Past Events

Safe Water for Health Now

The Safe Water for Health Now Conference focused on the challenges of providing safe water to the neediest and most vulnerable people, with the promise of dramatically improving their health status. By convening key stakeholders, we created a rich understanding of the pivotal problems and solutions, laying the groundwork for concrete steps to address this critical health and human need.

AIDS @ 30

In remembrance of World AIDS Day, the CGHD invited Dr. Don Thea, Dr. Lisa Messersmith, Dr. Martha Vibbert and the Reverend Canon Ted Karpf to reflect on their personal and professional experiences with HIV/AIDS.

Development that Works

BU’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, in collaboration with the CGHD, hosted key stakeholders across BU and beyond to explore the larger concepts and opportunities that have resulted in development that is meaningful and sustainable over time.

Child Brides: The Health and Human Consequences of Marrying Too Young

BU’s School of Public Health, College of Communication, Center for Global Health & Development, and the Pulitzer Center hosted Child Brides: The Health and Human Consequences of Marrying Too Young.

Global Urban Health Summit

The Global Urban Health Summit encouraged collaboration on urban health issues, both across BU and with the larger urban health community.