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"Advancing Excellence and Equity in Global Health"
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⏰ Deadline Approaching! Applications for the Burke Fellowships are due Saturday, Jan 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST.
If you or someone in your network might be a fit, please submit your application here: bit.ly/3YNUjZg
If you or someone in your network might be a fit, please submit your application here: bit.ly/3YNUjZg
January 28, 2026 at 8:31 PM
⏰ Deadline Approaching! Applications for the Burke Fellowships are due Saturday, Jan 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST.
If you or someone in your network might be a fit, please submit your application here: bit.ly/3YNUjZg
If you or someone in your network might be a fit, please submit your application here: bit.ly/3YNUjZg
📣 Call for Abstracts!
HGHI is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Harvard Global Health Student Research Showcase, featuring global health research by Harvard undergraduate & graduate students.
🗓 Deadline: Feb 27, 2026
👉 Learn more & apply: bit.ly/4bndSjd
HGHI is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Harvard Global Health Student Research Showcase, featuring global health research by Harvard undergraduate & graduate students.
🗓 Deadline: Feb 27, 2026
👉 Learn more & apply: bit.ly/4bndSjd
Call for Abstracts: 2026 Harvard Global Health Student Research Showcase - Harvard Global Health Institute
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2026 Harvard Global Health Student Research Showcase, a university-wide poster session featuring global health ...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:01 PM
📣 Call for Abstracts!
HGHI is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Harvard Global Health Student Research Showcase, featuring global health research by Harvard undergraduate & graduate students.
🗓 Deadline: Feb 27, 2026
👉 Learn more & apply: bit.ly/4bndSjd
HGHI is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Harvard Global Health Student Research Showcase, featuring global health research by Harvard undergraduate & graduate students.
🗓 Deadline: Feb 27, 2026
👉 Learn more & apply: bit.ly/4bndSjd
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
- How did cancer cells become drug-resistant?
- New Molecules Point the Way Toward Treating Crohn’s Disease
- Exercise variety linked to lower risk of premature mortality
- COVID-era trick may transform drug discovery
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
- How did cancer cells become drug-resistant?
- New Molecules Point the Way Toward Treating Crohn’s Disease
- Exercise variety linked to lower risk of premature mortality
- COVID-era trick may transform drug discovery
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
- How did cancer cells become drug-resistant?
- New Molecules Point the Way Toward Treating Crohn’s Disease
- Exercise variety linked to lower risk of premature mortality
- COVID-era trick may transform drug discovery
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
- How did cancer cells become drug-resistant?
- New Molecules Point the Way Toward Treating Crohn’s Disease
- Exercise variety linked to lower risk of premature mortality
- COVID-era trick may transform drug discovery
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
We’re pleased to announce HGHI’s 4th Annual Global Health Symposium centered around the theme, Global Health Forward: Strength Through Innovation & Collective Action, on April 16, 2026!
Open to the public & livestreamed worldwide.
Register today: bit.ly/2026-Symposi...
#GlobalHealth #HGHI
Open to the public & livestreamed worldwide.
Register today: bit.ly/2026-Symposi...
#GlobalHealth #HGHI
Experts to Discuss Pressing Global Health Issues at Annual Symposium - Harvard Global Health Institute
The Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) will host its fourth annual Global Health Symposium at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, on April 16th, 2026. With the theme “Global Health Forward: Stren...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:43 PM
We’re pleased to announce HGHI’s 4th Annual Global Health Symposium centered around the theme, Global Health Forward: Strength Through Innovation & Collective Action, on April 16, 2026!
Open to the public & livestreamed worldwide.
Register today: bit.ly/2026-Symposi...
#GlobalHealth #HGHI
Open to the public & livestreamed worldwide.
Register today: bit.ly/2026-Symposi...
#GlobalHealth #HGHI
Join us Jan 30th for our virtual Coffee Session on high-tech & high-touch strategies to strengthen maternal healthcare in Pakistan & sub-Saharan Africa. Featuring Maryam Mustafa & Julie Mann!
📅 9–10 AM ET | Zoom | Open to the public
👉 Register: bit.ly/4bHiJM8
📅 9–10 AM ET | Zoom | Open to the public
👉 Register: bit.ly/4bHiJM8
Strategies for Improving Maternal Healthcare Delivery: Insights from Pakistan and Sub-Saharan Africa - Harvard Global Health Institute
This webinar highlights two complementary strategies that reflect distinct but aligned approaches to improving maternal care delivery. Together, these perspectives illustrate how “high-tech” tools tha...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Join us Jan 30th for our virtual Coffee Session on high-tech & high-touch strategies to strengthen maternal healthcare in Pakistan & sub-Saharan Africa. Featuring Maryam Mustafa & Julie Mann!
