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Are drug companies living up to their human rights responsibilities?
September 28, 2010 -- How well are drug companies allowing patients access to medicines and carrying out other human rights responsibilities spelled out two years ago in a report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right…
Tobacco companies target poorer neighborhoods with advertising
Prof. Gregory Connolly, director of the Tobacco Control Research Group at HSPH, is quoted in a Boston Globe article about tobacco advertising in Boston. The article notes that storefront tobacco ads are ubiquitous in lower-income neighborhoods, particularly those…
Global Health Leaders advocate for expanding cancer care in developing countries
For immediate release: Monday, August 16, 2010 BOSTON, MA -- Once thought to be a problem primarily in the developed world, cancer is now a leading cause of death and disability in poorer countries. Almost two-thirds of the…
Global health leaders advocate for expanding cancer care in developing countries
Once thought to be a problem primarily in the developed world, cancer is now a leading cause of death and disability in poorer countries. Almost two-thirds of the 7.6 million cancer deaths in the world occur in low-…
More than two billion people worldwide lack access to surgical services
Operating Theatres and Essential Surgical Equipment Often Unavailable in Developing Regions For immediate release: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Boston, MA -- More than two billion people worldwide do not have adequate access to surgical treatment, according to a…
A women and health agenda: It's time
[ Spring/Summer 2010 ] by Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health In today’s global health agenda, women’s experiences—from birth to death and in all their diversity—deserve to occupy center stage. Why? Because at the most basic level, we are…
From patient to public health leader
[ Spring/Summer 2010 ] Indian Health Services Director Yvette Roubideaux is on a quest to improve American Indian health. As a child in Rapid City, South Dakota, Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH’97, used to fill her bag with books whenever she…
Lung cancer disparities center at HSPH announced as one of ten awardees for Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities
For immediate release: Monday, May 3, 2010 Boston, MA -- The Lung Cancer Disparities Center at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has been named one of ten Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities (CPHHD) by…
Can cost-effective health care = better health care?
[Winter 2010] Cost-effectiveness research pinpoints best values for limited health care dollars—and the results may surprise you An interview with Harvard School of Public Health’s Milton Weinstein offers some revealing insights into how the U.S. health care system could save…
The digital divide
Technological haves and have-nots Seventy percent of the U.S. adult population in 2007 was online and 80 percent of them say they have searched for health information. But data from two studies—the Pew Internet & American Life Project…