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FXB Fellow Satchit Balsari receives honor in India
Satchit Balsari receives award from Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India Satchit Balsari, an FXB Center for Health and Human Rights Fellow and, until recently, chief of the Global Emergency Medicine Program at Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital,…
Cardiovascular disease-related hospital admissions jump on second day after major snowfall
For immediate release: Monday, January 30, 2017 Boston, MA – Hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases decline on days with major snowfalls compared to days with no snowfall, but they jump by 23% two days later, according to a…
National Preparedness Leadership Initiative trains TSA executives
Leonard Marcus, lecturer on public health practice in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) that he co-directs, were mentioned in a December…
‘Bugs’ on the subway: Monitoring the microbial environment to improve public health
For immediate release: June 28, 2016 Boston, MA – The trillions of microbes that transfer from people to surfaces could provide an early warning system for the emergence of public health threats such as a flu outbreak or a rise…
Advice for future public health leaders: Build partnerships before crises occur
May 2, 2016 – Making connections and building partnerships with other people and organizations is key to handling a public health crisis—and it’s particularly important to do so before the crisis hits. That was one of the leadership…
U.S. health care system ready for Zika outbreak?
After finding that he would not be able to get a test for the Zika virus in a timely manner at his well-resourced Boston hospital, Michael VanRooyen doubts that the U.S. health care system is ready to contain…
Report calls for changes at WHO in wake of Ebola outbreak
A panel reviewing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa says WHO “must re-establish its pre-eminence as the guardian of global public health.”
Following earthquakes, building a more resilient Nepal
May 13, 2015 — Like others before him, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health student Kai Hsiao, MPH ’15, predicted that a major earthquake in Nepal was inevitable, and that the health care needs in the aftermath…
Nepal relief efforts at Harvard Chan School
May 1, 2015 — Faculty and students across Harvard are responding to the consequences of the Nepal earthquake that has left thousands dead and many more injured and homeless. Harvard Humanitarian Initiative The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is…
Improving civilian-military humanitarian response when disasters strike
When a large-scale disaster like the current Ebola crisis in West Africa or a major storm like Hurricane Katrina hits, coordination often is lacking between the U.S. military and civilian-run nongovernmental organizations and intergovernmental organizations. To address this…