A survivor's empathy
Angela Diaz, MPH '02, knows what it's like to overcome nearly impossible odds—and to pay forward the hard lessons she learned along the way.
Health ministers urged to think more like economists
June 24, 2016 – Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus called on health ministers at the fifth annual Ministerial Forum for Health Ministers at Harvard to think of health as an integral part of economic development and to recognize productive…
New China-Harvard-Africa Network enhances global health collaboration
June 23, 2016—Public health leaders from China and across Africa recently gathered in Boston, joining their counterparts from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for the inaugural meeting of the newly established China-Harvard-Africa Network. The vision…
‘Pay-for-performance’ programs may need a reboot
June 17, 2016 -- A new study suggests that so-called “pay-for-performance” programs—in which hospitals are financially rewarded for better patient outcomes and penalized for worse outcomes—may not be working. Ashish Jha, senior author of the study, discusses the…
One-third of children in low- and middle-income countries fail to reach developmental milestones
For immediate release: June 7, 2016 With data on almost 100,000 children, new research reveals extent of developmental setbacks among 3- and 4-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries Boston, MA ─ In developing countries, one-third of children 3 and 4 years…
Rebuilding health care in Nepal
Following last year’s devastating earthquake, a student commits to improving health care in his native country June 1, 2016 -- When Ramu Kharel, MPH ’16, was seven years old, his father won the lottery for an immigrant visa…
Helping a war-torn country rebuild
Student plans on returning home to Syria to practice science, influence health care policy May 10, 2016 -- Lana Awad didn’t know until she was in ninth grade that she was visually impaired because of a genetic disorder. She…
New FDA regulations on e-cigarettes a “mixed bag”
May 9, 2016 -- E-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and hookah tobacco will soon be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and their sale will be banned to anyone under age 18, it was announced May 5.…
Getting injured workers back on their feet
May 3, 2016—Physician Jeff Vogel, MPH ’16, has treated all manner of workplace injuries from broken bones to monkey bites. When these patients need rehabilitation, Vogel wants to get them back on the job as soon as possible—studies…
Is good health good for business?
April 28, 2016 — Every company has a “public health footprint,” according to John Quelch, a professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Business School (HBS). It can be seen in the ways that…
