October 9th, 2013 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] This Forum event examined the painstaking but crucial steps that can be taken to save children at risk from dying from preventable causes such as malaria, pneumonia and poor nutrition.
September 13th, 2013 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] Based on the latest science, this Forum event examined how Americans can shift their food environments from toxic to healthy.
June 14th, 2013 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] Research suggests that educating girls and women safeguards their well-being, ensures healthy future generations, alleviates poverty, and boosts GDP. Yet alarming discrepancies persist between genders and within and among nations on who receives quality, sustained education and, consequently, who experiences the most opportunities to thrive. This Forum event examined the sources of these discrepancies, including entrenched biases and predatory acts such as trafficking, and reviewed efforts to raise up the world’s girls through health and education.
April 26th, 2013 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] This Forum event, focused primarily on the immediate aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, revealed the sometimes surprising underpinnings of a successful emergency preparedness system and shared hard-won lessons applied and learned.
April 16th, 2013 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] This Forum event explored the landmark “Cost of Inaction” initiative launched by the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at HSPH. The project responds to hitherto unaddressed questions in public health: what are the costs of inaction, and is the cost of inaction greater than the cost of action.
April 8th, 2013 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] Kathleen Sebelius, the 21st Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), spoke about leadership and public health challenges.
March 6th, 2013 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] In this Forum event, expert participants examined what we know about the effects of stress on health and ways in which positive well-being, mindfulness, exercise and nutrition contribute to a more resilient, healthier lifestyle.
January 31st, 2013 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), spoke at HSPH about global health and promoting sustainable development.
January 8th, 2013 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] In the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, CT, this Forum event investigated the legal, political, and public health factors that could influence future efforts to prevent such massacres.
December 10th, 2012 Part of: Policy Controversies.
[FORUM VIDEO] In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, this Forum event explored how people and cities rebound from devastating natural disasters and how they prepare for new catastrophes.
