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SUMMARY:GHP Thursday Brown Bag Series with Brenda Kateera
DESCRIPTION:This event will feature Brenda Kateera\, 2023 LEAD fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute. \nTopic: From Healing Hills to Healthcare for All: Rwanda’s Inspiring Path to Universal Coverage \nHosted 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.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/ghp-thursday-brown-bag-series-with-brenda-kateera/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Virtual: Zoom
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Global Health with Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe are excited to have Lao-Tzu Allan-Blitz\, 2023 Burke Global Health Fellow\, as our speaker. \nTopic: Health tech in resource-deprived settings\, ultrasound diagnostics\, community-based intervention design \nDr. 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. \n*This event is for Harvard undergraduate students only. Lunch will be served.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/pathways-to-global-health-w-lao-tzu-allan-blitz/
LOCATION:Harvard Global Health Institute\, 42 Church Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231018T120000
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Global Health with Maria Nardell
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe are excited to have Maria Nardell\, MD\, MPH\, 2023 Burke Global Health Fellow\, as our speaker. \nTopic: Migration\, HIV healthcare\, intervention design\, & community engagement \nMaria 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. \n*This event is for Harvard undergraduate students only. Registration is required. Lunch will be served.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/pathways-to-global-health-with-maria-nardell/
LOCATION:Harvard Global Health Institute\, 42 Church Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231012T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231012T180000
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SUMMARY:HGHI Summer Research & Internship Showcase
DESCRIPTION: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! \n 
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/hghi-summer-research-internship-showcase/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Virtual: Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231010T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231010T203000
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CREATED:20230921T102716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T154800Z
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SUMMARY:World Mental Health Day Event
DESCRIPTION: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.’ \nFollowing 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. \n 
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/world-mental-health-day-event/
LOCATION:Sanders Theater\, 45 Quincy Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230920T173000
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Global Health with Demetrice "Dee" Jordan
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWe are excited to have Demetrice “Dee” Jordan\, PhD\, MPH to kick off our Fall 2023. \nTopics: Climate change\, vector-borne diseases\, and health equity \nDee 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. \n*This event is for Harvard undergraduate students only. Registration is required. Dinner will be served.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/pathways-to-global-health-with-dee-jordan/
LOCATION:Harvard Global Health Institute\, 42 Church Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230913T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230913T183000
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SUMMARY:Global Health Open House for Students
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Harvard Global Health Institute’s (HGHI’s) Open House\, where you will: \n\nConnect with representatives from global health student groups and learn about their missions\, upcoming events\, and how to get involved\nLearn about undergraduate global health courses\, summer internships\, and research opportunities\nSpeak with HGHI Student Advisory Committee (SAC) peer advisors\nEnjoy light refreshments\, great conversations\, and the opportunity to connect with fellow Harvard undergraduate students with a shared interest in global health\n\nNo registration is required. Just stop by! \n*This event is for Harvard undergraduate students only.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/global-health-open-house-for-students/
LOCATION:Harvard Global Health Institute\, 42 Church Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230612T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230612T130000
DTSTAMP:20260721T194807
CREATED:20230530T133738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T154800Z
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SUMMARY:Health Implications of Anti-LGBTIQ+ Stigma & Discrimination: Spotlight on Uganda
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nOn 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.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/health-implications-of-anti-lgbtiq-stigma-discrimination-spotlight-on-uganda/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230425T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230425T150000
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SUMMARY:The Future of Public Health is Feminist
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URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/the-future-of-public-health-is-feminist/
LOCATION:HSPH Building 1 1208\, 665 Huntington Ave. Building 1\, room 1208\, Boston\, MA\, 02115
