covid19 event

COVID-19: Reflections and Updates with Drs. Anthony Fauci, Jim Yong Kim, George Q. Daley, and Paul Farmer. ORGANIZER: Harvard Medical School - Global Health and Social Medicine WEBSITE: https://ghsm.hms.harvard.edu/ghsm-events?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent...

On October 28 at 12pm ET join us for “Catalyzing Global Leadership to Contain the Impact of COVID-19” with featured guests Peter Sands, Executive Director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Atul Gawande MD, MPH, surgeon, writer...

The Harvard Center for African Studies Africa Office will host this year's Folorunso Alakija Distinguished Lecture on Religion and Public Life in Africa featuring Professor Simeon Ilesanmi, Washington M. Wingate Professor of Religion at Wake Forest...

While still behind the pandemic curve of other regions, the situation in Africa is changing rapidly with the number of infections and deaths increasing dramatically. We need to double-down our efforts to overcome the health and economic challenge and the...

As the COVID-19 Pandemic ravages the planet changes big and small are changing human lives and our future prospects. Among those changes, few other than the discovery and effective distribution of a vaccine will be as consequential as the changes taking...

December 2nd - The Impact on Women Women have been disproportionately impacted by the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare and the economy. Facing the dual burden of an economic crisis and a healthcare crisis, women face increased expectations and demands as...

November 18th - Meeting the Challenges of Higher Education in Africa Institutions of higher education in Africa have acknowledged even prior to the pandemic that increased access to virtual learning is necessary to bring down costs and expand access to...

December 9th - Youth & Closing the Innovation Gap Despite the healthcare and economic challenges of COVID-19, opportunities exist for new and innovative ways of thinking about production and manufacturing. Many of the most creative responses are driven by...

October 14 - Expression of Arts and Culture The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted daily life around the world, including for that of artists, musicians, and other creatives. But, as is often the case, great challenges also provide for great inspiration. How...

September 30 - Current State and Priorities On February 14, Africa’s first case of COVID-19 was reported in Egypt. By August, Africa surpassed more than 1 million diagnosed cases of COVID-19. Wide disparities exist in the scale of and response to the...