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From the Field: Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Infectious Disease Surveillance in Iquitos, Peru

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As climate change continues to reshape our environment, its impact on infectious diseases is becoming harder to ignore. Changing temperatures and shifting ecosystems are expanding the range of disease-carrying vectors and creating new opportunities for pathogens to spread. This is especially concerning at the wildlife-human interface, where climate pressures and human encroachment blur the boundaries…Continue Reading From the Field: Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Infectious Disease Surveillance in Iquitos, Peru

Mitigating HIV-related Stigma in Peru

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From the Director: Happy New Year! To start off 2025, I wanted to highlight Molly Franke’s research and campaign to mitigate HIV-related stigma in Peru. Despite tremendous advances in HIV treatment and prevention, gaps in HIV service delivery continue to exist in many parts of the world, and HIV-related stigma remains an important barrier to…Continue Reading Mitigating HIV-related Stigma in Peru

Second Climate Change & Health Workshop

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In the News: From the Director: Last fall, I wrote about our first Global Health and Climate Change workshop that involved multiple Core members and which was sponsored by Harvard’s Salata institute. In June, we held a second Climate Change and Health Workshop, this time as one of the inaugural 2024 Harvard Global Health Institute’s…Continue Reading Second Climate Change & Health Workshop

New Area of Focus: Our Climate and Health Work

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In the News: From the Director: By the end of March 2023, the impacts of climate change resonated deeply within the network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that we work with. In Malawi and Madagascar, Cyclone Freddy had a profound effect on areas where Partners in Health and Pivot operate, respectively. They faced an increase in…Continue Reading New Area of Focus: Our Climate and Health Work

Mathematical Modeling Course in Rwanda

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From the Director: This month, some of our team has been conducting a course in Rwanda on the mathematical modeling of infectious diseases. The course was funded by a grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and is designed to increase familiarity in the principles and practice of epidemic modeling and its role in…Continue Reading Mathematical Modeling Course in Rwanda