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African finance ministers convene at Harvard to discuss health financing
May 1, 2013 -- The influence of a minister of finance in shaping broad public policy, building sustainable health financing, and increasing efficiency in implementation and delivery of health and social services while securing fiscal and economic stability…
HSPH Dean Julio Frenk joins global health experts in endorsing polio eradication plan
April 10, 2013 -- Harvard School of Public Health Dean Julio Frenk joined hundreds of scientists, doctors, and technical experts from around the world to launch the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication on April 11, 2013. Today, the…
HSPH program fills training gap for nutrition researchers in India
March 11, 2013 -- India is poised to join the list of countries suffering from a dual burden of both infectious and chronic non-communicable diseases, many of which have their roots in diet and nutritional status. While poor…
Cutting costs, buoying health care
Coverage of HSPH's Voices From the Field talk with Donald Berwick, February 14, 2013, Harvard Gazette
Public narrative key to effective leadership
December 5, 2012 -- In 2004, a young senator from Illinois named Barack Obama gave the nomination speech for John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention. It was this speech, many experts say, that put Obama on the…
HSPH faculty members honored
November 30, 2012 -- Brendan Manning, associate professor of genetics and complex diseases, received a 2012 Senior Scholar in Aging Award from The Ellison Medical Foundation for his research on determining the genetic and metabolic relationship between the major longevity…
Health ministry teams gather in South Africa for regional workshop
November 27, 2012 -- In Rwanda, health officials would like to reduce childhood stunting. In Zambia, there’s an interest in improving the quality of service in provincial hospitals. Other African nations hope for further reductions in maternal and…
Motivating Latinos, others, to consider careers in public health
June 18, 2012 -- Listening to Ernesto Mejia talk about his background—growing up as the son of immigrants, dropping out of college, eventually becoming a college dean, then a motivational speaker—the students at East Boston High were mesmerized.…
Harvard welcomes global health ministers
June 6, 2012 -- The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) welcomed 16 ministers of health from Africa, Asia and Latin America to the first Ministerial Health Leaders Forum program this week at…
Inaugural HSPH Leadership Fellows share real-world public health policymaking expertise
April 24, 2012 To tackle a big public health issue—maternal mortality, for example—it takes more than simply focusing on how women fare during childbirth. It’s also important to think about maternal nutrition. About how different cultures regard women.…