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SUMMARY:The Harvard Global Health Institute's Inaugural Global Health Symposium
DESCRIPTION: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.” \nOur inaugural symposium will bring together experts from across the globe and from within Harvard University to highlight innovative\, community-driven approaches aimed at achieving global health equity. We will explore these approaches in the context of various disciplines\, including emerging infectious diseases\, human and reproductive rights\, planetary health\, anti-racism and decolonization\, and HIV equity. \nWe are thrilled to have over 25 global leaders in these respective fields joining us to engage in these critical discussions. Among this stellar collection of experts\, we are excited to share that Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma\, Acting Director of Africa CDC and Dr. Soumya Swaminathan\, former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization\, will be delivering keynote remarks. \nThank you for your interest in attending virtually on April 12th. A full recording of the symposium will be available on the HGHI website following the event. \nThe full agenda\, speaker list\, and registration details are available HERE.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/the-harvard-global-health-institutes-inaugural-global-health-symposium/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230323T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230323T140000
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CREATED:20230306T203827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240614T171550Z
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SUMMARY:Leveraging Improvement Science for Program Implementation
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nJoin Zoom meeting\nhttps://harvard.zoom.us/j/97881220923?pwd=QUN3b3FOUmxldVVZQXRqYmx6QzhvZz09 \nPassword: 768654 \nJoin by telephone (use any number to dial in)\n+1 312 626 6799\n+1 646 931 3860\n+1 929 436 2866\n+1 301 715 8592\n+1 305 224 1968\n+1 309 205 3325\n+1 689 278 1000\n+1 719 359 4580\n+1 253 205 0468\n+1 253 215 8782\n+1 346 248 7799\n+1 360 209 5623\n+1 386 347 5053\n+1 507 473 4847\n+1 564 217 2000\n+1 669 444 9171\n+1 669 900 6833 \nInternational numbers available: https://harvard.zoom.us/u/acf5B2yA1G \nOne tap mobile: +13126266799\,\,97881220923# US (Chicago)\nPassword: 768654 \nJoin by SIP conference room system\nMeeting ID: 978 8122 0923\n97881220923.768654@zoomcrc.com
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/leveraging-improvement-science-for-program-implementation/
LOCATION:HSPH Building 1 1208\, 665 Huntington Ave. Building 1\, room 1208\, Boston\, MA\, 02115
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230215T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230215T183000
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Global Health Series: A conversation with Dr. Pooja Chitneni
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRegister HERE  \n\n\nWednesday\, February 15th •  5:30-6:30pm\n14 Story Street\, 4th Floor Conference Room\n\n\n\nThis event for Harvard undergraduates only\, and dinner will be served.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/pathways-to-global-health-series-a-conversation-with-dr-pooja-chitneni/
LOCATION:14 Story St Cambridge\, MA 3rd Floor Conference Rm\, 14 Story St\, Cambridge\, MA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221026T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221026T133000
DTSTAMP:20260721T194807
CREATED:20221017T152245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T154759Z
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SUMMARY:2022 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change U.S. Virtual Launch Event
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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. \nThe 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. \nPlease address any questions about the event to Paige Knappenberger at pknappenberger@climatenexus.org
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/2022-lancet-countdown-on-health-and-climate-change-u-s-virtual-launch-event/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221020T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221020T140000
DTSTAMP:20260721T194807
CREATED:20221012T124355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240614T171550Z
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SUMMARY:Assessing Factors that Impact Maternal Health Outcomes in Maroodijeh Region\, Somaliland
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nIfrah 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.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/assessing-factors-that-impact-maternal-health-outcomes-in-maroodijeh-region-somaliland/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221013T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221013T140000
DTSTAMP:20260721T194807
CREATED:20221012T122702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T153643Z
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SUMMARY:Biolegitimacy and Restrictive Abortion Regulations in Latin America: Overview and Perspectives
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/biolegitimacy-and-restrictive-abortion-regulations-in-latin-america-overview-and-perspectives-2022-lead-fellow-ana-cristina-gonzalez/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220818T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220818T100000
DTSTAMP:20260721T194807
CREATED:20220808T103432Z
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SUMMARY:Monkeypox in the Global Context: Combatting Racism and Intersectional Stigma
