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.
Lakshmi Priya, MPH ’25, shared her thoughts on being an international student, creating opportunities for her daughter, and the community she has found at Harvard Chan School.
A collection of studies led by maternal health researchers at Harvard Chan School highlights unique research methods to improve measures for tracking maternal health determinants around the world.
A global panel of medical education and digital health research experts have developed a first-of-its-kind list of digital health competencies for medical schools.
Public health experts discuss a recent leap in legalized sports betting and online options, and outline therapeutic and legislative strategies to help curb people’s gambling problems.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization—a move that, according to Harvard Chan School’s Jesse Bump, will put the country and world at heightened risk of public health crises.
Countries worldwide, regardless of income level, can halve their rates of premature deaths by 2050 if they focus on a handful of key health priorities. That is the optimistic message of Global Health 2050, a recent report by the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health.
Aisha Yousafzai speaks about a new Lancet series on the importance of nurturing environments for children’s development between ages two to five.
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