"Women and Health: A Comprehensive Focus for Global Health"

Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health; T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School

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The international health agenda shifted from maternal to reproductive health before settling on a broader approach to women’s wellness. Julio Frenk will discuss the evolution of this approach, using as a case study the recent implementation of a comprehensive strategy in Mexico.

Alumna and former Radcliffe College trustee Maurine Pupkin Rothschild ’40, who died in 2004, and her husband Robert Rothschild ’39 established the annual Rothschild Lecture at the Schlesinger Library in 1989. Distinguished speakers in the series have included Angela Davis, Eve Ensler, Samantha Power, Adrienne Rich, Amartya Sen, and Maxine Singer.

This event is free and open to the public.