DESCRIPTION: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. \nOn 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.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/monkeypox-in-the-global-context-combatting-racism-and-intersectional-stigma/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220217T120000
DTSTAMP:20260721T194807
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Global Health with the Harvard 2021 LEAD Fellows for Promoting Women in Global Health
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn 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. \nThis speaker series is geared toward Harvard college students and is a great way to learn from global health professionals in a fun\, accessible environment. \n 
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/pathways-to-global-health-with-the-harvard-2021-lead-fellows-for-promoting-women-in-global-health/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Virtual: Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220216T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220216T083000
DTSTAMP:20260721T194807
CREATED:20220125T010253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T153642Z
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SUMMARY:Lancet-World Psychiatric Association Commission on Depression - Official Launch Webinar
DESCRIPTION:The Lancet-World Psychiatric Association Commission: time for united action on depression is set to be the most comprehensive report on depression to date.\nRegister Here!\nBy 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. \nJoin 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. \nFeatured speakers:\n• Afzal Javed\, President\, World Psychiatric Association (WPA)\n• Helen Herrman\, Chair\, The Lancet-WPA Commission on Depression\n• Vikram Patel\, Chair\, The Lancet-WPA Commission on Depression\n• Christian Kieling\, Co-Chair\, The Lancet-WPA Commission on Depression\n• Opeyemi Lawal\, Director\, Asido Foundation for Mental Health\n• Vivek H. Murthy\, U.S. Surgeon General\n• Soumya Swaminathan\, Chief Scientist\, World Health Organization\n• Anna Stavdal\, President\, World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/lancet-commission-depression-launch/
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SUMMARY:Global Equity During Pandemics: Lessons from HIV and COVID for Designing a New Paradigm
DESCRIPTION: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. \nRegister here! \nPanelist Biographies\nRuth 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. \nPaul 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. \nJames 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. \nFireside Chat Speaker Biographies\nAnthony 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. \nJohn 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.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/global-equity-during-pandemics-designing-a-new-paradigm/
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SUMMARY:Young Mental Health Leaders Series: LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:Register here.  \nA 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. \nJoin 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.  \nIn 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. \nPresenters\nGeorgia 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. \nAri 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. \nJuan 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. \nAna 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.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/gmh_and_mha_youth_webinar_series_lgbtq/
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SUMMARY:A Perpetual Crisis: Reflections on Renewed Public Health Failures at the U.S./Mexico Border
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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. \nRegister here!
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/a-perpetual-crisis-reflections-on-renewed-public-health-failures-at-the-u-s-mexico-border/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20210511T140000
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SUMMARY:Young Mental Health Leaders Series: Peer Support & Youth Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:Co-Hosted by GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard & Mental Health America  \nRegister for the webinar here!  \nWith increasing rates of distress among young people\, young leaders are stepping up to transform how we approach mental health. Youth peer support programs are growing in popularity because young people want them and because research shows peer support works. To build on this momentum\, we must equip young people with the tools and skills to support themselves and their peers and invest in youth peer support programs wherever young people spend their time. \nJoin us for the first webinar in Mental Health America and the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard Initiative’s Young Mental Health Leaders Series\, Peer Support and Youth Mental Health. Satvik Sethi of Runaway App will discuss how his app creates opportunities for young people to receive support and promote positivity. Martin Raffety and Tia Barnes of Youth Era will discuss UpLift\, a 5-day virtual event developed alongside the University of Oxford that empowers young people with the tools to support themselves and their peers. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Cindy Liu\, Director of the Developmental Risk and Cultural Resilience Program within Pediatric Newborn Medicine and Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. \n  \nPanelist and Moderator Bios: \n  \nSatvik Sethi is a 22-year-old mental health activist and social entrepreneur on a journey to make the world happier. Originally from New Delhi\, India\, Satvik currently lives and works in New York. