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Selective abortion of girls appears common throughout India
Over the past decade, an increasing number of families in India appear to be aborting their second child if prenatal tests indicate the child is female, presumably to ensure that at least one child in the family will…
Report recommends new United Nations Population Fund head focus on sexual and reproductive health
The new head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) should focus on the agency’s core mission—promoting sexual and reproductive health, including universal access to family planning, according to a new report by a Center for Global Development…
Economic growth fails to remedy undernutrition in India's children
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 to directly invest in appropriate health interventions such as food aid, according to a…
Secondhand smoke laws may reduce childhood ear infections
For immediate release: Thursday, January 27, 2011 Boston, MA -- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues from the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society, Republic of Ireland, have found that a reduction in secondhand…
Violence against mothers linked to 1.8 million female infant and child deaths in India
For immediate release: Wednesday, January 5, 2011 Boston, MA -- The deaths of 1.8 million female infants and children in India over the past 20 years are related to domestic violence against their mothers, according to a new…
Environmental health news: Exposure to PCBs, dioxin appears to stunt growth in Russian boys
Russian boys exposed to unusually high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are smaller than their peers, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health researchers published in the January 2011 issue of Pediatrics. Boys with the…
Study finds intensive care cost-effective for newborns in Mexico
A new study by researchers at HSPH, working with colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine and the Mexican Ministry of Health, finds that expensive, intensive care that enables many preterm and low-birth-weight infants to survive is highly cost-effective…
Chemical compounds emitted from common household paints and cleaners increase risks of asthma and allergies in children
October 22, 2010 -- Young children whose bedrooms had high concentrations of fumes emitted from common household water-based cleaners and paints appear to have increased risks of doctor-diagnosed asthma, rhinitis, eczema, as well as multiple allergic diseases according…
New research program to focus on environmental health and child development
October 13, 2010 -- Harvard School of Public Health has been awarded a four-year, $11 million grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences to establish a Superfund Research Program. This network of university- based research projects…
Report calls for schools to adjust lice policies to keep kids in school
HSPH’s Richard Pollack is quoted in a Time magazine article about a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics calling on schools to abandon strict no-nits policies that keep children out of class. Pollack is a research associate…