In 2023, Bloomberg School alum Mary McQuilkin and her colleague revisited Alaskan villages to see if people who received hepatitis B vaccines in 1981 were still protected against the virus. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/hepatitis…

Congratulations to Shea Littlepage (PhD candidate in International Health)!! She has won a Fulbright-Fogarty Public Health Fellowship to Ethiopia to research the country’s relatively successful COVID-19 response with limited resources and working within WHO structures. #Fulbright

The Commercial Determinants of Health course taught by Adam Koon in our Global Health Systems Summer Institute will explore how commercial actors pursue strategies that shape consumer preferences with profound implications for health. June 10–14, 8am–1pm:
publichealth.jhu.edu/course/41025

A new study by International Health and HCLFoundation researchers looks at the role of social capital in funding health care costs in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. They explore how households use their social networks to cover costs during health emergencies.
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Two of the students in our MSPH in Health Systems degree program in International Health recently completed their practicum at World Health Organization (WHO). @Abinethaa and Prachi were the recipients of the 2023–2024 Eckhert Fazen award, which allowed them to strengthen their knowledge in #GlobalHealth .

Interested in the notion and challenges of consent in Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)?

Read these UNU-IIGH's latest publications in partnership with HRP (HRP) and ICJ (@ICJ_org):

➡️go.unu.edu/59qxl
➡️go.unu.edu/lKFAz

Intro to Global Health Economics is a short-term course offered in our Summer Institute and taught by Andrés Vecino MEcon MD PhD (he/él). The course will cover topics such as supply & demand, price & income elasticity, and the measurement of poverty and inequality. June 4–7: publichealth.jhu.edu/course/39430

Take a look at our new report on the Humanitarian-Developoment-Peace Nexus! This report delves into how integrated approaches are reshaping healthcare in South Sudan, from family planning to maternal & child health.
Read the report here: tinyurl.com/3hy8s42w 🌍  #HDPN

'Over many years, the disaster response community has grown to trust direct #cashtransfers ..research has shown cash transfers benefit the intended recipients who spend it on essentials like housing & food', said Shannon Doocy, prof at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health apnews.com/article/oprah-…

Join us this Friday for the next session in the health policy analysis webinar series International Health. Abigail Neel will present on “Advancing Research and Practice to Support Sustainable Health Programs Following Donor Transition.” Apr. 12, 11 a.m. EDT.
jhubluejays.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Happening online tomorrow at 9 a.m. EDT: Charting the Course: The Vital Role of Strategic Planning in National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs). Learn more about the application of strategic planning in the NPHI setting. Register: emory.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The health policy analysis webinar series International Health, which is in its 4th year, aims to promote discussion around global health policy research. The series features a range of speakers on different global health topics and spans the career spectrum: publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/health-po…

The newly launched CHH-Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement, chaired by Paul B. Spiegel, was highlighted in the The New Humanitarian: tinyurl.com/44rbbwn7

You can read the Commission’s priorities in The Lancet: tinyurl.com/3vc5jmns

Conflict deaths hit 26-year high, with 110M+ forcibly displaced as of June 2023. JHU Humanitarian Health (CHH)–Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, & Forced Displacement aims to address this crisis, reshaping an overwhelmed humanitarian system. Read The Lancet: tinyurl.com/2j9brwns

📣Our 2024 Global Health Systems Summer Institute offers short-term courses for public health professionals and part-time graduate students in a variety of global health areas. Most courses offered online. 🗓️May–August. publichealth.jhu.edu/academics/glob…

Much of the conversation on women's leadership in health has focused on barriers women face in reaching these positions. A new grant will enable International Health researchers to shine a light on positive impacts of women's leadership. #InternationalWomensDay publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/womens-le…

Our latest newsletter shares info on our Global Health Systems Summer Institute, where participants can take short-term courses in global health, two new JHU Humanitarian Health reports, Excellence in Teaching awards, and more: mailchi.mp/b4b8560181bd/h…

Tomorrow, the 2nd International Health health policy analysis webinar in the spring series will cover “Why has development assistance for health been so much greater than that for education?” Join us online at 11 a.m. EST for the discussion. Link to register: jhubluejays.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join our webinar to hear scenario-based projections of excess deaths in #Gaza - developed through a collaborative research project between
Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM & JHU Humanitarian Health

🗓️ 7 March 2024
⏲️2-3 pm UK time
👉bit.ly/49w3eD0

Q&A with Paul B. Spiegel in the The New Yorker on the 'Crisis in Gaza: Scenario-Based Health Impact Projections' report by researchers from Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, LSHTM and JHU Humanitarian Health gaza-projections.org

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