Archive: 2013

By guest contributors Johanna Hanefeld and Anuj Kapilashrami The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Malaria and TB is a leading funder in global health. In just over a decade since its inception in 2002, the organization has committed over USD 20 billion in…

By HHR editorial assistant Krista Oehlke Girls’ significant lack of access to education worldwide was linked to economic factors, entrenched customary practices, and inadequate government and global priorities in a recent Forum at the Harvard School of…

By guest blogger Beth E. Rivin, M.D., M.P.H. Holding governments accountable for their legal and political obligations to women’s rights, including the right to the highest attainable standard of health, requires civil society to engage in activities…

By guest blogger Anna Malavisi While we need to applaud the proposal of a Framework Convention on Global Health (FCGH) as a way to address health inequalities and inequities, we cannot be complacent in believing that such a framework will achieve its…

Benjamin Mason Meier, Paul Henry Brodish, and Meri Koivusalo From June 10-14, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Finland’s Ministry of Social Affairs and Health will host the Eighth Global Conference on Health Promotion in Helsinki, Finland.1 The…

By FXB Research Assistant Carrie Bronsther On April 16, the Forum at Harvard School of Public Health, in collaboration with the GlobalPost, presented a panel discussion on The Cost of Inaction: The Consequences of Failing the World’s Children. The panel…