Topic: reproductive health

April 16, 2014 -- Make time in your schedule for mentorship. Get over the fear of self-promotion. And by all means, learn principles of finance. These were some of the leadership lessons that nearly 100 students and alumnae heard echoed during the…

[ Spring/Summer 2010 ] by Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health In today’s global health agenda, women’s experiences—from birth to death and in all their diversity—deserve to occupy center stage. Why? Because at the most basic level, we are talking about sheer survival.…

[ Spring/Summer 2010 ] Child Brides, Child Mothers, Child Victims It’s a tale of two siblings that plays out hundreds of thousands of times every year in rural India. While her older brother completes his education and is given the opportunity to…

February 3, 2014 -- How hard is it for women in Appalachia to get an abortion, and what’s the impact on their health if access is a problem? Jennifer O’Donnell wants to know the answers to those questions. As part of her…

For immediate release: March 19, 2013 Boston, MA – There is wide variation in the rate of cesarean sections performed at different hospitals across the U.S. and one explanation has been that hospitals with higher c-section rates serve greater numbers of women…

Poor access to prenatal care, education cited as contributors November 15, 2013 — Immigrant women who live in regions of Spain with high unemployment rates are three times more likely to have stillborn infants than Spanish-born women living in more thriving areas…

March 2009 -- Explore HSPH's contribution to environmental health science -- from protecting workers from toxic exposures to investigating the subtler health impacts of air pollution -- through interviews and footage of faculty and students in the Department of Environmental Health. Segments…

20 hours of TV weekly may nearly halve sperm count; 15 or more hours of moderate to vigorous exercise weekly may boost sperm count For immediate release: Monday, February 4, 2013 Boston, MA — Men’s sperm quality may be significantly affected by their…

March 2009 -- Walter Willett and Jorge Chavarro discuss how changes to a woman's diet and lifestyle may affect her ability to become pregnant.

For immediate release: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Boston, MA — Women in the U.S. exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with…