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The Harvard Global Health Institute’s Inaugural Global Health Symposium

The Harvard Global Health Institute is thrilled to announce that registration is now open for virtual attendance to our Inaugural Global Health Symposium! While in person capacity is limited, we invite our longstanding global and Harvard-based community to join us virtually on April 12th, 2023 from 9:00am to 4:00pm ET for a series of conversations centered around the theme “Global Health Equity through Community Engagement.”

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Leveraging Improvement Science for Program Implementation

665 Huntington Ave. Building 1, room 1208, Boston, MA
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student engagement
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student engagement

Pathways to Global Health Series: A conversation with Dr. Pooja Chitneni

14 Story St, Cambridge, MA, United States
The Harvard Global Health Institute’s “Pathways to Global Health” speaker series is an opportunity for Harvard undergraduates to connect with professionals working across different sectors in global health. On February 15th, Dr. Chitneni will speak about her career trajectory, current work on STI and HIV prevention and treatment in resource-limited setting, and answer student questions. Dinner will be served. Register HERE  Wednesday, February 15th •  5:30-6:30pm 14 Story Street, 4th Floor Conference Room This event for Harvard undergraduates only, and dinner will be served.
Free

climate change
climate change
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2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change U.S. Virtual Launch Event

Please join The Lancet Countdown U.S. Policy Brief Authors and the American Public Health Association for the 2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change U.S. Virtual Launch Event on Wednesday, October 26th at 12 PM EDT to dive into the findings and policy recommendations from the 2022 global report and U.S. Brief. Join to hear about the latest trends in public health and climate change with leading experts in the field. These highly anticipated annual reports will be released the day before on October 25th at 6:30 PM EDT. The annual global report tracks the impact of climate change on human health and is a product of experts from 38 global institutions, and the companion U.S. Brief is supported by over 80 U.S. institutions, organizations, and centers. The 2022 U.S. Brief explores the impacts of climate change on health through poor air quality, heat, infectious disease, and mental health, with a particular lens towards equity. The Brief also explores several evidence-informed policy recommendations that aim to promote public health and equity. The launch event will include presentations and a Q&A by the Lancet Countdown co-lead authors, Naomi S. Beyeler, MPH, MCP and Natasha K. DeJarnett, PhD, MPH, BCES. It will also feature esteemed keynote speakers and dynamic panel discussions on timely climate change, health and equity topics. Please address any questions about the event to Paige Knappenberger at pknappenberger@climatenexus.org
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Assessing Factors that Impact Maternal Health Outcomes in Maroodijeh Region, Somaliland

  Ifrah Abdi is a Certified nurse-midwife and graduate of Edna Adan University Hospital in Somaliland. Ifrah has worked at Edna Adan University Hospital as a midwife for the past 18 years. In Somaliland, Ifrah trains traditional birth attendants in rural villages to help improve outcomes during pregnancy and childbirth. Ifrah presently serves as the Associate Dean of Nursing at Edna University Hospital and is a recent graduate of the Masters in Global Health Delivery Program at Harvard Medical School. Ifrah’s thesis project at HMS assessed factors that impact maternal health outcomes in Somaliland. Ifrah’s vision for Somaliland is the end of preventable maternal deaths by ensuring women can access care at every stage before, during, and after pregnancy.

Biolegitimacy and Restrictive Abortion Regulations in Latin America: Overview and Perspectives

Dr. González is a renowned international expert and leader in the field of health and sexual and reproductive rights, the right to health, and gender equality. She has held several positions across the spectrum of her profession: as a service provider, policy formulator, researcher, international advisor, activist, and teacher on “health law” at the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. González is the former national public health director in Colombia and co-founder of La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres and the Medical Group for The Right to Decide in Colombia. She pioneered the Causa Justa movement of Colombia that established the most liberal abortion laws in Latin America and the Caribbean. She is also part of the regional coalition “Articulación Feminista Marcosur” and was recently included as one of the 100 most influential people in the TIME100 list of 2022.

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pandemics
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Monkeypox in the Global Context: Combatting Racism and Intersectional Stigma

More than 26,000 cases of the monkeypox virus have now been identified across nearly 90 countries. Vaccines and treatments are being rolled out by health agencies around the world, most of which are responding to the first significant monkeypox outbreak within their country. Early outbreak response bears a striking resemblance to the early HIV/AIDS response; we have seen the use of harmful and stigmatizing language, widespread circulation of images of African bodies with rashes, and the conflation of sexuality and monkeypox infection. On August 18th, the Harvard Global Health Institute will host a panel of global experts who will consider how intersectional stigma and racism have shaped priorities and undermined strategy in the global response to the monkeypox outbreak. Panelists will draw on the successes and failures of prior pandemic responses to discuss how bias limits the efficacy of public health strategy and how equitable, evidenced-based approaches can protect the health of all.

