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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Money and Mortals
Le Grand Diable d'Argent Patron de la Finance Hand-colored etching, artist unknown (France, early 19th century) COURTESY BAKER LIBRARY HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS In more than 1,000 woodcuts, engravings, etchings, and lithographs from the 16th to the 19th century, Baker... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- News
Don't Fear the Reaper
- 12 Nov 2014
- News
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Bless this Stress
mortal in search of strategies to live better and longer. Instead of a magic hammer, the actor relies on guidance from a series of experts like Akinola, an organizational psychologist and Columbia Business School professor. She’s here to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
just two birthdays. “If you made it to your first birthday you were probably going to have a life, considering that infant mortality rates were so high,” he explains. “And the 60th was, basically, you’ve had a good life.” Having reached... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna; I’m an associate editor at the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Last November I flew to Seoul, South Korea to interview Michael Kim (MBA 1990) of MBK Partners. Often referred to as one of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Courage and Hope in Africa
the country's economy and infrastructure in shambles and with its enormous social problems (Sierra Leone has the highest infant mortality rate in the world), Van Gerpen is seeking aid for UNICEF from Western governments and international... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
that access to these free screenings has reduced the breast cancer mortality rate in the country by 34 percent, says Smyth, who was awarded a Companion of the NZ Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth for services to Women and Governance, in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
evidence has shown that social behavior—including helping others—improves our mental and physical health and extends life expectancy. One study on mortality following 7,000 people found that the risk of death among men and women with the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
women’s health in the United States, which has the worst rate of maternal mortality of any industrialized nation. Women of color are four times more likely to die in the delivery room. “People theorize that 50 percent to 75 percent of... View Details
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
Watson’s superhuman powers can send mixed messages. Technology, once welcomed for freeing people from drudgery and backbreaking labor, is so powerful and its innovations so swift and relentless that mere mortals have a hard time keeping... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
Zealand government instituted free breast cancer screenings for women ages 50 to 64, later extended to 45 to 69. The foundation is currently working to extend those screenings to women up to the age of 74. Data shows that access to these free screenings has reduced the... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
financial terms.” Obremskey’s firm, RHIA, on the other hand, is a social impact fund focusing on reproductive health to improve maternal care and combat rising maternal mortality in the U.S. Avestria invested with RHIA to develop a fetal... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
costs. Mortality rates for cardiovascular disease, hypertension, asthma, and various infections have been reduced between 40 and 70 percent over the last forty years thanks in large part to more effective and safer drugs. We need to do a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
"Dehydration is the leading cause of death among refugees. Before this panel ends, nearly eight hundred children will die of dehydration caused by diarrhea." Noting that the mortality rate for Afghan children under the age of five is 25... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
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One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
pandemics more likely. Aside from pandemics, what are WHO’s chief concerns? WHO has four major objectives: enhancing global health security by detecting and responding to disease outbreaks; accelerating progress on the UN Millennium Development Goals, which include... View Details