Mental illness and the
global burden of
disease
Despite its ravages,
mental illness continually
struggles with a sort of
second-tier status in
popular opinion, both in
the U.S. and around the
world. And yet it is one of
the most prevalent and
devastating afflictions
known to mankind.

More than
450
million
people
around
the world
suffer from some form of mental or behavioral disorder, dwarfing the figures associated with HIV/AIDS and diabetes. But
because it does not kill people—not directly, anyway—mental illness goes alarmingly undermined, undertreated, and misunderstood—all to damaging effect. HMI World spoke with two mental health professionals in the Harvard community to learn more about the
global burden of mental illness.

Partners in India rally to stem the tide of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Less than a year after HMI’s first HIV/AIDS workshop in Chennai, Sri Ramachandra Medical Center and Research Institute is preparing to create a center of excellence for HIV/AIDS treatment and education.

TMDU faculty prepare to lead change in Japan
Tokyo Medical and Dental University has an ambitious plan to enhance medical education in Japan. A visit to Boston helped faculty get ready for the challenges ahead.

The language of space and design
HMI World takes an inside look at the complex job of transforming the vision of our partners into new facilities ready for patient care and education.

Practi-Med programs in India and China to bring latest advances to local physicians

HMI-DHCC collaboration is recognized at major Gulf Region conference

Leadership and
teaching are focus of two workshops hosted by Sri Ramachandra

Conference shows
New England medical students how to go global

HMI academic tourism program to offer look at China’s changing health care system

A public health program in Croatia gets a boost from the Program for Physician-Educators

Usually, this annual program helps leaders in academic medicine better educate the populations they serve: students, residents, fellows, and faculty. A Zagreb health minister came to Boston with a slightly different challenge: educating a whole city about a serious health risk.

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