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student engagement
fellowship
student engagement

Pathways to Global Health with the Harvard 2021 LEAD Fellows for Promoting Women in Global Health

Virtual: Zoom
Meet our 2021 LEAD fellows! During this one-hour event, you’ll meet five incredible leaders in global health who will share their journey into global health and their lessons learned along the way. In an effort to equip and empower more women leaders in global health, HGHI and the Women and Health Initiative at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health offers a transformational fellowship opportunity for established women leaders in global health, who have demonstrated leadership experience and further potential. The 2021 LEAD cohort includes a medical doctor and health columnist from Malawi, a clinical epidemiologist from Namibia, the Founder Dean of the Chitkara School of Health Sciences and director of the Chitkara Global Health Institute from India, a public health ambassador from Uganda, and a registered nurse and community activist from Namibia. This speaker series is geared toward Harvard college students and is a great way to learn from global health professionals in a fun, accessible environment.  
Global Mental Health
Global Mental Health

Lancet-World Psychiatric Association Commission on Depression – Official Launch Webinar

The Lancet-World Psychiatric Association Commission: time for united action on depression is set to be the most comprehensive report on depression to date. Register Here! By aligning knowledge about depression from many fields, the Lancet-World Psychiatric Association Commission on depression has synthesised evidence from diverse contexts and generated action-oriented recommendations for a variety of stakeholders: communities and those affected by depression and their families; clinicians and public health practitioners; researchers who work to understand and address depression; and policy makers and financiers of health care. Join The Lancet’s Richard Horton and Miriam Lewis Sabin for the launch of this Commission where Commission co-Chairs will present the key messages and invited speakers representing these stakeholders will discuss and reflect on the significance and implementation of these recommendations. The session will conclude with a Q&A session with the co-Chairs. Featured speakers: • Afzal Javed, President, World Psychiatric Association (WPA) • Helen Herrman, Chair, The Lancet-WPA Commission on Depression • Vikram Patel, Chair, The Lancet-WPA Commission on Depression • Christian Kieling, Co-Chair, The Lancet-WPA Commission on Depression • Opeyemi Lawal, Director, Asido Foundation for Mental Health • Vivek H. Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General • Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization • Anna Stavdal, President, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)

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Global Equity During Pandemics: Lessons from HIV and COVID for Designing a New Paradigm

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 into this current moment. PEPFAR and the experiences of HIV health workers offer a roadmap and over 20 years of learnings for implementing vaccine and therapeutic scale-up and delivery efforts in low resource settings. On January 20th, the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research grand rounds event will bring together members of the HIV research and advocacy communities to critically reflect upon applicable lessons for approaching Covid-19 healthcare delivery and identify necessary steps for a paradigm shift in how the world responds to global health crises. The grand rounds will include a 1-hour panel discussion between leaders of the global HIV response and a 30-minute fireside conversation between Dr. Tony Fauci and Dr. John Nkengasong. These conversations will be oriented towards practical, timely steps that advocates, academics, and policymakers can take to advance equity in this and future global health crisis. Register today to join us for what promises to be insightful and urgently needed dialogue. Register here! Panelist Biographies Ruth L. Okediji is the Jeremiah Smith. Jr, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Co-Director of the Berkman Klein Center. A renowned scholar in international intellectual property (IP) law and a foremost authority on the role of intellectual property in social and economic development, Professor Okediji has advised inter-governmental organizations, regional economic communities, and national governments on a range of matters related to technology, innovation policy, and development. Her widely cited scholarship on IP and development has influenced government policies in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and South America. Her ideas have helped shape national strategies for the implementation of the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement). She works closely with several United Nations agencies, research centers, and international organizations on the human development effects of international IP policy, including access to knowledge, access to essential medicines and issues related to indigenous innovation systems. Professor Okediji was appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the 2015 – 2016 High Level Panel on Access to Medicines. Paul Farmer is the Kolokotrones University Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School, chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Co-Founder and Chief Strategist at Partners In Health (PIH). For over three decades, he has remained a dedicated leader in community-based solution, improving health system infrastructures, and providing equitable, accessible, high-quality health care for low-income countries across the globe. As a medical anthropologist and physician, Professor Farmer has received numerous honors and awards including the Margaret Mead Award from the Society of Applied Anthropology, the Outstanding International Physician Award from the American Medical Association and received the MacArthur Fellowship Award for his interdisciplinary work in medicine and the social sciences. James Krellenstein is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Strategy & Policy at PrEP4All, where he leads the organization’s research and policy agenda. At 18, James designed and built the first online directory of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) providers. In New York, he identified a previously unknown reduction in delivery of critical HIV testing and prevention services and helped lead a successful effort to increase the city’s public health budget by tens of millions of dollars to reverse this. In 2017, James discovered a pattern of alleged anticompetitive practices by the nation’s largest manufacturer of HIV medications, which led to a class-action antitrust lawsuit currently being litigated in Federal Court in San Francisco. James holds degrees in physics, natural science, and mathematics, and has worked as a researcher at the Yale University School of Medicine, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the CUNY School of Medicine. Fireside Chat Speaker Biographies Anthony S. Fauci is the Director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases where he oversees an extensive research portfolio to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases as well as emerging diseases. Throughout his fifty-year career, Dr. Fauci has made contributed significantly to science from improving our understanding of the human immune response to developing therapies for formerly fatal diseases. He has advised seven Presidents and was one of the principal architects of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for which he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. One of the most cited scientists in history, Dr. Fauci has been a key figure since the onset of the pandemic as a lead member on both White House COVID-19 Response Teams as well as providing trusted medical advice to the public. John Nkengasong is the Director of the Africa CDC and was recently nominated by President Biden for Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of the U.S. Government Activities to Combat AIDS/HIV Globally. In March of 2020, he was appointed as one of the Special Envoys on COVID-19 Preparedness and Response to the Director-General of the World Health Organization. Dr. Nkengasong received the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2020 Global Goalkeeper Award for his commitment and contributions to ensuring vaccines and medicines for Africa. Previously, he was awarded, by the US CDC, the Shepard Science Award for outstanding scientific papers as well as the William Watson Medal of Excellence for his extraordinary scientific and technical achievements. Additionally, for his significant contributions to public health, he received the Knight of Honour Medal by the government of the Cote d’Ivoire, knighted by the President of Senegal, and knighted by the government of Cameroon.

