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Welcome to the May issue of HSPH
Update, an e-letter for friends of the
Harvard School of Public Health.
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From the Harvard Public Health Review
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Society is his patient
Recently HSPH's new Dean, Julio Frenk, sat down with the Harvard Public Health Review
to answer questions about his career, his vision for the School, and the
future of public and global health.
Read more.
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Harvard efforts seek to address sexual violence in Central Africa
Amid a bewildering array of competing armies,
local militias, and rebel factions, sexual brutality has reached
unprecedented levels in the Democratic Republic of Congo, terrorizing Congolese women and girls in a
way that goes far beyond that often found in conflict zones, observers
say. Women are gang raped in public, taken into sexual slavery, and
violated with sticks, bottles, knives, and guns. Some victims are
mutilated, their limbs chopped off by machetes. Other victims see their
husbands and children murdered, houses razed, and crops burned. The
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative seeks to understand the causes of these
sexual atrocities -- and perhaps one day find ways to prevent them. Read more. |
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China's leaders, HSPH experts unite in health reform effort for 1.3 billion people
As China launches major efforts to improve public health and provide
universal health care for its 1.3 billion citizens, the Harvard School
of Public Health China Initiative is playing an important role in
shaping the country's policies.
Read more.
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Stealth tobacco products rushed to market
With cigarette sales declining and the threat of regulation by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or another federal agency on the
horizon, tobacco companies have recently introduced a raft of products,
including some you don't smoke. These companies are rushing to stay
ahead of the FDA, which could halt certain product innovations if
proposed legislation passes muster with Congress this year.
Read more.
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HSPH alum contributing to Bay State health reform efforts
As President Barack Obama and a Democratic majority in Congress work to
overhaul the U.S. health system, all eyes are on Massachusetts.
"Expanding health coverage and improving access to care was
challenging," says Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) alumna Sarah
Iselin, who has been part of the state's 2006 pioneering health care
reform legislation since it began taking shape in 2005.
"Tackling cost growth will be much harder."
Read more.
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Experimental curriculum prepares students for public health's complexity
Instead of taking the traditional path of lecture courses in five core
areas: environmental health, health services administration, the
influence of social behavior on health, biostatistics, and
epidemiology -- a group of 59 incoming degree candidates opted to pilot an
experimental curriculum last fall. Within a single course taught by 10
faculty members at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), these
intrepid students explored the same core disciplines in an entirely new
way -- by devising solutions to real-world challenges,
presented as "cases."
Read more.
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Also in the Review
Obesity in China portends diabetes disaster
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HSPH researchers ask: Can brown rice blunt an epidemic? Read more. |
Wasted lives: The human cost of South Africa's misguided AIDS policies
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AIDS activists and researchers argued for years that the negligent
HIV/AIDS policies of former South African President Thabo Mbeki were
causing a massive, unconscionable loss of human life. Now, thanks to
the doctoral thesis of a student at the Harvard School of Public Health
(HSPH), they know the full extent of the damage. Read more. |
Harvard Catalyst
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New website makes it easy to identify researchers across the university with
similar scientific interests, to tap into powerful technologies, and
access expertise in a wide variety of fields.
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