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Runaway\, a social venture promoting mental health awareness and helping those in need of emotional support. Runaway has been featured by UNICEF\, the World Health Organization\, Vice\, etc. Satvik also serves as an Independent Expert Advisor at Wellcome Trust UK to guide research and policy development for youth mental health. \nMartin Rafferty is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Youth Era\, a national nonprofit that is revolutionizing current thinking about how we view youth engagement. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center highlighted Martin Rafferty as one of eight global changemakers. He was awarded the “2010 Oregon Mental Health Award of Excellence”\, “Advocate of the Year” by the Oregon Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2013 and was named one of the “20 Under 40 Rising Business Stars” in 2018. Most recently\, Martin was awarded the “2020 Henry J. Grass MD Access Award” by the Oregon Psychiatric Physicians Association. \nTia Barnes is the Chief Program Officer at Youth Era where she oversees the organization’s international direct services\, program development\, and national technical assistance. She was a key designer of the Youth Era Drop Model\, a co-creator of Youth Peer Support Specialist certifications across the nation and has provided training to agencies to increase youth voice within their programs. Most recently\, she was a lead designer of an international cultural responsiveness training for youth and young adults. Barnes was one of the authors to create UpLift\, an international peer-to-peer course provided to high schoolers from four different countries as a joint research project with the University of Oxford. In addition to her extensive experience\, among other honors\, Tia received an Award of Excellence in the Field of Youth Peer Support in 2015. \nDr. Cindy H. Liu is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School\, the Director of the Developmental Risk and Cultural Resilience Program within the Departments of Pediatric Newborn Medicine and Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital\, and a licensed clinical psychologist. Her research focuses on stress and mental health within the lifespan\, including the perinatal period and young adulthood\, and she is currently a principal investigator for the COVID-19 Adult Resilience Experiences Study\, a longitudinal study that seeks to understand the experiences of college students and young adults throughout the pandemic. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation and featured in various outlets included the New York Times\, USA Today\, and CBS News.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/gmh_and_mha_youth_webinar_series_peer/
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SUMMARY:Decarceration as a Public Health Strategy: Stopping the Spread of COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:The second event in our series will consider prison depopulation or decarceration in response to the threat of COVID-19 in places of incarceration. In response to the growing number of COVID-19 outbreaks in these facilities\, public health experts\, civil rights attorneys\, and advocacy groups have made urgent appeals for decarceration. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic\, prison decongestion measures have been adopted in over 100 countries worldwide. However\, decarceration and prison depopulation isn’t straightforward. It raises a host of questions and challenges around issues such as recidivism\, racial equity\, and support systems for those reentering society.   \nTo examine these issues\, this webinar will bring together a diverse panel of researchers\, practitioners\, and activists to discuss the role of decarceration as a part of the public health response to COVID-19 and examine current decarceration efforts around the world.   \nSpeakers: \nRahul Vanjani \nRahul Vanjani (he/him) is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Rahul received his MSc at the University of Oxford in Integrated Immunology\, and MD at George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia University/New York Presbyterian. \nRahul is a primary care physician with board certifications in Internal and Addiction Medicine. His clinical work is based out of the Rhode Island Hospital Center for Primary Care\, the academic residency clinic of Brown University’s Internal Medicine residency program. There\, he works in the Transitions and Recovery Clinics\, where\, in partnership with community health workers/peer recovery specialists\, he provides primary care and wraparound services to patients with histories of carceral exposure and substance use. Rahul’s clinical practice also includes street medicine outreach once weekly in partnership with peers and case managers from House of Hope. Partnering with and teaching medical students and residents is a central part of his clinical work. \n=Rahul’s research interests include structural violence with a focus on the intersection between the carceral and medical systems\, use of buprenorphine in the treatment of opioid use disorder\, the roles and responsibilities of community health workers in health systems\, and the public defender-medical partnership. Rahul also directs the Social Medicine course\, a month-long clinical elective for third- and fourth-year Brown University medical students with three central tenets: providing housing and other forms of advocacy support to patients via a Social Medicine Assistance Clinic\, participating in patient care with peers\, social workers and health care providers who practice street outreach and addiction medicine\, and engaging in a weekly social medicine reading group that grounds the work in theory. \n  \nMadhurima Dhanuka \nMadhurima Dhanuka is the Programme Head of the Prison Reforms Programme. In this capacity\, she leads\, manages and develops initiatives of the team in order to improve prison conditions; strengthen prison oversight mechanisms; strengthen pre-trial decision making; ensuring access to prompt and effective legal aid for persons in custody; and protecting rights of vulnerable prisoners including women\, transgenders and foreign nationals. She is a lawyer with an LL.M. in Criminal Justice from the University of Nottingham\, UK.  