Global Mental Health
Global Mental Health

Young Mental Health Leaders Series: LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health

Register here.  A recent report from the Trevor Project showed that almost half of all LGBTQ+ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in 2020. At the same time, only half of the youth surveyed could access wanted mental health care. As we work to build better systems, young people are leading the way in creating conversations and solutions to improve mental health among LGBTQ+ youth. Join Mental Health America and the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard Initiative for the next 60-minute conversation in our Young Mental Health Leaders Series. In each session, we bring together leading researchers and young mental health advocates to discuss the current challenges and successes in youth mental health.  In this session, activist Juan Acosta will join Trill Project co-founders Ari Sokolov and Georgia Messinger to talk about their experiences as advocates in programs, policy, and organizations. The session will be moderated by Dr. Ana M. Progovac, Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Senior Scientist at the Health Equity Research Lab. Presenters Georgia Messinger (she/her) is a 21-year-old founder and activist who is the current Co-Founder and COO of Trill Project, an anonymous and safe mobile application for mental health peer support. Originally from Los Angeles, CA, Georgia is a rising senior at Harvard University studying psychology and computer science. In addition to social impact technology, she is passionate about venture capital and supports Black founders seeking funding for their startups through her role at Valence. Ari Sokolov (she/her) is a 20-year-old founder, designer, and developer that has won national and international awards from the National Center of Women in Information Technology, the U.S. Congress, South by Southwest, Target, and Apple for her work. Currently, Ari is the Co-Founder and CEO of Trill Project, a mental health application with over 75,000 users. She is also a contributor to mental health technologies in the open-source community and an advocate for minorities in STEM. Juan Acosta (he/him) is an award-winning LGBTQ+, Mental Health Advocate who serves on national committees, speaks at conferences and festivals, and is an NYT Bestselling Author for a book co-authored with Lady Gaga “Channel Kindness”. He drafted a historic LGBTQ+ proclamation for his hometown of Woodland, CA. He currently serves as one of the Regional Managers for the CalHOPE Warm Line. Ana M. Progovac, Ph.D. is an Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Senior Scientist at the Health Equity Research Lab. Her research focuses on improving the quality of mental health care in the U.S., with a focus on reducing disparities for underserved populations. Dr. Progovac’s projects use a variety of research methods, including quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods research, implementation research methods, and community-engaged research. She is interested in approaches to improve mental health that span across systems, and therefore enjoys collaborating with students, community members, other researchers, clinicians, administrators, and policy advocates. She is currently the Primary Investigator on an NIMHD R03 award (and past recipient of a Harvard Catalyst Health Disparities Pilot Award) which both focus on measuring and reducing mental health care disparities for gender minority individuals in the United States. She is also the recipient of a Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry Kaplen Award to conduct a mixed-methods analysis of an implementation of a behavioral health home for patients with serious mental illness, as well as its potential for dissemination to additional sites within Cambridge Health Alliance.

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A Perpetual Crisis: Reflections on Renewed Public Health Failures at the U.S./Mexico Border

In March 2021, a record number of children arrived at the U.S./Mexico border, challenging capacity at US Customs and Border Protection facilities and placing newfound pressure on the Biden Administration to act promptly. However, this humanitarian crisis is not new, nor is it a direct result of a new U.S. government administration. For decades, the U.S. has failed to improve a system ill-equipped to handle the needs of vulnerable refugees and migrants. As children wait in overcrowded jail-like structures and COVID-19 remains a threat, concerns about who will continue to suffer at the border, and for how long, persist. The Harvard Global Health Institute and FXB Center for Health and Human Rights invite you to join us on Thursday, May 13th for a follow-up conversation building off 3 previous events focused on the health crisis at the border. Given the historical patterns of inaction from the U.S. and Mexico governments, and the evolving humanitarian crisis at the border, expert panelists will critically evaluate the current situation and address what steps must be taken to establish a humane environment at the border. Register here!