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HGHI, HU CFAR Host Virtual Grand Rounds on Lessons from HIV for Global Equity During Pandemics

Ongoing global Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutic inequities threaten to prolong and exacerbate the pandemic for all countries. As advocates, academics, and policymakers alike call for the U.S. and other wealthy nations to share these lifesaving resources with the world, it is prudent to consider the lessons learned from the HIV pandemic that can be translated

Released: Highly Anticipated Annual Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change Policy Brief for the U.S.

2021 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change U.S. Policy Brief On Wednesday, October 20th at 6:30pm EST the highly anticipated fifth annual Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change U.S. Policy Brief was released. The annual global report tracks the impact of climate change on human health and is a product of more than [...]

New Report from Harvard and Global Experts Shows Investments in Nature Needed to Stop the Next Pandemic

View original post Protecting forests and changing agricultural practices are essential, cost-effective actions to prevent pandemics Boston, Mass. – As the world struggles to contain COVID-19, a group of leading, scientific experts from the U.S., Latin America, Africa, and South Asia released a report today outlining the strong scientific foundations for taking actions to stop [...]

HGHI, Harvard Chan C-CHANGE Launch the Preventing Pandemics at the Source Scientific Task Force

In partnership with the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE), HGHI is excited to announce the launch of a new task force composed of experts from across the world who will work together to identify the most effective ways to prevent [...]

UHC is: Clean Air For All

The First Ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies Underscores the Environmental Link to Human Health UHC Benefits from Clean Air For the inaugural International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on September 7, 2020, HGHI and the One by One: Target 2030 campaign is highlighting clean air as a necessity to [...]

From the Urban Institute: What Would it Take to Reduce Inequities in Healthy Life Expectancy?

By Austin Frakt The Urban Institute recently published a report titled “What Would it Take to Reduce Inequities in Healthy Life Expectancy?” Its purpose is to articulate strategies to boost the effectiveness of the health system in addressing health-related social needs to narrow health inequities and areas of research that would help it do so. [...]

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Transparency Rule Threatens Health

Unprecedented times mandate novel collaborations: Harvard experts in the fields of medicine, law and environmental health have joined forces to share their concern about a new transparency rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. [...]

Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospitals and Clinical Institutes Sign Joint Commitment to Decarbonize

Recognizing the impact of climate change on health care, Harvard Medical School and affiliated teaching hospitals and clinical institutes agree to reduce greenhouse gas emissions [...]

Lancet Countdown: Climate Change threatens people’s health today

Climate change threatens the health of people around the world today. In the United States, increases in heat and heatwaves pose a serious threat to health and labor productivity. Inreases in extreme weather events significantly threaten both health and health systems. And climate change is elevating the risk of misquito-, tick- and water-borne diseases. [...]

Harvard Gazette “Another climate change concern: Forced migration”

On Thursday, September 28, 2017 the Harvard Global Health Institute hosted a symposium on Climate Change, Migration and Health. Jennifer Leaning, the Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health gave the keynote and was followed by two panel of experts. The Harvard Gazette covered the event in [...]

Human Health in a Changing Climate

The Harvard Global Health Institute, in collaboration with the Climate Change Solutions Fund and the Harvard University Center for the Environment, hosted a symposium on the impact of climate change on health, entitled “Human Health in a Changing Climate.” [...]