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Getting to know … Patience Saaka, MPH ’22
Patience Saaka is a physician from Ghana with a passion for promoting equity in health care and ending gender-based violence.

A call to optimize child health
A new Lancet series focuses on building a holistic global health agenda for improving child and adolescent health and development from before conception to adulthood, and to reduce inequities in access and quality of care.

Opinion: Botswana lab that identified omicron is model for global health goals
The first lab to identify the omicron COVID-19 variant, established by the government of Botswana and Harvard Chan School, is a model of a successful global health response, according to an opinion article.

Program to help business leaders address public health challenges
A new certificate program for business leaders will focus on why incorporating public health considerations as a key part of their work can help people, communities, and the planet—and help businesses thrive at the same time.

Uncovering the health effects of the Great Migration
Cecilia Vu, PhD ’22, uses her quantitative skills to explore the health of African Americans who left the South during the 20th century.

‘The infectious disease that nobody ever thinks about’
To mark World TB Day, March 24, Harvard Chan School's Sarah Fortune, a TB expert, discusses the state of the disease worldwide, obstacles to fighting it, and the latest research.

A prescription for future pandemics
WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus, in conversation with Harvard Chan School Dean Michelle Williams, outlined steps to combat the “confusion and incoherence” that has characterized the COVID-19 pandemic response.

Fostering ‘untapped potential’ of women leaders across globe
The Jane Jie Sun Harvard LEAD Fellowship aims to equip and empower women from low- and middle-income countries for global health leadership roles. Women from Malawi, Namibia, India, and Uganda are part of the 2021 cohort.

The negative health implications of restricting abortion access
Ana Langer, professor of the practice of public health and coordinator of the Women and Health Initiative, discusses abortion access in the U.S. and globally, and the negative health implications caused by restrictions.

Malaria expert predicts vaccine will spur innovation
In October, the World Health Organization (WHO) for the first time recommended a broad rollout of a vaccine that protects against Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite globally and the most prevalent in Africa.