African nursing leaders take deep dive into how to strengthen health systems
The inaugural cohort in the Harvard Global Nursing Leadership Program's Certificate in Global Public Health for Nurse Leaders convened in Kenya in September for a week-long intensive course on health systems strengthening.
Medicaid hospital reimbursement linked with more use of long-acting contraception after births
The use of long-acting reversible contraception—such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) or contraceptive implants—increased among people who recently gave birth in states that switched their Medicaid policies to include hospital reimbursement for such contraception, according to a study from…
Poll demonstrates persisting racial health and wealth gap in the U.S.
In a recent poll from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, NPR, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, researchers found that Black Americans are being disproportionately affected by the rising U.S. inflation rates compared to white…
Africa sees 10-year gain in healthy life expectancy
Between 2000 and 2019, healthy life expectancy—the number of years a person is in a good state of health—jumped from 46 to 56 years in Africa, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Endometriosis linked with increased stroke risk
People with a history of endometriosis had a greater risk for stroke than those without endometriosis, a study found.
Opinion: Health care is prime target of federal antitrust effort
For years, corporate consolidations and mergers in the U.S. health care system have fueled rising health care prices and costs. Federal officials are now focused on more vigorous enforcement of antitrust law across society—with the health care industry…
Bringing heart and humanity to hematology
A hematology fellow from Australia, Eddie Cliff, MPH ’22, cares just as deeply about the well-being of his patients as he does about improving health systems as a whole. He’s also a writer published in the New York…
Primary care system needs transformation, say experts
The primary care system in the U.S. needs to deliver better care at lower cost and ensure that doctors, medical staff, and patients are more satisfied, according to experts.
Student’s journey to U.S. to save daughter sparks a career in public health
In a recent interview, Oana Geambasu described how she unintentionally became an adviser to Romania’s health minister, and what it means to her to be the country’s first graduate from the School in almost 100 years.
Shock to the system
Ellen Chappelka, MPH ’22, was taken aback by preventable health problems she saw while working as an EMT in New Orleans. Now she wants to change systemic issues that make people vulnerable in the first place.