📅 9–10 AM ET | Zoom | Open to the public
👉 Register: bit.ly/4bHiJM8
📅 9–10 AM ET | Zoom | Open to the public
👉 Register: bit.ly/4bHiJM8
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
1) AI is speeding into healthcare
2) Nutrient Availability Shapes Breast Cancer’s Spread
3) New tool lets anyone audit a country’s methane claims
4) Nutrition, Food Security, and Climate-Smart Public Health
Read: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
1) AI is speeding into healthcare
2) Nutrient Availability Shapes Breast Cancer’s Spread
3) New tool lets anyone audit a country’s methane claims
4) Nutrition, Food Security, and Climate-Smart Public Health
Read: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
1) AI is speeding into healthcare
2) Nutrient Availability Shapes Breast Cancer’s Spread
3) New tool lets anyone audit a country’s methane claims
4) Nutrition, Food Security, and Climate-Smart Public Health
Read: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
1) AI is speeding into healthcare
2) Nutrient Availability Shapes Breast Cancer’s Spread
3) New tool lets anyone audit a country’s methane claims
4) Nutrition, Food Security, and Climate-Smart Public Health
Read: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
“As academics, we can test for hundreds of things all at once, which helps the community. Because what you don’t know, you don’t know, but it can still hurt you.”
—Kari Nadeau,@hsph.harvard.edu, commenting in NPR on the long-term health impacts of the 2025 LA wildfires.
🔗 Learn more: n.pr/4pL2fWR
—Kari Nadeau,@hsph.harvard.edu, commenting in NPR on the long-term health impacts of the 2025 LA wildfires.
🔗 Learn more: n.pr/4pL2fWR
The long-term health impacts from the LA wildfires are just becoming clear
The fires affected millions of people in the region. It could take years to understand the health consequences, but ongoing research is helping to prepare people to weather the next fires more safely.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:40 PM
“As academics, we can test for hundreds of things all at once, which helps the community. Because what you don’t know, you don’t know, but it can still hurt you.”
—Kari Nadeau,@hsph.harvard.edu, commenting in NPR on the long-term health impacts of the 2025 LA wildfires.
🔗 Learn more: n.pr/4pL2fWR
—Kari Nadeau,@hsph.harvard.edu, commenting in NPR on the long-term health impacts of the 2025 LA wildfires.
🔗 Learn more: n.pr/4pL2fWR
🌟 Exciting news! 🌟 Former Burke Fellow Dee Jordan, PhD, MPH, MA, joins the NAM Collaborative to build trust in health science through community partnership.
Read more: nam.edu/news-and-ins...
Read more: nam.edu/news-and-ins...
National Academy of Medicine Launches the Building Trust in Health Science Through Community Partnership and Lived Experience Action Collaborative; Over 30 Members Will Co-Develop Community-Driven App...
NAM launches a new Collaborative to build trust in health science. Community leaders, researchers and practitioners will co‑develop community‑driven approaches.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
🌟 Exciting news! 🌟 Former Burke Fellow Dee Jordan, PhD, MPH, MA, joins the NAM Collaborative to build trust in health science through community partnership.
Read more: nam.edu/news-and-ins...
Read more: nam.edu/news-and-ins...
Introducing the Global Health Monthly Media Mix—a refreshed newsletter featuring articles, multimedia, and perspectives on global health equity.
January theme: The Role of Universities in a Changing Global Health Landscape.
Explore & subscribe: www.linkedin.com/pulse/hghis-...
January theme: The Role of Universities in a Changing Global Health Landscape.
Explore & subscribe: www.linkedin.com/pulse/hghis-...
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Introducing the Global Health Monthly Media Mix—a refreshed newsletter featuring articles, multimedia, and perspectives on global health equity.
January theme: The Role of Universities in a Changing Global Health Landscape.
Explore & subscribe: www.linkedin.com/pulse/hghis-...
January theme: The Role of Universities in a Changing Global Health Landscape.
Explore & subscribe: www.linkedin.com/pulse/hghis-...
