Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good received the Silver Magnolia Award from the Shanghai Municipal Government Foreign Affairs Office for her “valuable support to Shanghai’s development and outstanding contributions to our friendly cooperation.”
Each year, nearly 2 million people die from tuberculosis—a treatable disease that has been brought under control in the United States, but continues to ravage other parts of the world.
In partnership with NATO’s Joint Analysis and Lessons Learned Centre, the Department’s Program on Global Public Policy and Social Change recently released a case study from Haiti: a working paper “toward creating a comprehensive response to health system strengthening in crisis-affected fragile states.”
Felton Earls, Professor of Social Medicine, recently reported the publication of a definitive article on his team’s years of work with youth living in communities impacted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Tanzania.
At a seminar held in Shanghai on May 14-15, 2012, 60 mental health specialists from across China gathered to examine China’s progress and challenges in building a new system of public mental health.
GHDonline, the global health delivery virtual community and blog site connecting clinicians, researchers, policy makers, students, and managers from more than 160 countries and nearly 2200 organizations, announces new opportunities and reports successful use of online resources by health care workers in Africa.
The report, Who Needs Psychiatrists?, appearing in the March 15, 2012, issue ofScience features the work of Byron and Mary-Jo Good and others to develop strategies for improving mental health care in developing countries where psychiatrists are scarce.
The Global Health Delivery Partnership Rwanda team published an important report documenting the strength of accompaniment and its effect on clinical outcomes.
The Global Health Delivery Partnership Rwanda team published an important report documenting the strength of accompaniment and its effect on clinical outcomes.
Vanessa Kerry, MD, director of the GHSM Program on Global Public Policy and Social Change and executive director of the Global Health Service Corps, announced the launch of the Global Health Service Partnership with the Peace Corps and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).