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Dr. Felicia Knaul’s transfer to the University of Miami

As of August 2015, Dr. Felicia M. Knaul, Director of HGEI between 2009-2015, transferred to the University of Miami as the Director of the Miami Institute of the Americas and Professor at the Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Knaul made significant contributions to the Harvard community and beyond during her tenure at HGEI through innovative and cross-cutting, policy-oriented research on various topics related to promoting health equity globally, including most…

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Dying with Dignity: Hope for Rwanda as a post genocide society

On the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, palliative care specialist and HGEI collaborator Christian Ntizimira has written a powerful and moving article titled “Dying with Dignity: Hope for Rwanda as a post-genocide society.” “During the genocide,” Christian concludes, “a part of our humanity was lost along with the one million who perished. However, I’m still convinced that the concept of palliative care will bring…

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HGEI Hosts 2nd In-Person Meeting of Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Control

Commissioners from all over the world convened in Cambridge and Boston May 13-15 to attend the second in-person meeting of the Lancet Commission on Global Access to Palliative Care and Pain Control (GAPCPC), hosted by HGEI and held at the Harvard Faculty Club and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Among the comprehensive list of goals for the meeting were finalizing the working definition of palliative care; discussing…

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