Our overarching objective is to vitalize a community of students and faculty within Harvard who are passionate about promoting a broad perspective on mental health as a fundamental public good and a universal human right. Through a combination of teaching, networking of students and faculty, collaborative research, and engagement with other institutions, innovators and communities with shared interests and values in global settings, we seek to build the capacity of future generations of scholars in this field.
Click here to visit website. Noncommunicable diseases NCDs such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are now the leading cause of death and disability in most low- and middle-income countries. To address this global health challenge, researchers from the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.
The study will encompass both the impact of the intervention on the uptake and subsequent continued use of PPIUD, the extent to which the intervention leads to the institutionalization of postpartum IUD services in the hospitals, and to what extent the service diffuses to other hospitals or providers. Important epidemiologic and policy changes that are reshaping national and local health landscapes necessitate a renewed focus on disease prevention and health promotion, and on strategic decision-making to prioritize programs for maximum impact and efficiency.
The Prevention Policy Modeling Lab models the health impact, costs and cost-effectiveness of infectious disease treatment and prevention programs in the United States. The models we build incorporate evidence-based prevention strategies, emphasize cross-cutting initiatives and produce results that can be operationalized within healthcare and other sectors.
The Value of Vaccination Research Network VoVRN is a community of practice dedicated to generating new, high-quality evidence on the broader social and economic impacts of vaccination. The purpose of this research is to support evidence-based decision-making for immunization program investments in healthcare systems around the world. The Lown Scholars Program was established in honor of Dr. Bernard Lown, a world-renowned cardiologist and activist, whose career has advanced public health globally.
The Program is designed to create an international cadre of talented health professionals who will use public health tools and strategies to prevent cardiovascular diseases and promote cardiovascular health in developing countries, as defined by the United Nations. Our support has facilitated productive and long-term collaborations between the Scholars and Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health faculty members. The Fogarty Global Health Training Program, a consortium of Harvard, Boston University, Northwestern, and University of New Mexico, offers opportunities in global health research training for pre- and post-doctoral candidates from the U.
The purpose of the program is to generate a new cadre of global health researchers, educators, and professionals who will be prepared to address the new challenges in global health. The program will provide fellows with a one year mentored research fellowship in innovative global health research to promote health equity for populations around the world.
Despite significant new global health resources, delivering effective interventions to patients who need them remains one of the greatest hurdles facing medicine and public health. To bridge the gap between knowledge and practice in global health, the Global Health Delivery GHD Project at Harvard aims to systematize the study of health care delivery and stimulate collaboration among educators, researchers, stakeholders, and implementers.
We research and write case studies, run courses, and build online communities for global health professionals. While students can collaborate on health communication projects, it is also possible for undergraduate and graduate students to gain Dr.
Stoebenau contributes to intervention development and evaluation of programs that work with community health workers to deliver HIV prevention and treatment services to vulnerable populations in Zambia. More recently, she has begun to focus on the health impacts of the social stratification of union and family formation processes within the context of rising economic inequality across sub-Saharan Africa.
In a project funded by the NICHD, she is using Demographic and Health Survey data to examine trends in the age at first marriage and first childbirth across socio-economic status. In addition, she is working with colleagues across the University on two projects in Nairobi, Kenya, in partnership with the African Population and Health Research Center. Amir Sapkota 's research group focuses on the intersection of climate change and human health with a particular emphasis on cardiopulmonary, renal and diarrheal diseases.
CGH promotes and supports research activities at partner sites in low- and middle-income countries. The Center for Global Health connects students and faculty at the University of Chicago to a variety of global health-related opportunities. CGH sponsors seminars, workshops, and lectures that relate to global health topics, and advocates for increased course offerings on related subject matter.
CGH also has increased global health education programs to include undergraduates and graduate students.
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