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Pathways to Global Health with Shela Sridhar, MD, MPH

42 Church Street, Cambridge, MA, United States
Join us for this informal in-person session for Harvard undergraduates to connect with our current 2023 HGHI Burke Global Health Fellow, Shela Sridhar, MD, MPH. Learn about her career journey in global health over pizzas and soft drinks! Shela Sridhar is a 2023 HGHI Burke Global Health Fellow. She is an internal medicine and pediatrics-trained physician working as a hospitalist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH). She completed a Global Health Service Delivery Fellowship at BCH where she worked on health system strengthening initiatives.

Educating Future Global Health Practitioners in One of the Most Remote Places in the World

42 Church Street, Cambridge, MA, United States
In-person event. Available to Harvard Undergraduate Students only. In-person capacity is limited and available on a first come first serve basis. The Harvard Global Health Institute  is pleased to welcome Dr. Mangal Rawal, Vice Chancellor of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS), a medical university in one of the most remote areas of the world, to Harvard’s campus on Wednesday, February 28th. In this interactive event, Dr. Rawal will discuss rural health equity and share the mission, achievements, operations, and challenges of running a medical university in a remote region. The conversation will be moderated by Pradish Poudel, MD, graduate student in Global Health Delivery at Harvard Medical School. Students will get insider knowledge about health equity in rural areas such as Karnali, Nepal, and gain insight on the challenges and inner workings of health organizations like KAHS. Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) is a medical university established by the government of Nepal to enable access to quality healthcare services and education at an affordable cost for the people of under resourced areas in Jumla. Dr Rawal, the Vice Chancellor of KAHS, has played a pivotal role in establishing and advancing the organization, setting an example for how to successfully operate a medical university in one of the most remote areas of the world. Mangal Rawal, MD, MPA was born in a remote village of the Karnali Province in Nepal. He defied the odds to pursue education, completing traditional schooling in his village before advancing for further studies. Despite limited resources, he obtained his MBBS/MD from BPKIHS and Residency in Orthopedics from NAMS, Kathmandu, both on government scholarships. Following this, he pursued an AOA Fellowship in Trauma in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and earned a master’s in public administration (MPA) from Tribhuvan University. Recognized for his dedication to rural health, he was appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences (KAHS) by then Prime Minister of Nepal, becoming the youngest Vice Chancellor in Nepalese history. His tenure witnessed groundbreaking initiatives, including establishing undergraduate and postgraduate medical education programs in a remote medical school. During the COVID-19 pandemic, his leadership as the hospital director of KAHS earned him the prestigious President’s Medal for extraordinary contributions. Driven by a vision to transform KAHS into a center of excellence for rural health, medicinal herbs research, and mountain medicine, Dr. Rawal remains committed to serving the communities of Karnali with clinical expertise and social advocacy.
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Power and Money in Global Health: A conversation with Tim Schwab about “The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire”

