Climate change threatens the health of people around the world today. In the United States, increases in heat and heatwaves pose a serious threat to health and labor productivity. Inreases in extreme weather events significantly threaten both health and health systems. And climate change is elevating the risk of misquito-, tick- and water-borne diseases. Continue reading [...]

By Anders Gundersen, Research Assistant, HGHI When it comes to the understanding of major disease progressions, humans have a profound grasp of the subject matter, at least more so now than at any point in history. However, our understanding of the brain and health conditions that specifically affect it lags behind what we know about the rest Continue reading [...]

At the Harvard Global Health Institute’s 3rd Annual Reception on October 30, 2018, Harvard’s newly inaugurated President, Lawrence Bacow and HGHI Faculty Director Ashish Jha talked about coming together in a divided world, about the importance of access to the basic necessities of life for all, and about the need to challenge conventional wisdom. “To focus on the world’s Continue reading [...]

By Megan Diamond, Program Manager, HGHI Caller: ‘Hi, I would like to reserve a table for Wednesday, the 7th’ Hostess: ‘For 7 people?’ Caller: ‘Um, it’s for 4 people’ Hostess: ‘4 people.. when? Today? Tonight?’ Caller: ‘Wednesday, at 6pm’ After playing a one-minute audio clip of a restaurant reservation call during a recent seminar at the Harvard Global Health Institute, Sara Continue reading [...]

The 2007 and 2011 Lancet Series on global mental health helped make mental health care a greater priority worldwide and led to the launch of the Movement for Global Mental Health. Continue reading [...]

Harvard Global Health Institute Calls for Independent Monitoring of Disease Outbreak Preparedness at the 71st World Health Assembly Continue reading [...]