Since 2017, I’ve been privileged to collaborate with Ghana’s Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) to explore and develop new care models to treat chronic diseases like high blood pressure and depression. We work in rural communities where there is often no doctor....

Madeleine Ballard, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Arnhold Institute for Global Health and the Department of Global Health and Health System Design at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, designs and studies interventions to improve the performance of...

At the end of 2022, AMPATH Nepal launched the Nepal Pilot Projects grant opportunity to accelerate the development of collaborative work between the Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Dhulikhel Hospital, and Kathmandu...

Every May, as we recognize Mental Health Awareness month, the global implications of ignoring mental well-being continue to grow.  As early as 1953, the head of the World Health Organization declared that “without mental health there can be no physical health.” Vikram...

Imagine you're a young person who left or was forced out of your family home due to factors such as abject poverty, violence and abuse, or family conflict. With limited education, a lack of an extended family to turn to, and minimal resources, you find yourself...

Peers play a critical role in supporting young people living with HIV as they navigate the HIV care continuum. Peer mentors, educators, or navigators, are young people of a similar age with shared lived experiences, such as being HIV positive, pregnant during...