among children in that country and may require the Indian government … Continue reading “Economic growth fails to remedy undernutrition in India’s children”