GHP Weekly NewsletterApril 26, 2024Our Global Health Week Symposium is TODAY! Come to the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center between 1:30 and 5 pm to hear from our panelists and our keynote speaker, Natalia Kanem. We hope to see you there!
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Global Health Week Symposium Is Today!Friday, April 26 / 1:30–5 pm, reception to follow / Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA
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Global Health Week 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo. The 1994 ICPD redefined population and development issues by emphasizing that the protection of individual human rights, including gender equity and reproductive health and rights, must be at the heart of population and development programs. During Global Health Week, we are analyzing the ICPD’s progress and setbacks, discussing current and future priorities, and exploring topics not addressed in Cairo, such as climate change and LGBTQIA+ issues.
Join us for the Global Health Week Symposium and Poster Day! Natalia Kanem, MD, MPH, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), will present the keynote address. Then, in panel 1, “The Importance of the 1994 ICPD–Cairo,” panelists Judith Bruce, Marcia Castro, Jacqueline Pitanguy, and Steven Sinding will reflect on the significance of the 1994 ICPD. In panel 2, “Cairo +30: Old Promises and New Challenges,” Brittany Charlton, Jewel Gausman, Josh Glasser, and Ana Langer will consider topics that were insufficiently covered in Cairo and discuss how to best move forward. Marcia Castro will announce poster day awards, and a reception with posters will follow from 5 to 6:30 pm. Visit our website for the agenda and speaker bios.
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Martin Lajous Featured in Global Health Matters
Martin Lajous, adjunct professor of global health and population, was interviewed for the Global Health Matters newsletter published by the NIH Fogarty Center for International Health! Martin, who leads GHP's winter course in Mexico, is the principal investigator of the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort (MTC), which is part of the U.S. National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Cohort Consortium. He was interviewed about his work with the MTC and on exposure to the carcinogen aflatoxin and creating a colorectal cancer screening program in Mexico. To learn more about Martin’s work, check out the Global Health Matters newsletter.
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Sarala Tiwari joined GHP as a research assistant working with Aisha Yousafzai on April 8. Her work focuses on early childhood development in global settings. Sarala earned a postgraduate diploma in counselling psychology and a bachelor’s degree in social work from Tribhuvan University in Nepal. Prior to joining GHP, she worked as a community development researcher in Nepal. She can be reached via email at saralatiwari@hsph.harvard.edu.
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Upcoming Events
Speakers will share their own perspectives; they do not speak for Harvard.
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A Looming Famine: Starvation in Gaza
Tuesday, April 30 / 11 am / Zoom
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Access to Universal Health Coverage: Leaders' Perspectives
Tuesday, April 30 / 1:30–2:30 pm / Kresge 201
Join us for a fireside chat on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), in which we explore the real world challenges and successes that leaders face in making health care accessible and affordable worldwide. This session, featuring Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Roman Macaya, and Lia Tadesse, offers students the chance to interact directly with these leaders. This conversational setting, moderated by student Parviz Ahmadov, encourages a personal connection with the topics, inviting participants to reflect on how these issues may shape their future professional lives. This event is cohosted by the Harvard Chan Black Student Health Organization and the Harvard Chan Health Diplomacy Student Organization.
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Pediatric Health Care in Immigration Detention: A Call for Policy Change and Child Rights
Thursday, May 2 / 12–1 pm / Zoom
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Brown Bag Seminar: It Takes a Village: A Pilot Study Encouraging Women to Use Maternal Care Through Community InvolvementThursday, May 2 / 1–1:55 pm / Building 1, Room 1208 & Zoom
Join us for this semester’s final installment of the Brown Bag Series, featuring Aleksandra Jakubowski, PhD, assistant professor in the department of health sciences and department of economics at Northeastern University. Questions? Please contact Jessica Majano.
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Tranforming Women's Health in Africa: A Conversation with Former Ministers of Health Awa Marie Coll-Seck and Lia Tadesse GebremedhinThursday, May 2 / 1 pm / The Studio, 10th Floor, Kresge Building
Gender inequity remains a huge challenge for women in Africa, driven by dynamics including poverty, power structures, and gender-based violence. These inequities show up in troubling disparities in health outcomes across the continent. In this event, two recognized global health leaders from Africa will discuss the challenges and share their solutions, drawing on their deep experiences in the government. Wafaie Fawzi will moderate.
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Nutrition and Global Health Monthly Seminar: Balanced Energy–Protein (BEP) Supplement Trials in PakistanMonday, May 6 / 1–2 pm / Kresge 502 & Zoom
This talk will be presented by Yasir Shafiq, a senior instructor of research at Aga Khan University, Pakistan, and visiting graduate student at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. This talk will cover two trials which were conducted among lactating mothers and pregnant women in peri-urban settlements of Karachi, Pakistan. The speaker will present the main outcomes of the trial: the impact of intervention on infant growth and birth outcomes.
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Takemi Fellows Poster Presentation and Certificate CeremonyTuesday, May 7 / 11 am – 2 pm / Kresge Atrium & Building 1, Room 1208
The Takemi Program in International Health invites you to celebrate the efforts of this year's Takemi Fellows! Takemi Fellows' final posters will be available for viewing in the Kresge Atrium beginning at 11 am, and Fellows will be presenting their work from 12 to 1 pm. At 1, the Takemi Program will hold its certificate ceremony in Building 1, Room 1208.
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2025–2026 HBNU Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Info Session
Monday, June 3 / 10–11 am / Zoom
The HBNU Fogarty Global Health Training Program provides one-year mentored research fellowship opportunities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for PhD candidates, medical students, and postdoctoral candidates from the U.S. and LMICs. The program supports research in areas of interest including HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases, mental health, maternal and child health and nutrition, and more. Register below to attend the info session to learn about the fellowship from program PIs and alumni and ask questions. Please visit the fellowship website to learn more, and if you have any questions, please contact coordinator Lizi Fine or PI Wafaie Fawzi.
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Open Call for Applications
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2024 Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is excited to announce that registration for the Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course is now open! The course will be offered in person from July 16 to 19, 2024, in Cambridge, MA. Visit the course website to learn more and register.
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2025–2026 HBNU Fogarty Global Health Fellowship
The HBNU Fogarty Global Health Training Program provides one-year mentored research fellowship opportunities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) for PhD candidates, medical students, and postdoctoral candidates from the U.S. and LMICs. The program supports research in areas of interest including HIV/AIDS, non-communicable diseases, mental health, maternal and child health and nutrition, and more. Please visit the fellowship website to learn more, and if you have any questions, please contact coordinator Lizi Fine or PI Wafaie Fawzi. The application deadline is October 1, 2024.
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