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Society is his patient
[ Spring 2009 ] Julio Frenk's arrival in January as the seventh Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) was, in a sense, a homecoming. It was in 1953 that his father, a research fellow at Boston's Children's…
Making sense of sexual violence in Central Africa
[ Spring 2009 ] Imani* was just 15 when soldiers from the rebel group Interahamwe seized her on the road. Amid a bewildering array of competing armies, local militias, and rebel factions, sexual brutality has reached unprecedented levels…
Study suggests inter-generational transfer of poor health from mother to child in India
Maternal Height Associated with Child Mortality and Growth Failure For immediate release: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Boston, MA-Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found a link between a mother's height and the health of…
Harvard School of Public Health economist David Bloom selected for group of global health research experts
For immediate release: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Boston, MA - David Bloom, a well-known health economist and demographer who has helped develop and popularize the notion that "health makes wealth," has been selected to join a group of…
Researchers estimate lives lost due to delay in antiretroviral drug use for HIV/AIDS in South Africa
For immediate release: Monday, October 20, 2008 Boston, MA - More than 330,000 lives were lost to HIV/AIDS in South Africa from 2000 and 2005 because a feasible and timely antiretroviral (ARV) treatment program was not implemented, assert…
Smoking and solid-fuel-burning in homes in China projected to cause millions of deaths from respiratory diseases in next three decades
For immediate release: October 4, 2008 Boston, MA -- If current levels of smoking and biomass and coal fuel use in homes continues, between 2003 and 2033 there will be an estimated 65 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
A tale of two countries: Q and A with Professor Jennifer Leaning
[ Fall 2008 ] On May 2, Cyclone Nargis hit the coast of Myanmar, devastating the low-lying Irrawaddy delta with 120 miles-per-hour winds and a 12-foot tidal surge. Ten days later, an earthquake measuring 8 on the Richter scale struck…
2008 Alumni Award of Merit winners
[ Fall 2008 ] Standouts in public health tend to view big problems as boulders that must be rolled uphill, however steep those hills might be. This year’s recipients of the Alumni Award of Merit have each approached serious health…
You have to be there
[ Spring 2008 ] Michael Von Clemm traveling fellows experience public health in the real world There's a world of difference between studying public health and working in the field. If you're going to stop sexual genocide, stem the spread…
A low-tech way to combat HIV/AIDS
[ Spring 2008 ] The world is finally waking up to male circumcision The Harvard School of Public Health’s Daniel Halperin has been something of a maverick in the field of HIV/AIDS research. A medical anthropologist and an epidemiologist—one who scours populations…