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The dismantling of USAID has triggered a wave of deaths—100s of thousands already—across the world. @agawande.bsky.social, former public health leader at USAID, will unpack the reversal of recent global health gains. Learn more & register: https://loom.ly/Z_QCcQ4
January 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The dismantling of USAID has triggered a wave of deaths—100s of thousands already—across the world. @agawande.bsky.social, former public health leader at USAID, will unpack the reversal of recent global health gains. Learn more & register: https://loom.ly/Z_QCcQ4
In a recent Harvard Medicine News feature, Louise Ivers MD, MPH, HGHI Faculty Director, reflects on the future of global health amid funding and political challenges, emphasizing perseverance, partnership, and centering communities to advance global health equity.
🔗 Read the article: bit.ly/49iITDB
🔗 Read the article: bit.ly/49iITDB
Perseverance Is the Prescription for Global Health Challenges
Louise Ivers on how Harvard community is persisting on path to global health equity
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January 12, 2026 at 4:37 PM
In a recent Harvard Medicine News feature, Louise Ivers MD, MPH, HGHI Faculty Director, reflects on the future of global health amid funding and political challenges, emphasizing perseverance, partnership, and centering communities to advance global health equity.
🔗 Read the article: bit.ly/49iITDB
🔗 Read the article: bit.ly/49iITDB
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
1) Researchers now understand how a new class of antivirals works
2) Binge drinking triggers gut damage
3) Genetic difference may help explain variation in COVID severity
4) Want to speed brain research?
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
1) Researchers now understand how a new class of antivirals works
2) Binge drinking triggers gut damage
3) Genetic difference may help explain variation in COVID severity
4) Want to speed brain research?
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
January 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
1) Researchers now understand how a new class of antivirals works
2) Binge drinking triggers gut damage
3) Genetic difference may help explain variation in COVID severity
4) Want to speed brain research?
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
1) Researchers now understand how a new class of antivirals works
2) Binge drinking triggers gut damage
3) Genetic difference may help explain variation in COVID severity
4) Want to speed brain research?
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
Stopping the next pandemic; Students develop ‘clicker’ for humanitarian workers; Growth of concierge & direct primary care; Health mediation and conflict resolution
Read more: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
Stopping the next pandemic; Students develop ‘clicker’ for humanitarian workers; Growth of concierge & direct primary care; Health mediation and conflict resolution
Read more: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
Stopping the next pandemic; Students develop ‘clicker’ for humanitarian workers; Growth of concierge & direct primary care; Health mediation and conflict resolution
Read more: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
Stopping the next pandemic; Students develop ‘clicker’ for humanitarian workers; Growth of concierge & direct primary care; Health mediation and conflict resolution
Read more: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
Applications are now open for HGHI’s paid Summer 2026 Global Health Internships & Research opportunities for returning Harvard undergrads! 🌍
🗓 Deadline: Feb 2, 2026
Explore & apply: bit.ly/2026-GH-Inte...
🗓 Deadline: Feb 2, 2026
Explore & apply: bit.ly/2026-GH-Inte...
2026 Global Health Summer Internship Opportunities for Harvard Undergraduate Students are Now Open for Applications - Harvard Global Health Institute
Applications to the Harvard Global Health Institute’s paid summer research and internship placements for returning Harvard undergraduates are now open. Students selected for the program will receive a...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Applications are now open for HGHI’s paid Summer 2026 Global Health Internships & Research opportunities for returning Harvard undergrads! 🌍
🗓 Deadline: Feb 2, 2026
Explore & apply: bit.ly/2026-GH-Inte...
🗓 Deadline: Feb 2, 2026
Explore & apply: bit.ly/2026-GH-Inte...
More than 1B people worldwide live with a mental health condition, yet most lack adequate care. At the Paul Farmer Symposium at Harvard Medical School, leaders explored how research, innovation, and community-led models can close this gap. 🎥 bit.ly/4qaGHnc
Impact on Global Mental Health Care Delivery and Research - Harvard Global Health Institute
At the Paul Farmer Symposium, held in November 2025 at the Harvard Medical School and organized by the non-profit co-founded by the late HMS professor Paul Farmer, Partners In Health, global health le...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
More than 1B people worldwide live with a mental health condition, yet most lack adequate care. At the Paul Farmer Symposium at Harvard Medical School, leaders explored how research, innovation, and community-led models can close this gap. 🎥 bit.ly/4qaGHnc
We’re thrilled to share that our former Student Advisory Committee member and Harvard alumna, Edith “Tomi” Siyanbade, has been awarded the 2026 Marshall Scholarship! 🎉
Her work in global health spans biotechnology, vaccine design, education, and health infrastructure.