MA, United States
In this interactive, hybrid event, Alicia Ely Yamin, JD, MPH, PhD, will moderate a conversation with investigative journalist and author Tim Schwab about his latest book, The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire. Audiences, both in-person and online, will have the opportunity to join in the discussion. This event is part of HGHI’s Scholarly Working Group Initiative. It is being co-hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, and in partnership with the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights and the Program on Law and Political Economy at Harvard Law School.   To join the event virtually, please click here to register   In earlier eras, the super-wealthy—Carnegie, Rockefeller, Frick and the like—were denominated as “robber barons”. They were pilloried by the popular news media and investigated in some situations. But that is not the case with Bill Gates, who has been lauded for his philanthropy in global health. Based on investigative journalist, Tim Schwab’s, exhaustively researched new book, this event will take a closer look at Bill Gates’ approach to global health, and what has come to be called “philanthrocapitalism.” The rise of philanthrocapitalism is tied to a shift in thinking about development and the role of the state in global health governance. Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation are worthy of particular focus because their investments dwarf those of other private foundations. The Gates Foundation’s investments in global health rival those of top donor countries; Gates himself played an outsized role in influencing the selection of the COVAX facility for COVID-19 vaccines as opposed to the COVID-19-Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) housed under the World Health Organization. The Gates Foundation, on the one hand, sets agendas for global health, and on the other is not subject to accountability for the actions implemented, the means and metrics used, nor the priorities set. Many academic researchers at top teaching and research institutions, including Harvard University, rely on Gates money for their research priorities; Gates funding and the paradigm of metrics they espouse have also had deep impacts on the curricula in global public health, and in turn on the sorts of candidates sought and the skills they will have upon graduation. As governments increasingly are unable or unwilling to invest in health as a global public good, private philanthropies such as Gates can create institutions, set agendas, and shape development in ways that were inconceivable only a matter of decades ago.   About Tim Schwab Tim Schwab is an investigative journalist based in Washington, DC. His groundbreaking reporting on the Gates Foundation for The Nation, Columbia Journalism Review, and The British Medical Journal has been honored with an Izzy Award and a Deadline Club Award. The Bill Gates Problem is his first book. The New York Times recently highlighted his forthcoming book (Henry Holt Books), The Bill Gates Problem, as one to look out for in November; Booklist (American Library Association) gave it a starred review; and Kirkus called it an “An eye-opening look at the use of tax-subsidized money by private philanthropy.” The book builds on an investigative series I published in 2020 and 2021, which was funded through an Alicia Patterson reporting fellowship. This series won an Izzy Prize (from Ithaca College) and a Deadline Club Award (from the Society of Professional Journalists), and was a finalist for a Mirror Award (from Syracuse University). The Nation nominated his series on Gates for a Pulitzer. His reporting on Gates has appeared in The Nation, Columbia Journalism Review, and the British Medical Journal, and represents some of the only investigative journalism ever published on Gates. You can read more about Tim Schwab on his website.     About Alicia Ely Yamin, JD, MPH, PhD Alicia Ely Yamin, JD, MPH, PhD, is a Lecturer on Law and the Senior Fellow on Global Health and Rights at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School; Adjunct Senior Lecturer on Health Policy and Management at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; and Senior Advisor on Human Rights and Health Policy at the global health justice organization, Partners In Health. Known globally for her trans-disciplinary work in relation to economic and social rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights, the right to health, and the intersections between development paradigms and human rights, Yamin’s career has bridged academia and activism. She has lived in Latin America and East Africa for much of her professional life and worked with local advocacy organizations, including co-founding a program on health and human rights in the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (Lima, Peru; 1999). Yamin was appointed by the UN Secretary General as one of ten international experts to the Independent Accountability Panel for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health in the Sustainable Development Goals (2016-2021). She was the chief consultant to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and drafter of the ‘Technical guidance on the application of a human-rights based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal morbidity and mortality’, the first guidance on a ‘human rights-based approach to health’ to be adopted by the UN Human Rights Council. Yamin holds Juris Doctor and Master’s in Public Health degrees from Harvard University, and a Doctorate in Law from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. She has published multiple books and over 160 articles in law and policy journals, as well as peer-reviewed public health journals, in both English and Spanish. A revised and substantially expanded edition of her latest monograph, When Misfortune becomes Injustice: Evolving Human Rights Struggles for Health and Social Equality, is out from Stanford University Press in 2023. You can read more about Alicia Ely Yamin on her faculty page.     About the Harvard Global Health Institute The Harvard Global Health Institute is an interfaculty initiative that facilitates collaboration across the Harvard community and partners worldwide to advance global health equity. We tackle the greatest health challenges of our time through innovative transdisciplinary research, education, and partnerships that build knowledge and drive positive change in global health. Our work is grounded in the fact that researchers, scholars, care deliverers, and communities must inform each others’ work to transform global health at every level.   About the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School was founded in 2005 through a generous gift from Joseph H. Flom and the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation. The Center’s founding mission was to promote interdisciplinary analysis and legal scholarship in these fields. Today, the Center has grown into a leading research program dedicated to the unbiased legal and ethical analysis of pressing questions facing health policymakers, medical professionals, patients, families, and others who influence and are influenced by health care and the health care system.   About the HGHI Scholarly Working Group The Harvard Global Health Institute’s Scholarly Working Groups are designed to encourage a collaborative environment, promote inter-faculty gatherings, and explore and accelerate research areas in topics critical to the advancement of “Health for All”. Each Scholarly Working Group includes faculty from at least two schools across Harvard University. Through these working groups, we aim to catalyze ideas, inspire the writing of grants, policy briefs, or working papers, or build networks to advance a program of work. Through our events and programs, the Harvard Global Health Institute provides a platform for different perspectives and debates within the field of global health through a variety of media. The views expressed in these events and programs are solely those of the speakers, authors, researchers, and participating audience, and do not imply endorsement by the Harvard Global Health Institute.

GHP Thursday Brown Bag Series with Marie Roseline Belizaire

Virtual: Zoom
This event will feature Marie Roseline Belizaire, 2023 LEAD fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute. Topic: What we know and don’t know on how to effectively engage the community in health security Hosted by the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Thursday Brown Bag Series features current research of members and affiliates of GHP.  The intent is to educate and raise the awareness of our community and beyond, about the research activities presently being conducted by faculty, students, researchers, and special guests of the department.

GHP Thursday Brown Bag Series with Brenda Kateera

Virtual: Zoom
This event will feature Brenda Kateera, 2023 LEAD fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute. Topic: From Healing Hills to Healthcare for All: Rwanda’s Inspiring Path to Universal Coverage Hosted by the Department of Global Health and Population (GHP) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Thursday Brown Bag Series features current research of members and affiliates of GHP.  The intent is to educate and raise the awareness of our community and beyond, about the research activities presently being conducted by faculty, students, researchers, and special guests of the department.

