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Welcome to the October issue of HSPH
Update, an e-letter for friends of the
Harvard School of Public Health.
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Dean Frenk joins global leaders at MDG Summit Dean Julio Frenk participated in last week's
United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals, which aimed to accelerate
progress on a series of global health and anti-poverty targets. Frenk is a
member of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's MDG Advocates Group (pictured above), a task force of
global leaders charged with building political will and mobilizing action
around the MDG's. Watch a video of the group's meeting at the summit.Read an editorial by Dean Frenk which urges stakeholders to expand support for maternal and child health,
accelerate the momentum to combat AIDS, TB, and malaria, and prepare health
systems to face future challenges. |
From the Harvard Public Health Review
 Chile: Rebuilding shattered lives
When an earthquake struck in Chile, HSPH alum Karen Anderson and
the community health group she founded were the first on the scene--and
they're still there. Read more
Dean's message: From genes to the globe
HSPH is helping propel the growing study of how genes and environmental forces
interact to cause disease -- from diabetes to asthma to the afflictions of
aging. Read more
Where DNA meets daily lifeThe dance between genes and
environment is the focus of a burgeoning field of public health research -- one
that could someday have a big payoff. Read more Idjwi Island: Oasis of Change On Africa's long-forsaken Idjwi island, HSPH students are building a health care system from the ground up. Read more
Public housing, private viceFollowing the passage in 23 states of laws that ban smoking in workplaces,
restaurants, and bars, anti-smoking advocates are increasingly training their
sights on private spaces in public buildings, including public housing. Read more |
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Research News
 Bacteria
identified that may lead to inflammatory bowel disease in genetically
susceptible individuals
Certain bacteria that inhabit the
intestine provide an environmental trigger that initiates and perpetuates
chronic intestinal inflammation in individuals who are genetically
susceptible to inflammatory bowel disease, a study led by Harvard
School of Public Health researchers has found. Read more
Are medical liability costs at fault
for health care's spiraling price tag?
An analysis led by HSPH
Professor Michelle Mello found that medical liability costs totaled
about 2.4% of annual health care spending in the United States, or $55.6 billion in
2008.Read more
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- Or 100 gifts of $1,000 could create the perfect health care system?
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Flood illuminates the struggles of Pakistan's women
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On a recent medical mission in Pakistan, physician Nabeel Zafar, MPH'10,
treated hundreds of homeless flood victims -- mostly children and pregnant or
nursing women. The waters may be receding, but the public health challenges
remain daunting for this vulnerable population. Read more
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New in HSPH Multimedia
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VIDEO: Lead is unsafe to children at any level of exposure (Philippe Grandjean). WatchPODCAST: If health care costs aren't cut, the United States' ability to pay for other needs such as education will be greatly diminished (Benjamin Sommers). Listen |
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Greece goes smoke-free in bars and restaurants with HSPH help
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On September 1, 2010, Greece,
the nation with the world's highest smoking rate, took a big, healthy step forward with help
from HSPH. Read more
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HSPH's Epstein honored
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Arnold Epstein was named to the Board of Governors for the new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Read more
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