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Global Health and Social Medicine

Global Health and Social Medicine

Scientist wearing protective clothing, including a hairnet, face mask, and gloves, examines a petri dish with bacterial colonies inside a laboratory safety cabinet.

A Tuberculosis Lab Makes a Community Healthier, Science Stronger

August 26, 2025

Federal funding cuts put global research collaboration at risk

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In Hard-To-Treat Form of Tuberculosis, Shorter, Gentler Therapy Shows Unequal Benefit

July 16, 2025

Study suggests treatment should be tailored for disease severity

The germs that cause tuberculosis appear as clumps of red and yellow rod-shaped particles on a jade-green background.

Study Finds Three New Safe, Effective Ways To Treat Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

January 29, 2025

New options make care faster, safer, and more accessible

A sign pointing the way to the “colored waiting room” in a 1943 photo of a scene from Rome, Georgia, symbolizes how a legacy of historic racism leads to unequal health care for Black people, Native Americans, and members of other groups that still face discrimination today.

Journal Editors and Scholars Confront a History of Medical Discrimination

July 1, 2024

Understanding the roots of racism and social determinants of health to make a better future

A surgical team of doctors and nurses wearing blue scrubs, gauzy head coverings, and medical masks adjust lights, provide anesthesia, and perform other actions necessary for an operation, all gathered around the patient on the operating table. Health equity requires access to surgical care.

Global Surgery: A Bold Plan for Access, Equity

May 31, 2024

HMS-led community is working to bring basic surgery, anesthesia to 5 billion people who need it

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Preparing Medical Students and Doctors to Confront Climate Change

May 29, 2024

Gaurab Basu leads climate education efforts at Harvard Medical School and beyond

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Sustaining Health Care as Crisis in Haiti Escalates

March 21, 2024

Four decades of collaboration with HMS and beyond laid the groundwork for resilience and hope amid…

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Experts Suggest Innovations to Address Global Blood Crisis

February 15, 2024

Short-term strategies could improve care for people in world’s ‘blood deserts’

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What Will It Take to End Tuberculosis?

February 15, 2024

A boundary-pushing global collaboration is betting on the power of science

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HMS Physician-Scientist Named WHO Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health

July 20, 2023

Vanessa Kerry says building resilient health systems is key to reducing harm from climate crisis

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Bridging a Critical Gap in Care for the World’s Poorest Billion

July 13, 2023

Center named a WHO Collaborating Centre

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Patel Named New Chair of Global Health and Social Medicine

June 1, 2023

Leader in research, mental health care delivery to succeed Paul Farmer

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