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July 2022
Protecting Health Care in Conflict Areas: Lessons from Ukraine to Tigray
In this webinar, experts will weigh in on the growing calls to strengthen the right to health in conflict. They will tackle pressing questions around how to ensure access to health care during times of instability, and how to improve global governance systems to support the penalization of crimes against health care.
Find out more »January 2021
Leveraging the Arts for a Healthier & Just America (this event has passed)
Motivated by the need to help the nation charter a pathway for an American recovery, DrPH Candidate and FXB Center for Health and Human Rights Fellow Amanda Taffy is working on a thesis entitled, The Role of the Arts During COVID-19: Gendered Expressions of Resilience & Empowerment. With the help of faculty from the FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, this thesis…
Find out more »Online exhibit: A World of Viruses (this event has passed)
Virus behavior can have both positive and negative repercussions in the world, and in our bodies. At this present time the world is coping with a pandemic caused by the infiltration of the airborne virus, COVID-19. In fact, viruses are ever present in our world, occupying nearly all organisms, and found in virtually every type of habitat. They are also ancient, predating some of the earliest forms of life. Through this online exhibit, “A World of Viruses,” we will learn…
Find out more »Nevertheless, she persisted (this event has passed)
Harvard College Opera presents an acoustic exploration of friendship, feminism and resilience inspired by Radcliffe’s exhibition “Accompanied.” Please join us for a performance of art songs featuring works by female composers across eras and oceans.
Find out more »October 2019
15+ Years of PEPFAR: How US Action On HIV/AIDS Has Changed Global Health
On October 7, 2019, the Harvard Global Health Institute will host a one-day symposium to explore what enabled the President’s Emergency Fund for Aids Relief - widely referred to as PEPFAR - and to showcase how it has transformed not just the worldwide HIV/AIDS response but global health delivery more broadly.
Find out more »November 2018
50 Years of ORT: Cashing in on the Poor Mans’ Gatorade
Join us in celebrating Dr. Richard Cash! Dr. Cash is a Senior Lecturer in Global Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT), a simple solution that continues to save millions of lives worldwide. To celebrate this milestone in public health, and to honor the scientific contributions of Dr. Richard Cash, a pioneer in ORT, we are hosting a special event on Monday, November 19th at the…
Find out more »October 2018
Women and the Global Health Workforce: Driving Action for Health and Gender Equity
From Bamako to Bogota, Bangalore to Boston, women are the majority of healthcare providers worldwide, yet underrepresented in leadership in science and medicine. Join the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Women and Health Initiative of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for a symposium to discuss women’s roles within the health system and the transformation possible – leading to gender equality on the path towards health for all. Register HERE 4:00pm – 4:05pm – Introductory Remarks Ana…
Find out more »Special Seminar: China’s Silk Road and Global Health
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Lincoln Chen, a very esteemed and valued member of the Harvard community! Lincoln Chen is President of the China Medical Board (CMB). Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2014, the CMB was endowed by John D. Rockefeller as an independent American foundation dedicated to advancing health in China and neighboring Asian countries in an interdependent world. CMB’s strategic philanthropy seeks to spark innovation and strengthen partnerships in building university capacity in health policy sciences,…
Find out more »Changing Minds, Saving Lives: Campaigning for Road Safety in India
Piyush Tewari’s 16-year-old cousin was returning home from school in Delhi when he was hit by a speeding jeep. The driver fled the scene, numerous bystanders did nothing to help, and the victim died — a common occurrence in India caused by bystanders’ well-founded fears of repeated police questioning and other legal pressures if they intervene. Mr. Tewari, outraged by his cousin’s fate, quit his job in the financial sector and created the SaveLIFE Foundation to campaign for Good Samaritan…
Find out more »April 2018
Road Safety for all Symposium (this event has passed)
Please join us for a symposium on "Road Safety for All: Innovations in Road Traffic Injury Prevention and Response". The event will begin at 9 am with doors opening at 8:30 am.
Find out more »October 2017
Women & the Global Health Workforce (Harvard Worldwide Week Event)
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