Stanford Health Policy is a joint effort of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Stanford Department of Medicine
Global Health
Scholarly Publications
Municipal Water Disinfection and Mortality Decline in Developing Countries: Evidence from Mexico’s Programa Agua Limpia
March 2017
Historically, improvements in the quality of municipal drinking water made important contributions to mortality decline in wealthy countries.
The Epidemiologic Challenge to the Conduct of Just War: Confronting Indirect Civilian Casualties of War
January 2017
Most civilian casualties in war are not the result of direct exposure to bombs and bullets; they are due to the destruction of the essentials of daily living, including food, water, shelter, and...
Other Publications
The Grand Divergence in Global Child Health: Confronting Data Requirements in Areas of Conflict and Chronic Political Instability
March 2016
There is something deeply troubling about a death that goes unnoticed.
CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, winter 2006 issue
January 2006
This issue of CHP/PCOR's quarterly newsletter, which covers news from the fall 2005 quarter, includes articles about: a study concluding that the implantable cardioverter defibrillator -- one of...
News
Q&A: Paul Wise and World Bank leader Jim Yong Kim
October 2018
Stanford Health Policy's Paul Wise held a conversation with Dr. Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group about improving the health of the poorest communities around the world.
Indirect child casualties of conflict far outnumber direct combatant deaths in Africa
August 2018
More children die from the indirect impact of armed conflict in Africa than those killed in the crossfire and on the battlefields, according to a new study by Stanford researchers.
A billion guns worldwide lead to public health burden of homicides and suicides, particularly in United States
August 2018
In the most comprehensive investigation of its kind, the findings published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), show 64 percent of firearm-related deaths were...
Events
RIP: Humanitarians in Crisis: Lessons from the Battle for Mosul, Iraq with Paul Wise
April 24, 2018
Humanitarians in Crisis: Lessons from the Battle for Mosul, IraqThe Battle of Mosul was one of the largest urban sieges since World War II.
Health Policy through 2020: The ACA, Payment Reform and Global Challenges
August 29, 2016
This event has reached capacity. Please join us to watch the live-stream at this link. The symposium will focus on the key questions that impact health through the year 2020.
Science Seminar: Eran Bendavid, "Health Plus: Spillover from Foreign Aid for Health in Africa"
December 15, 2014
Abstract: Foreign aid for health in low- and middle-income countries has increased five-fold over the past 25 years. Between 2005 and 2010, health aid made up more than 30% of all health spending...
Projects
Children in Crisis
Improving the Provision of Human Services in Areas of Conflict, Political Instability and Weak Governance
English
Guatemala Rural Child Health and Nutrition Program
The primary goal of the Guatemala Rural Child Health and Nutrition Program is to use the capacities of Stanford University to save young children’s lives in Guatemala and other areas of the world...
English
Rethinking the Balance Between Future Obesity and Malnutrition with Climate Change
As India's middle class has expanded, the nation's public health concerns have shifted. Obesity rates have risen, coinciding with a surge in diabetes.
English
Multimedia
Grant Miller: The team approach to international heatlh
January 2016
Grant Miller, associate professor of medicine, has been working to help residents of a state in India access micro nutrients that they are lacking.
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