HSPH is a key partner on project grants to improve medical education and build clinical and research capacity in African countries. The School is working with the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and the University of Botswana through a program announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and PEPFAR (the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)  Read more

Watch a video of last Friday's webcast.

• The Role of Surgery in Global Health
  Speakers including Michael VanRooyen, Atul Gawande and Paul Farmer described the unmet global need for access to quality surgical care.
• The Under-appreciated Burden: Chronic Illness in the Developing World
  Former HSPH Dean Harvey Fineberg spoke in conjunction with the launch of the Africa/Harvard School of Public Health Partnership for Cohort Research and Training
• Symposium honors memory, accomplishments of beloved long-time faculty member and biostatistician Stephen Lagakos

PODCAST: New study measures levels of BPA--a chemical used in consumer products--in pregnant women

Poll analysis finds Americans have conflicting views about spending on public health system

A majority supports increased spending on public health in general and sees public health interventions as saving money in the long term. At the same time, however, many do not favor increased spending on a number of areas that public health officials deem important. Read more

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