Ten Years in Public Health 2007-2017

This case study from the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) describes a response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in three African nations by the United States military. It focuses on the challenges encountered by the U.S. military in its plan to send 3,000 active military soldiers to Liberia, exploring how those challenges were addressed and the resulting implications of the choices made. The case is part of a series produced by the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)…

This report from the National Academies Press (NAP) summarizes the proceedings of a workshop on firearm injuries and deaths. The workshop presents evidence on health system interventions to address firearm injuries and deaths and discusses its implications for preventive practices. The workshop underscores various implementation strategies for evidence-based interventions and participants discuss future research that should be conducted, paying special attention to environmental and behavioral risk factors. The workshop emphasizes a socially conscious disease framework…

This Lancet Series reports on the present state of stillbirths, highlights missed opportunities, and identifies actions for accelerated progress to end preventable stillbirths and reach 2030 maternal, neonatal, and child survival targets. This is an update to the 2011 series which reviewed the global status of stillbirths and presented the case for a triple return on investment in stillbirth prevention that also prevents newborn and maternal deaths. That Series received widespread media attention and an…