A conversation with Brena Sena, Program Manager for the NeuroMex Program
NeuroMex hosts it’s first Mexico Leaders’ Meeting in Mexico City A conversation with Brena Sena, Program Manager for the NeuroMex Program Continue reading [...]
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HGHI’s Inaugural Global Health Symposium: April 12th, 2023
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.”
READ MOREFighting for humane mental health treatment
Faraaz Mahomed, featured in this Harvard Gazette article, is one of the 2019 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s graduates from the doctor of public health program. He is a clinical psychologist originally from South Africa who has ‘focused the last three years on how mental health care is provided around the world, particularly in resource-poor Continue reading [...]
Health system cost-effectiveness
By Austin Frakt How much value do we obtain per dollar spent on the health system? How has that changed over time? How does it compare across countries? These are tough but important questions. To explore them, this chart is worth close study. It’s an updated version of one that appears in this 2017 Lancet article by Reinhard Busse, Continue reading [...]
Harvard Medicine Magazine – Special Mental Health Issue
Have you seen the new issue of Harvard Medicine Magazine with articles highlighting mental health for #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth? Featuring interviews with: Vikram Patel, GMH@Harvard Steering Committee Chair George Daley, HMS Dean HMS Master of Medical Sciences in Global Health Delivery students Edith Gahleitner Chenjezo Grant Gonani Miao Xue Dost Öngür, chief of the Psychotic Disorders Division Continue reading [...]
Social determinants over time
By Austin Frakt The risks to health faced by Americans long ago are different from those we face today. Some of the things that once killed many people (like poor sanitation) now kill many fewer. On the other hand, we now face new risks (like death from auto accidents) that didn’t exist a century ago. Continue reading [...]
The value of health spending
By Austin Frakt The U.S. is the biggest spender on health care in the world, yet national health outcomes do not reflect this massive investment. This fact forces us to question the value of health care spending: are our health care dollars worth it? We can start by looking at longevity. Studies have found that Continue reading [...]