Pathways to Global Health with Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz

42 Church Street, Cambridge, MA, United States
Pathways to Global Health is an informal monthly series for Harvard undergraduate students to connect with global health experts and learn about their career journey. We are excited to have Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz, 2023 Burke Global Health Fellow, as our speaker. Topic: Health tech in resource-deprived settings, ultrasound diagnostics, community-based intervention design Dr. Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz is an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and an internal medicine physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also a fellow in point-of-care ultrasonography through the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Allan-Blitz earned his undergraduate degree in interdisciplinary studies with a colloquium in Happiness from New York University, his medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. He was also the chief resident of the Doris and Howard Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity. He subsequently obtained his master’s in public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Allan-Blitz’s research focuses on bridging the diagnostic equity gap in resource-limited settings, either through implementing existing technology such as point-of-care ultrasound, designing and leading educational curricula, or developing novel low-cost molecular diagnostic assays. His work has been conducted across Peru, South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda, Lesotho, Madagascar, and rural Australia. *This event is for Harvard undergraduate students only. Lunch will be served.

Pathways to Global Health with Maria Nardell

42 Church Street, Cambridge, MA, United States
Pathways to Global Health is an informal monthly series for Harvard undergraduate students to connect with global health experts and learn about their career journey. We are excited to have Maria Nardell, MD, MPH, 2023 Burke Global Health Fellow, as our speaker. Topic: Migration, HIV healthcare, intervention design, & community engagement Maria Nardell, MD, MPH is a researcher in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a hospitalist physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She is interested in improving healthcare engagement for migrants and other vulnerable populations globally and locally. Her current projects focus on HIV care and prevention for migrants in South Africa, and she has also worked in Rwanda, Kenya, Namibia, and India. Her research has been supported by the Connors Center Global Women’s Health Fellowship (BWH), NIAID T32 Training Fellowship (MGH), a Harvard University Center for AIDS Research Developmental Award, and a Hearst Young Investigator’s Award (BWH). As a Burke Global Health Fellow, she will explore preferences for HIV prevention services among migrant men in South Africa in order to design a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program for them. In addition to her research interests, she enjoys supporting the professional development and wellbeing of students, trainees and faculty through mentoring, coaching, and storytelling initiatives. *This event is for Harvard undergraduate students only. Registration is required. Lunch will be served.

HGHI Summer Research & Internship Showcase

Virtual: Zoom
Join us for a Global Health Internship Showcase, where students from the Harvard Global Health Institute Summer Programs will present about their transformative summer research and internship experiences in Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Rwanda, England, and more!  

World Mental Health Day Event

45 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States
Engage in profound conversations around the WHO theme, “Mental Health is a Universal Human Right.” Our event features two remarkable authors: Jeremy Nobel, author of ‘Project Unlonely,’ discussing ‘Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection,’ and Michele Lamont, author of ‘Seeing Others,’ shedding light on ‘How Recognition Works and How it Can Help Heal a Divided World.’ Following these thought-provoking talks, immerse yourself in ‘The Listener,’ a compelling film that addresses the pressing issues of brokenness and loneliness, introduced by the director himself, Steve Buscemi. Afterward, don’t miss our insightful panel discussion moderated by Barbara Van Dahlen, the CEO of WeBe Life foundation, with Dr. Vikram Patel, Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Steve Buscemi.  

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Pathways to Global Health with Demetrice “Dee” Jordan

42 Church Street, Cambridge, MA, United States
Pathways to Global Health is an informal monthly series for Harvard undergraduate students to connect with global health experts and learn about their career journey. We are excited to have Demetrice “Dee” Jordan, PhD, MPH to kick off our Fall 2023. Topics: Climate change, vector-borne diseases, and health equity Dee Jordan is an Instructor in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a 2023 HGHI Burke Fellow. Dee holds a dual-PhD in Health Geography and Environmental Science and Policy from Michigan State University, as well as an MPH in Global Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. *This event is for Harvard undergraduate students only. Registration is required. Dinner will be served.
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student engagement

Global Health Open House for Students

42 Church Street, Cambridge, MA, United States
Join us at the Harvard Global Health Institute’s (HGHI’s) Open House, where you will: Connect with representatives from global health student groups and learn about their missions, upcoming events, and how to get involved Learn about undergraduate global health courses, summer internships, and research opportunities Speak with HGHI Student Advisory Committee (SAC) peer advisors Enjoy light refreshments, great conversations, and the opportunity to connect with fellow Harvard undergraduate students with a shared interest in global health No registration is required. Just stop by! *This event is for Harvard undergraduate students only.

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Health Implications of Anti-LGBTIQ+ Stigma & Discrimination: Spotlight on Uganda

Despite widespread condemnation, on May 29th, 2023 Uganda’s President signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 into law. While Uganda has passed anti-LGBTIQ+ legislation over the past several decades, this bill is the most egregious and among the harshest anti-LGBTIQ+ laws in the world. Since the passage of the Act, Ugandan, regional, and international organizations, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), have rebuked it as a violation of human rights and a threat to the health of Ugandans. The Act will not only inflict direct harm on LGBTIQ+ Ugandans, but will undermine public health campaigns, most notably the HIV response, by discouraging health seeking behaviors due to fear of punishment and marginalization.  On June 12th, the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Center for Global Health at Massachusetts General Hospital will host a webinar with local experts and advocates who will describe how the health and well being of Ugandans will be impacted by this legislation and how Uganda can forge a more inclusive path forward for all of its citizens.