She has been associated with CHRI since 2008\, and has published numerous studies\, reports and resource materials on issues relating to prisoners\, legal aid and the criminal justice system.  \n  \nLisa Puglisi \nLisa Puglisi\, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale University where she practices primary care and addiction medicine. She is the director of Transitions Clinic-New Haven\, a multi-disciplinary clinic that is part of a national network of programs that focus on care of individuals who are returning to the community from incarceration. Her clinical practice includes treatment of addiction and hepatitis C in primary care and she also oversees a medical legal partnership. She has developed specific skills in training\, hiring and supervising community health workers and directing interdisciplinary teams of physicians\, midlevel providers\, community health workers\, research personnel and legal colleagues around the work of clinical care and research to improve the health of people with recent incarceration. She is originally from the New Haven area and deeply committed to the community. Lisa received her undergraduate degree from Tufts University\, her medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed her medical training at Yale New Haven Hospital. \nLeslie Credle \nLeslie Credle was released from Federal Prison in 2018. Since release she has been on a mission to dismantle the carceral system and end incarceration for women and girls. \nSadly\, while incarcerated\, Leslie endured the loss of her beloved daughter\, Brianna aka “Breezy” to gun violence. Turning her pain into purpose\, utilizing her lived experience\, Leslie has become a fierce prison abolitionist and social justice advocate. You can find Leslie advocating for formerly incarcerated individuals and those with a criminal record to obtain sustainable equitable housing.   \nThrough her creative soul\, Leslie developed a model\, Hands On Defense (HOD)\, which is designed to disrupt the screening criteria used by Public Housing Authorities\, who determine if justice-involved applicants merit housing. \nNortheastern University Alumni and 2020 Cohort of Columbia University\, Women Transcending Collective Leadership Institute\, Leslie is someone to pay attention to.  She is destined to be a future leader in the movement to end incarceration of women and girls.  \n 
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/decarceration-as-a-public-health-strategy-stopping-the-spread-of-covid-19/
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SUMMARY:Reimagining Pandemic Preparedness: Making Equity a Strategic Priority
DESCRIPTION:Disjointed\, nationalist treatment and prevention efforts have largely characterized the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The failure by governments to establish an equitable\, coordinated pandemic response has perpetuated oppressive global inequities. Nowhere is this more apparent than with vaccine distribution efforts. Despite the rapid development of life-saving vaccines\, nationalist distribution approaches and weak global solidarity have left the most vulnerable populations with inadequate support. Given that global infectious disease outbreaks will only become more common in the future\, identifying ways to center equity in pandemic preparedness remains more relevant and critical than ever. Join us on Thursday\, April 29th from 9:00 – 10:00 AM EST for a forward-looking discussion with global experts on how we can learn from the failures of the COVID-19 pandemic response to ensure history doesn’t repeat itself.\n\n\n\nRegister here
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/reimagining-pandemic-preparedness-making-equity-a-strategic-priority/
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SUMMARY:Building Vaccine Confidence: Global Trends and Practical Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Despite the rapid development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines\, resistance to immunization threatens to prolong the arc of the pandemic globally. The drivers of vaccine concern are both vast and population-specific\, ranging from misinformation and media manipulation campaigns to historical legacies of medical exploitation among marginalized communities. As such\, responses must be intentional\, data-driven\, and account for the full spectrum of motivations that may prompt resistance to immunizations. Addressing a truly multidisciplinary challenge\, efforts to build vaccine confidence require engagement from an array of key stakeholders\, including civil society\, government officials\, academics\, and the private sector. Join us on Thursday\, April 8th from 9:00 – 10:30 AM EST for a timely discussion on the global implications of vaccine concern\, sociotechnical drivers of resistance\, and strategies for increasing vaccine confidence among the most vulnerable communities.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister here!
