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Health is key component of global agenda, says HSPH dean
Health is key in advancing three of the most fundamental issues on the global agenda: economic development, global security, and human rights, HSPH Dean Julio Frenk told The Huffington Post. Healthy populations are crucial for growing struggling economies…
Turner, Frenk discuss global health challenges at Forum launch
The Forum at the Harvard School of Public Health was officially launched Thursday, Dec. 9, with a lively discussion on global health issues between CNN founder and philanthropist Ted Turner and HSPH Dean Julio Frenk. Abigail Trafford, former…
Dean Julio Frenk, Prof. Sue Goldie to discuss Global Health Diplomacy at Havard Kennedy School
For immediate release: Friday, December 3, 2010 CAMBRIDGE, MA. – A conversation focusing on global health diplomacy featuring the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, the former Minister of Health of Mexico who is now dean of Harvard’s…
HSPH hosts HIV/AIDS panel on World AIDS Day
World AIDS Days is observed each year on December 1. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the AIDS pandemic and paying tribute to the millions of people who have died or suffer from the disease.…
Overweight primarily a problem among wealthier women in low- to middle-income countries
Researchers suggest policies should focus on comprehensive nutritional policy that balances the urgent need to increase nutritional intake among poor, as well as reduce overweight among the rich For immediate release: Monday, November 22, 2010 Boston, MA –…
Institute of Medicine Head Harvey Fineberg discusses growing disease burden in developing nations
Scarce health resources in the developing world are being increasingly stretched by the growing challenge of heart disease, diabetes and other chronic diseases, while infectious diseases and neglected tropical diseases also demand new attention, former HSPH Dean Harvey Fineberg,…
Surgery an unmet need in global health
Public health professionals who work in the developing world have long focused on defeating infectious diseases, and recently have widened their focus to include chronic illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. But access to quality surgical…
Women's health: Rape of the Congo
In her role as gender-based violence research coordinator at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, 2008 HSPH graduate Jocelyn Kelly traveled to war-torn Eastern Congo in 2009 and early 2010 to conduct interviews with perpetrators of sexual violence and mass…
HSPH Dean Frenk joins world leaders in Millennium Development Advocacy Group
October 6, 2010 -- HSPH Dean Julio Frenk is a member of the MDG Advocacy Group, a task force of global leaders charged promoting the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) -- global targets for eradicating poverty,…
Global health news: HSPH alum on the challenges of leading Afghanistan's public health efforts
Dr. Suraya Dalil, who graduated from HSPH with a masters in health care management in 2005, serves as Acting Minister of Public Health in Afghanistan. Dalil, who attended medical school in Afghanistan in the late 1980s, returned to…