Posts tagged covid-19
Vaccine Nationalism and Building Equity in Global Health: A Conversation with Dr. Ingrid Katz

HHPR Associate Editor Christopher Li interviewed Dr. Ingrid Katz, MD, MHS, Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Associate Faculty Director at the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI), Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and an affiliated scientist at the Center for Global Health at Massachusetts General Hospital about vaccine nationalism in our present moment as well as building equity into global health.

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Climate Change as a Public Health Crisis: A Conversation With Dr. Renee N. Salas

HHPR Associate Editor Sophia Scott interviewed Renee N. Salas MD, MPH, MS. Dr. Salas is a Yerby Fellow at the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Affiliated Faculty and former Burke Fellow at the Harvard Global Health Institute.

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Rebuilding Trust After The COVID-19 Pandemic With Dr. Martin Kulldorff

HHPR Associate Editor Abdi Osman interviewed Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Ph.D, who previously was a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Harvard Medical School. Currently, Dr. Kulldorff is the scientific director at the Brownstone Institute and a fellow at Hillsdale College’s Academy for Science and Freedom. They discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine safety, and rebuilding trust between the public and public health agencies.

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The pandemic within the pandemic: Comprehensive sexuality education as the path forward to addressing intimate partner violence

While physical distancing helps to prevent spread of the coronavirus, these measures have also resulted in increasing reports of intimate partner violence throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Intimate partner violence is a multi-faceted issue, though failure to implement comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in the United States undoubtedly puts all people at increased risk for violence. Within the U.S., CSE is not standardized across states, counties, or even school systems, and a large proportion of sexuality education programs are not evidence-based or medically accurate. If we are to adequately address intimate partner violence, the United States must urgently invest in comprehensive sexuality education. CSE equips youth and adolescents with the necessary tools to develop a healthy self-identity, challenge societal norms, promote gender equality, prevent gender-based violence, and ultimately, lead healthier and more fulfilling lives.

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