Read more: bit.ly/4aQLpSu
Her work in global health spans biotechnology, vaccine design, education, and health infrastructure.
Read more: bit.ly/4aQLpSu
December 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We’re thrilled to share that our former Student Advisory Committee member and Harvard alumna, Edith “Tomi” Siyanbade, has been awarded the 2026 Marshall Scholarship! 🎉
Her work in global health spans biotechnology, vaccine design, education, and health infrastructure.
Read more: bit.ly/4aQLpSu
Her work in global health spans biotechnology, vaccine design, education, and health infrastructure.
Read more: bit.ly/4aQLpSu
What’s happening in global health this week?
- Who gets a say at FDA public drug-approval hearings
- Harvard Students Named Rhodes and Marshall Scholars
- West Africa experts look to the ocean to pay for climate adaptation
- Report outlines lead’s harms, costs
Read: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_post_links
- Who gets a say at FDA public drug-approval hearings
- Harvard Students Named Rhodes and Marshall Scholars
- West Africa experts look to the ocean to pay for climate adaptation
- Report outlines lead’s harms, costs
Read: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_post_links
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
What’s happening in global health this week?
- Who gets a say at FDA public drug-approval hearings
- Harvard Students Named Rhodes and Marshall Scholars
- West Africa experts look to the ocean to pay for climate adaptation
- Report outlines lead’s harms, costs
Read: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_post_links
- Who gets a say at FDA public drug-approval hearings
- Harvard Students Named Rhodes and Marshall Scholars
- West Africa experts look to the ocean to pay for climate adaptation
- Report outlines lead’s harms, costs
Read: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_post_links
What’s happening at Harvard in global health this week?
1) ‘This is it. This is exactly what I want to do.’
2) A green edge to global growth
3) Fighting Breast Cancer in Rural America
4) Richard Cash remembered as public health pioneer
Read more: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_post_links
1) ‘This is it. This is exactly what I want to do.’
2) A green edge to global growth
3) Fighting Breast Cancer in Rural America
4) Richard Cash remembered as public health pioneer
Read more: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_post_links
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What’s happening at Harvard in global health this week?
1) ‘This is it. This is exactly what I want to do.’
2) A green edge to global growth
3) Fighting Breast Cancer in Rural America
4) Richard Cash remembered as public health pioneer
Read more: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_post_links
1) ‘This is it. This is exactly what I want to do.’
2) A green edge to global growth
3) Fighting Breast Cancer in Rural America
4) Richard Cash remembered as public health pioneer
Read more: bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_post_links
The post-launch event for The Lancet One Health Commission Report brought together Vikram Patel, Kari Nadeau, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, John Amuasi & Andrea Winkler to discuss how a One Health approach can strengthen global health worldwide.
📘 Report: bit.ly/4oAhocY
📘 Report: bit.ly/4oAhocY
The Lancet One Health Commission: harnessing our interconnectedness for equitable, sustainable, and healthy socioecological systems
The evolution and sustenance of our planet hinges on a symbiotic relationship between humans, animals, and the environment that we share—we are interconnected. An expanding array of interlinked threat...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The post-launch event for The Lancet One Health Commission Report brought together Vikram Patel, Kari Nadeau, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, John Amuasi & Andrea Winkler to discuss how a One Health approach can strengthen global health worldwide.
📘 Report: bit.ly/4oAhocY
📘 Report: bit.ly/4oAhocY
Thank you @drtomfrieden.bsky.social for the engaging talk on your latest book, "The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your Own, and for sharing your perspective on how science, communication, and empathy can move public health forward.
@harvardhpm.bsky.social
@harvardhpm.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thank you @drtomfrieden.bsky.social for the engaging talk on your latest book, "The Formula for Better Health: How to Save Millions of Lives—Including Your Own, and for sharing your perspective on how science, communication, and empathy can move public health forward.
@harvardhpm.bsky.social
@harvardhpm.bsky.social
In recognition of #WorldAIDSDay, we’re highlighting global health research advancing prevention and equity.
