Adverse childhood experiences and contextual health interventions in Brazil
Adverse childhood experiences are linked to severe negative health and social outcomes across people’s lives and are becoming recognised as a major threat to well-being and economic prosperity. Through early intervention targeting aspects of children’s social and environmental contexts it is possible to achieve a lasting impact on children’s futures. The project analyses the highly-successful, […]
Medical Research Training in Haiti
Zanmi Lasante / Partners in Health is the largest health care provider in Haiti. In collaboration with the Haiti Ministry of Public Health they run the largest teaching hospital in the country, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM). HUM provides residency training programs, including the only emergency medicine residency program in the country, as well as continuing […]
Community recovery and survivor support following the 2013-2016 Ebola virus epidemic in Guinea
The 2013-2016 West African Ebola virus epidemic was the largest in history and resulted in significant public health burdens, social and economic impacts. We, and many others, have been working to understand the social and cultural dynamics of the epidemic and the local, national and international response. Despite the resolution of the epidemic in 2016, […]
