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Harvard School of Public Health receives $14.1 million grant to reduce maternal, infant deaths in India
Four-Year Study to Test Effectiveness of WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist For immediate release: July 26, 2011 Boston, MA – Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has been awarded a $14.1 million, four-year grant from the Bill & Melinda…
Indonesian Minister of Health discusses challenges of implementing health reform
July 15, 2011 Improving access to health care for more than 237 million people spread across the sprawling 17,000-plus island Republic of Indonesia is fraught with logistical and political challenges, Dr. Endang R. Sedyaningsih, MPH ’92, SD ’97, Minister…
Inequalities in consumer health spending essential in controlling Mass. health care costs
As the Massachusetts legislature considers ways to control health care costs in the state, inequalities in consumer medical spending need to be part of the debate, says HSPH Associate Dean Nancy Turnbull. Writing for WBUR’s CommonHealth blog, Turnbull…
Support for Massachusetts landmark health reform law rises in 2011
Most Don’t Think Law is Main Reason for Rising Health Care Costs For immediate release: June 5, 2011 A new poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe finds 63% of Massachusetts residents support…
Romney and health care: In the thick of history
Coverage in the Boston Globe, May 30, 2011 featuring HSPH's John McDonough
HSPH Prof. cites 10 reasons for optimism about health reform implementation
In his latest column for Kaiser Health News, John McDonough, director of the Center for Public Health Leadership at HSPH, offers hope to supporters of health insurance reform who may be worried about efforts to repeal last year’s…
The Triangle Factory fire and workplace safety regulations
On the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City, Elkan Blout Professor of Environmental Genetics David Christiani talks about how the tragedy mobilized government officials and the public to strengthen workplace safety regulations. He also…
Hsiao helps Vermont overhaul its health care system
The economic climate and demographic shifts around the globe have pushed the work of William Hsiao, the K.T. Li professor of economics at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), to the forefront of international health policy, impacting millions…
President Obama signals support for flexibility for states in implementing health law
In the first of a new bi-weekly column for Kaiser Health News, HSPH’s John McDonough analyzes President Barack Obama’s recent decision to give states more flexibility to implement the new health insurance reform law. By announcing his support…
HSPH Dean Julio Frenk on health reform lessons from Mexico
Dean Julio Frenk, who served as Mexico’s minister of health from 2000 to 2006, contributed to the Harvard Business Review’s “Innovations in Health Care” blog. As countries from Ghana to the United States grapple with expanding health care…