Department of Global Health and Population
We teach students how to effectively respond to key health challenges impacting populations around the world through outstanding teaching and research. Our expertise includes health systems and economics; global nutrition; maternal and child health; infectious and non-communicable diseases; and humanitarian studies and population ethics.
665 Huntington Avenue
Building 1
Boston, MA 02115
News
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At climate summit, students from around the world focus on action
Students from the U.S. and beyond took a deep dive into issues of climate change, equity, and public health at an annual weeklong summit at Harvard Chan School.
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Improving postpartum health care by reducing patients’ administrative burdens
Scheduling doctor appointments for patients who have recently given birth and sending them reminder messages could help to improve their transition to postpartum health care, according to a new study.
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Students reflect on Intensive Summer Course on Migration and Refugee Studies
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Intensive Summer Course on Migration and Refugee Studies offers students the opportunity to step outside of a traditional classroom and engage both conceptually and practically with key issues in contemporary migration, and to return home empowered to make change.
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Global migration course provides an on-the-ground learning experience
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Intensive Summer Course on Migration and Refugee Studies offers students the opportunity to step outside of a traditional classroom and engage both conceptually and practically with key issues in contemporary migration, and to return home empowered to make change.
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Improving health equity, one smile at a time
Chilean dentist Alberto Inzulza Galdames, MPH ’24, wants to improve access to health care for people in vulnerable communities.
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Widespread aspirin use after chest pain could significantly reduce heart attack deaths
If most people in the U.S. took aspirin within hours of experiencing severe chest pain, it could delay more than 13,000 heart attack deaths every year, according to a new Harvard Chan School study.
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Reassessing how best to care for China’s aging population
As China’s aging population soars, the country must reassess how and from whom elderly people receive care, according to experts.
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Symposium explores impact of Cairo conference on human rights, 30 years later
A symposium sponsored by Harvard Chan School’s Department of Global Health and Population examined the impact of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, a highly influential gathering in Cairo of delegates from 179 nations that served as a significant strategic turning point for population and development programs.
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Simulation trains students in humanitarian crisis response
Students and humanitarian professionals from around the world recently came together for an annual simulation exercise that provides training in global crisis response.
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Building solidarity to face global injustice
The Roma Program at Harvard’s François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights, based at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, marked International Roma Day (April 8) with its 12th annual conference.