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/building-vaccine-confidence-global-trends-and-practical-solutions/
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SUMMARY:COVID-19 Crisis in Prisons\, Jails\, and Detention Centers: Historical Perspective and Global Context
DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 Crisis in Prisons\, Jails\, and Detention Centers: Historical Perspective and Global Context is the first event in a new series hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute in partnership with Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. This webinar will bring together a diverse set of panelists to address the current state of the COVID-19 virus in places of detention and incarceration around the world\, and discuss how historical contexts for present-day carceral conditions\, like overcrowding\, and current practices\, such as solitary confinement\, have enabled the virus to spread. By critically examining the history of global carceral systems\, we aim to highlight how deliberate design has exacerbated harm to this population\, reinforcing inequality and discrimination\, and thwarting efforts to respond to the virus. \nREGISTER HERE \n\nSpeakers: \nKeynote Speaker & Panelist: Bruce Reilly \n \nBruce Reilly\, is Deputy Director of both VOTE\, and Voters Organized to Educate. He is a writer\, and founding member of the Formerly Incarcerated\, Convicted People and Families Movement (FICPFM). Bruce provides expert analysis on discrimination in employment\, housing\, and voting rights. Originally born into foster care\, he found his identity as a young jailhouse lawyer for 12 years before his parole\, and a 2-hour bus ride to a minimum wage job. Bruce put his knowledge to work by joining Direct Action for Rights & Equality in 2005\, and played a vital role in passing significant criminal justice reforms\, such as the restoration of voting rights\, eliminating mandatory minimums\, statewide Ban the Box\, the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act\, unshackling incarcerated pregnant women\, and probation violation reform. In 2011\, Bruce moved to New Orleans\, team up with VOTE\, and enroll in Tulane Law School\, despite having no undergrad degree\, and graduated in 2014. Bruce co-founded Transcending Through Education Foundation (TTEF) with two friends who also entered prison at a young age\, and earned law degrees after being released. He is the author of “Communities\, Evictions\, and Criminal Convictions\,” a foundational report on public housing\, and “The Racial History of Felon Disenfranchisement in Louisiana\,” which served as a key building block to VOTE v. Louisiana and the re-enfranchisement of 40\,000 people\, including himself. Bruce serves on the board of All Square\, a reentry/restaurant program in Minneapolis; the National Clean Slate Clearinghouse Advisory Committee; Steering Committees for Unanimous Jury Coalition\, Louisianans for Prison Alternatives\, Power Coalition; the IRB for American Institutes of Research; and advisory board of Prison Policy Initiative.  Bruce is currently a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leader\, and has also worked as an artist\, lighting designer\, DJ\, and theatre director. \nModerator: Salmaan Keshavjee MD\, PhD\, ScM \nSalmaan Keshavjee MD\, PhD\, ScM\, is Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Director of Harvard Medical School’s Center for Global Health Delivery.  He is also a physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital\, where he is Associate Professor of Medicine. \nDr. Keshavjee is a leading expert in tuberculosis treatment and the anthropology of health policy. He is the author of Blind Spot: How neoliberalism infiltrated global health­.  He has worked extensively with the Boston-based non-profit Partners In Health (PIH) on the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).  Over the last 20 years\, Dr. Keshavjee has conducted clinical and implementation research on MDR-TB in Russia\, both in the prison and civilian sectors.  He was Deputy-Director for the Partners In Health’s health programs in Lesotho (2006-2008)\, launching one of the first community-based treatment programs for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis/HIV co-infection in sub-Saharan Africa. More recently\, he has been working with Advance Access & Delivery\, a non-governmental organization for which he is a co-founder and clinical advisor for projects in India and South Africa.  His research has resulted in a number of clinical and policy manuscripts on TB and MDR-TB\, which have had significant clinical and policy impact. \nDr. Keshavjee is the Chair of the Steering Committee for the Zero TB Initiative\, a global coalition of implementers\, policy-makers and activists working to create islands of tuberculosis elimination in a number of countries worldwide.  He was the Chair of the World Health Organization/Stop TB Partnership’s Green Light Committee for Multidrug-resistant TB from 2007-2010.  He has been involved in a number of global guidelines for tuberculosis treatment including at the World Health Organization and the American Thoracic Society.  During the Covid-19 epidemic he has been involved with the work of the START coalition\, committed to using layered technologies to keep public spaces safe from airborne disease transmission. \nPanelists:  \nDr. Rosemary Mhlanga-Gunda \nDr. Rosemary Mhlanga-Gunda is a public health specialist and researcher with over 30 years of experience. Her broad experience lies in health systems research\, design\, implementation\, monitoring and evaluation of public health interventions inclusive of HIV/AIDS\, maternal\, child and adolescent health. She has conducted evaluations in public health interventions within Zimbabwe and the SADC region. She currently works as a researcher and technical advisor within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences\, Family Medicine\, Global and Public Health Unit\, Centre for Evaluation of Public Health Interventions\, University of Zimbabwe. In the past seven years she has mainly focused on research on health of people in penal institutions within the Southern African Region. She is a reviewer for the International Journal of Prisoner Health. In 2020 she was appointed a committee member for the World-Wide Prison Health Research and Engagement Network (WEPHREN) Scientific Conference but this was postponed to a date yet to be announced due to Covid-19 global pandemic. \n \nCharlene J. Fletcher \nHistorian\, educator\, and writer\, Charlene J. Fletcher\, is the Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Research Associate in Slavery and Justice at Brown University. