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Using media—and Muppets—to promote health
February 26, 2013 -- A small girl in Tanzania is getting ready to go to sleep. She is tucked safely in her bed, surrounded by mosquito netting. “Hey mosquito, I hear you, but you can’t get at me,”…
Scale-up of HIV treatment in rural South Africa dramatically increases adult life expectancy
For immediate release: February 21, 2013 Boston, MA — The large antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up in a rural community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has led to a rapid and dramatic increase in population adult life expectancy—a gain of…
During visit to China, Dean Julio Frenk aims to strengthen HSPH collaborations
February 15, 2013 -- In a week-long January 2013 trip to China, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) Dean Julio Frenk brought an important message about public health: that it’s essential to continued human progress. Frenk’s trip, which…
At India’s Kumbh Mela, world’s largest gathering, researchers document public health concerns
February 12, 2013 -- Tens of millions of people are gathering for the Kumbh Mela, a 55-day Hindu religious festival currently underway in Allahabad, India. The event happens every 12 years, with a massive temporary city constructed to accommodate…
HSPH efforts in Africa helped lead to decade of success against AIDS
Government-funded program known as PEPFAR allowed School to scale up efforts February 11, 2013 -- The largest public health initiative in history dedicated to a single disease was announced unexpectedly during President George W. Bush’s State of the…
University of Toronto and Harvard School of Public Health Study Finds Growing ‘Weight Extremes’ in the Developing World
For immediate release: January 16, 2013 Boston, MA – Obese and overweight people are gaining weight rapidly in low-and middle-income countries while those who are severely undernourished are not experiencing similar weight gains, according to a University of…
Breast cancer in China: HSPH to partner in new awareness initiative
January 3, 2013 -- Breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women in China, with 1.1 million new cases annually. China’s breast cancer mortality has doubled over the past 30 years. Diagnosis tends to be made…
Study finds years living with disease, injury increasing globally
For immediate release: Thursday, December 13, 2012 Boston, MA — No matter where they live, how much education they have, or what their incomes are, people have very similar perceptions on the impact of diseases and injuries. This…
Malaria parasite transforms itself to hide from human immune system
December 13, 2012 -- In order to spread disease inside the human body, the malaria parasite must evade the human immune system—which it does remarkably well. Now, researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have uncovered details about…
World AIDS Day 2012
November 30, 2012 -- Since the early 1980s, HSPH researchers have made fundamental discoveries about HIV/AIDS and worked on the frontlines of the disease. In 1983, Max Essex provided key evidence that the infection is caused by a retrovirus; two years…
