Monday Morning

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Photo by John Ra, Partners in Health The Boston Globe reported that colleagues at Harvard said Farmer had been working and teaching at Rwanda’s University of Global Health Equity, which he co-founded. He had such an amazing global presence. I cannot believe Dr. Farmer is gone. At Gillings, we mourn his loss.

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Global Health Health Equity 52

Exploring Health

MARCH 12, 2025

A Tanzanian nurse on the screen explains the latest results from a hospitals new maternal health information system that Spangler helped implement. Spanglers passion for global health started at the age of 20, when she decided to pool her savings to study in Guatemala. But for now, Im okay staying here and figuring it out.

Maternal and Child Health 59

Maternal and Child Health Health Metrics and Evaluation Healthcare Systems and Hospitals Global Health 59

Exploring Health

JANUARY 17, 2025

Underutilized and Undervalued: Community Health Workers Are the Way Forward in Global Health Crises Community health workers reduce healthcare inequities around the world. While international health rights guarantee the right to health, this is not the lived reality for these populations.

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Health Education and Training Organizations Socioeconomic Status and Health Nutrition and Public Health Non-governmental Organizations 98

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

MARCH 14, 2025

After earning her Master of Public Health from Emory University, Haita began working for the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) in 2022. Prior to joining the New Jersey Department of Health, Dee was the Global Giving Lead for the philanthropic arm of a global health service company.

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Maternal and Child Health Health Education and Training Organizations Mental Health and Public Health Public Health Law and Policy Consulting 109

Frontiers

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

By Katharina Stock Dr Kelly Thompson is the Director of Research Operations at the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District in Western Sydney and an active researcher at The George Institute for Global Health. Kelly is currently serving as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Global Women’s Health.

Academic and Research Institutions 105

Academic and Research Institutions Maternal and Child Health Non-communicable Diseases Healthcare Systems and Hospitals 105

HEALTHBEAT

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Before taking the helm at the Health Department, Vasan served as the president of Fountain House, a New York-based mental health nonprofit, and as a public health professor at Columbia University. A primary care physician and epidemiologist, he previously worked on health equity and global health issues.

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Mental Health and Public Health Health Equity Global Health 53

HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 9, 2025

Bill Foege, who after leaving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched what became The Task Force for Global Health, was known for his role in leading the eradication of smallpox in the 1970s. He wasnt ready to give up his global public health work. I told him I spent my life in global health.

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HEALTHBEAT

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Now she’s at the helm of one of the world’s largest public health agencies, steering a department with a roughly $2 billion budget and thousands of employees. Advancing health equity has been a throughline in Morse’s varied and accomplished career. We are all interconnected.

Mental Health and Public Health 113

Mental Health and Public Health Health Education and Training Organizations Health Equity Ethnicity and Health 113

The Hill

APRIL 29, 2025

Massive funding changes The Trump administration has made a concentrated effort to purge any program or funding opportunity that promotes, or seems to promote, diversity, equity, and inclusion. That decision has led to massive disruptions in global health, especially programs focused on preventing HIV/AIDS.

Mental Health and Public Health 99

Mental Health and Public Health Environmental Health and Safety Mental Health Services Health Disparities 99