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Indiana University\, specializing in 19th century United States and African American history and gender studies. Prior to attending IU\, Charlene led a domestic violence/sexual assault program as well as a large reentry initiative in New York City\, assisting women and men in their transition from incarceration to society and also served as a lecturer of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. She currently serves as National Publications Director for the Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH). \n  \n  \n \nMarcelo Bergman \nMarcelo Bergman is a Professor of Sociology and Criminology at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF) in Argentina and writes on a variety of issues related to crime\, public security\, illegal drugs and public policies in Latin America. Other areas of research include taxation\, compliance and rule of law in the region. Bergman is particularly interested in evidence-based research on criminal justice\, citizen security and illegal drug polices in Latin America\, with a focus on sound data collection. Over the past two decades\, he has dedicated much of his work to developing data sets for the analysis of these social issues.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/covid-19-crisis-in-prisons-jails-and-detention-centers-historical-perspective-and-global-context/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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SUMMARY:Protection and Mental Health Assistance for Communities Affected by COVID-19 in Peru
DESCRIPTION:Carmen is a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Global Health and Population. She is also a Harvard LEAD Fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute. Currently\, Carmen serves as the Director of Mental Health at Socios En Salud (Partners In Health) in Peru where she coordinates diverse research projects on the understanding and improvement of tuberculosis (TB) affected populations\, community health\, and mental health. She has over 25 years of experience as a public health professional. \nThis event is open to the public. No registration is necessary!
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/protection-and-mental-health-assistance-for-communities-affected-by-covid-19-in-peru/
LOCATION:Zoom\, Virtual: Zoom
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SUMMARY:Promoting Vaccine Equity: A Global Perspective on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
DESCRIPTION:Promoting Vaccine Equity: A Global Perspective on COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution is the first event in a new series focused on global vaccine equity hosted by the Harvard Global Health Institute\, in partnership with Ariadne Labs and the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). In this webinar\, global experts will convene to lay the groundwork for understanding the current scope of the vaccine distribution crisis and the historical relevance of its challenges. Panelists will review the status of national and bilateral vaccine distribution efforts\, offer insights into pertinent lessons learned from analogous public health responses\, and discuss anticipated on-the-ground challenges to vaccine rollout in countries in Africa and across the globe. Join us on Thursday\, March 11th from 9:00am EST – 10:30am EST as we consider the current state of global COVID-19 vaccine distribution and necessary steps for a path towards equity.\n\n\nRegister here!\n 
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/from-vaccine-nationalism-to-equity-a-global-perspective-on-covid-19-vaccine-distribution/
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SUMMARY:Creating Women Leaders: The Missing Links of Mentorship and Networking
DESCRIPTION:The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) invites you to participate in a dynamic satellite session\, “Creating Exceptional Women Leaders: The Missing Links of Mentorship and Networking.” \nThis event will feature a power-packed panel discussion with HGHI’s esteemed LEAD Fellows\, a skills workshop with an executive leadership coach and exclusive mentorship mini-meets. Participants will gain insights on applicable lessons learned from the professional journey of women leaders from around the world\, get answers to courageous questions on cultivating leadership in your context\, build networking skills and experience flash-mentorship. Join us in what will be a phenomenal opportunity to unleash your leadership potential.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/creating-women-leaders-the-missing-links-of-mentorship-and-networking/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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SUMMARY:Donald R. Hopkins\, MD\, MPH: “Eradicating the Guinea Worm: Challenges in the Beginning and at the End”
DESCRIPTION:The global Guinea Worm Eradication Program began at the CDC in 1980 and has been led by The Carter Center since 1986 in cooperation with the endemic countries\, CDC\, WHO\, UNICEF and other partners.  It has reduced the number of human cases of Guinea worm disease from an estimated 3.5 million in 20 countries in 1986 to 54 cases in 5 countries in 2019.  After successfully overcoming several challenges such as under-reporting\, misunderstanding\, and lack of funding at the outset\, the campaign now faces end-stage challenges such as unexpected infections in some dogs and other animals\, as well as insecurity and unsafe access to some endemic areas.  New or modified control measures and robust research efforts are in place to help stop transmission in the remaining areas.
URL:https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/donald-r-hopkins-md-mph-eradicating-the-guinea-worm-challenges-in-the-beginning-and-at-the-end/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar
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