📽️ Watch Ruanne Barnabas discuss sustained protection from single-dose HPV vaccination and implications for cervical cancer prevention worldwide: bit.ly/4iupKkV
📽️ Watch Ruanne Barnabas discuss sustained protection from single-dose HPV vaccination and implications for cervical cancer prevention worldwide: bit.ly/4iupKkV
RECORDING: Randomized Trial of Single-Dose HPV Vaccination in Young Women: 54-Month Efficacy and Durability - Harvard Global Health Institute
Discover how the KEN SHE Study, led by Professor Ruanne Barnabas, demonstrates lasting protection from a single-dose HPV vaccine and highlights its potential to transform cervical cancer prevention an...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In recognition of #WorldAIDSDay, we’re highlighting global health research advancing prevention and equity.
📽️ Watch Ruanne Barnabas discuss sustained protection from single-dose HPV vaccination and implications for cervical cancer prevention worldwide: bit.ly/4iupKkV
📽️ Watch Ruanne Barnabas discuss sustained protection from single-dose HPV vaccination and implications for cervical cancer prevention worldwide: bit.ly/4iupKkV
⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING! 2026–2027 Harvard LEAD Fellowship
The LEAD Fellowship offers leadership training, faculty mentorship, and a fully funded in-residence experience for professionals working in LMICs.
🗓 Deadline: Nov 30, 11:59pm ET
The LEAD Fellowship offers leadership training, faculty mentorship, and a fully funded in-residence experience for professionals working in LMICs.
🗓 Deadline: Nov 30, 11:59pm ET
Harvard LEAD Fellowship - Harvard Global Health Institute
Harvard Learn, Engage, Advance, Disrupt “LEAD” Fellowship for Promoting Women in Global Health To equip and empower more leaders in global health, the Harvard Global Health Institute, in collaboration...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
⏰ DEADLINE APPROACHING! 2026–2027 Harvard LEAD Fellowship
The LEAD Fellowship offers leadership training, faculty mentorship, and a fully funded in-residence experience for professionals working in LMICs.
🗓 Deadline: Nov 30, 11:59pm ET
The LEAD Fellowship offers leadership training, faculty mentorship, and a fully funded in-residence experience for professionals working in LMICs.
🗓 Deadline: Nov 30, 11:59pm ET
New in the Harvard Gazette: “How immigrant doctors fill critical gap in U.S. healthcare system”. Eram Alam, Associate Professor of the History of Science & past HGHI Research & Innovations speaker, explores how foreign physicians serve millions in underserved communities.
Read more: bit.ly/4oiel9c
Read more: bit.ly/4oiel9c
How immigrant doctors fill critical gap in U.S. healthcare system — Harvard Gazette
In new book, science historian Eram Alam explores the roots of the American physician shortage and how to fix it.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New in the Harvard Gazette: “How immigrant doctors fill critical gap in U.S. healthcare system”. Eram Alam, Associate Professor of the History of Science & past HGHI Research & Innovations speaker, explores how foreign physicians serve millions in underserved communities.
Read more: bit.ly/4oiel9c
Read more: bit.ly/4oiel9c
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
1) Habits in your 20s shape your heart for life
2) Functional Neurological Disorder
3) USAID shutdown led to hundreds of thousands of deaths
4) Single prime editing system potentially treats multiple genetic diseases
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
1) Habits in your 20s shape your heart for life
2) Functional Neurological Disorder
3) USAID shutdown led to hundreds of thousands of deaths
4) Single prime editing system potentially treats multiple genetic diseases
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
What’s happening around Harvard in global health this week?
1) Habits in your 20s shape your heart for life
2) Functional Neurological Disorder
3) USAID shutdown led to hundreds of thousands of deaths
4) Single prime editing system potentially treats multiple genetic diseases
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
1) Habits in your 20s shape your heart for life
2) Functional Neurological Disorder
3) USAID shutdown led to hundreds of thousands of deaths
4) Single prime editing system potentially treats multiple genetic diseases
bit.ly/m/HarvardGH_...
Extreme heat is a growing public health crisis in India, especially for women in the informal sector. HGHI Steering Committee member Dr. Satchit Balsari studies real-world impacts using sensors, household monitoring & community partnerships.
📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
Women Toiling in India’s Insufferable Heat Face Mounting Toll on Health
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November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Extreme heat is a growing public health crisis in India, especially for women in the informal sector. HGHI Steering Committee member Dr. Satchit Balsari studies real-world impacts using sensors, household monitoring & community partnerships.
📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
📌 Read the article: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...