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Dr. Sue J. Goldie Featured in a Narrative History by the MacArthur Foundation

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GHELI’s Faculty Director, Dr. Sue J. Goldie, was profiled in a recent report released by the MacArthur Foundation which detailed the history of one of their longest running programs—the Population and Reproductive Health Program. The Foundation supports...

Facing Disruption, Responding to HIV/AIDS

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The world has come a long way on fighting the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. According to the 2025 Global AIDS Update, at the end of 2024, approximately 1.3 million people newly acquired HIV—40 percent fewer new infections per year compared to 2010. However...

The Right to Health

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In a time of conflict, climate change, and rising authoritarianism, the right to health is increasingly coming under threat. On this World Health Day, which is celebrated every year on April 7 th, the World Health Organization (WHO) is emphasizing the...

From Personal to Academic Journals

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As students at Harvard are taking writing classes focusing on health disciplines, one may wonder how recreational and personal writing can contribute to the more structured writing style needed in academic journals, papers, and books. Such was the case...

Altering Cultural Tradition—and Saving 15,000 Girls in the Process

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Nice Leng’ete, a Maasai woman in Kenya, first ran from the cut when she was eight years old. Where most viewed the removal of the clitoris as a cultural rite of passage, Leng’ete viewed the process as a threat and refused to undergo the ritual. In Maasai...

Youth: Investing in the Future

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The world today contains 1.8 billion youth between the ages of 10 and 24—the most populous age group in the world. Youth in transition today shape urbanization trends, civil society, and needs of the aging across the spectrum. As tomorrow’s potential...

Alicia Ely Yamin Joins GHELI as Scholar-in-Residence

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The Global Health Education and Learning Incubator is thrilled to announce 2018-19 Senior Scholar in Residence, Alicia Ely Yamin, JD, MPH. Professor Yamin is an Adjunct Lecturer on Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public...

Fighting HIV/AIDS, Upholding Human Rights

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In 2023, an estimated 1.3 million people globally acquired HIV and 630,000 people died from HIV-related causes—the fewest number of new infections since the 1980s and half the HIV-related deaths seen in 2010. The world has made significant strides in...

A Safe Space To Fail: Mentorship at the Incubator

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Global Health Education and Learning Incubator (GHELI) faculty director Sue J. Goldie and former GHELI partners Ankur Pandya and Janice Jhang were featured in a recent news story titled “ A ‘Mentoring Tree’ of Health Decision Scientists Continue to Bear...

Harvard College

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Undergraduates at Harvard College have many opportunities to engage in global health learning. They can pursue a secondary field in Global Health and Health Policy, enroll in a general education course on global health, engage in activities as part of the...

Access to Menstrual Hygiene & Period Poverty in Rural Punjab

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Lack of resources for healthy and safe menstruation is a significant issue in rural Punjab (a region which spans territories in both India and Pakistan). Period poverty is a direct result of root causes including social stigma, low socioeconomic status...

Impact of Sex-Selective Abortion Bans on Asian Americans

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In the United States, abortion has increasingly become a politicized issue, with Republican-led states seeking to limit access to abortion. Sex-selective abortion bans are one type of restriction that prevents doctors from performing abortions if they...