HSPH, Burmese students team up to improve health at refugee camp
May 20, 2014 — The Umpiem Mai refugee camp in western Thailand was erected three decades ago to provide temporary housing for Burmese refugees fleeing the repressive rule of their country’s military government. Today, more than 13,000 people still live in this…
Gift from Alumna Swati Piramal and family inspires new HSPH-India collaborations
[ Spring 2014 ] Thanks to a generous gift from Dr. Swati Piramal, MPH ’92, and her husband, Ajay, HSPH will open a research and training center in the center of Mumbai that will facilitate the School’s longstanding collaborations in India and launch important…
Leaders share universal health care experiences
A natural disaster or a significant shift in a nation’s political leanings are among the forces that can spur countries to adopt universal health care (UHC), according to a panel of experts convened by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) to discuss…
HSPH India Health Partnership
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has numerous and diverse engagements with India across a wide range of important scientific and policy areas. To strengthen these engagements for mutual benefit, HSPH has developed a new partnership with Indian scientists and public health…
Teaching survival skills in disaster-prone areas
Harvard School of Public Health Professor Jennifer Leaning joined a team from Chinese University’s center for disaster and medical humanitarian response to deliver rescue and relief bags to Chinese families living in rural areas vulnerable to natural disasters. The inexpensive bags include…
Syrian refugees in Lebanon struggle with social isolation
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are experiencing the same struggles as many other groups of refugees, but their particular circumstances make social isolation a problem as well, writes Susan Bartels, a fellow at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights in an…
Impact of fluoride on neurological development in children
July 25, 2012 -- For years health experts have been unable to agree on whether fluoride in the drinking water may be toxic to the developing human brain. Extremely high levels of fluoride are known to cause neurotoxicity in adults, and negative…
New diabetes prevention website launched to stop growing epidemic in Asia
The Asian Diabetes Prevention Initiative, a joint effort between Harvard School of Public Health and the National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, provides science-based evidence for policy makers and public to reverse spread of type 2 diabetes…
A man with a plan
[ Spring 2013 ] “Do I look like a man with a plan?” The slender young man with the radiant smile is mimicking a line from the villainous Joker in the second Batman movie. At first glance, the answer to his mischievous question is,…
Bridging a cultural divide
[Winter 2010] Are better tools needed to identify emotional distress in non-Western refugees? More than 17,000 Iraqi refugees arrived in the United States in 2009, carrying the deep physical and emotional scars of war. Many are widows with young children. Some have…