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A Seat at Every Table

March 21, 2024

For Women’s History Month, Health Policy and Management Department Chair Keshia Pollack Porter reflects on how women of color have consistently been a voice for equity and celebrates the progress that has been made for representation.

Health Equity

Human Rights

Department of Health Policy and Management

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Meet the Women Behind the Power of Public Health

March 08, 2024

Women have long been integral to public health—though they haven’t always received recognition for their work. Today, they comprise 70% of the global health workforce. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating some of the women that have made the field of public health what it is today.

Health Equity

Human Rights

International Health

Bloomberg School

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Bhopal: A Tale of Two Tragedies

February 28, 2024

When COVID-19 hit, India's Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Center forcibly discharged survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide pesticide factory gas leak disaster, compounding their suffering.

COVID-19

Human Rights

International Health

Global Health NOW

Collage of 14 Black individuals who shaped the field of public health

Black Public Health Heroes Who Made—And Are Making—History

February 09, 2024

Researchers, physicians, and activists who have inspired Bloomberg School faculty and shaped the field of public health

Health Equity

Human Rights

International Health

Bloomberg School

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Envisioning an End to FGM/C

February 05, 2024

Eliminating gender-based violence and harmful practices like child marriage and FGM/C is one priority area of the new Johns Hopkins Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity.

Health Equity

Human Rights

Reproductive and Sexual Health

Bloomberg School

Kathryn Falb Named Leon S. Robertson Faculty Development Chair in Injury Prevention

December 11, 2023

Kathryn Falb is a recognized leader in preventing violence against women and children in humanitarian settings.

Department of International Health

Human Rights Faculty Experts

Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of human rights? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Paul B. Spiegel

Distinguished Professor of the Practice

International Health

Paul Spiegel, MPH ’96, MD, is recognized for his research on preventing and responding to complex humanitarian emergencies and director of the Center for Humanitarian Health.