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Why Public Health? Velephi Okello
May 2012 -- In our video series "Why Public Health?" we ask Harvard School of Public Health students to talk about why they chose to enter the field. Here, Velephi Okello, who earned her MPH in 2012, talks…
Why Public Health? Predrag Stojicic
May 2012 -- In our video series "Why Public Health?" we ask Harvard School of Public Health students to talk about why they chose to enter the field. Here, Predrag Stojicic, an MPH candidate and physician from Serbia,…
HIV may increase risk of malaria infection in children
April 26, 2012 In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of HIV/AIDS and malaria is disproportionately high and co-infection may be as high as 30 percent among HIV-positive populations in some African settings. Now, a new study by Harvard School…
Aging HIV/AIDS survivors place growing demands on health system
Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS is no longer the death sentence it once was. Many HIV/AIDS patients now live long lives, thanks to the development of antiretroviral drugs. There is a need to recognize these aging survivors and their unique…
Bring lessons from the "AIDS decade" to the fight against the global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases
February 22, 2012 There is a myth that chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes are only a problem for wealthier countries. But in fact, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 28 million people annually in low- and middle-income countries.…
HSPH hosts AIDS@30 international symposium
Hundreds of leaders in the worldwide fight against AIDS—public health experts, scientists, doctors, activists, and others—gathered December 1-2, 2011 at a conference organized by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) focused on ending the epidemic. Speakers at the…
Former U.S. President George W. Bush visits HSPH-affiliated AIDS clinic in Tanzania
December 2, 2011 -- On World AIDS Day, George W. Bush and Laura Bush visited the new Mnazi Mmoja Center for Excellence in HIV Care and Education in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) helped establish the…
World AIDS Day: What does the future hold?
Coverage in the Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2011, featuring HSPH's Rick Marlink
End to 30-year war against AIDS in sight
Boston, MA -- Thirty years, 30 million deaths and 60 million infections after HIV appeared, medical researchers now have the tools to halt the deadly epidemic. "We have the weapons to win the war against AIDS," says [[Richard…
HSPH research on benefits of treating AIDS patients cited by Secretary Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently cited ongoing research by Stephen Resch, deputy director of the Center for Health Decision Science at Harvard School of Public Health, in a November 8, 2011 speech at the National Institutes…