Back to Roots: MSH's President Travels to Japan

MSH President Jonathan Quick and Fumiko Iwamura. (Japan, 2011) Photo credit: Miho Sato.
MSH President Jonathan Quick and Fumiko Iwamura. (Japan, 2011) Photo credit: Miho Sato.

Few of us will inspire a generation as Dr. Iwamura and Ron [O'Connor] have done; and only some of us will have the energy in our 80s to show visitors the courtesy of “jogging them to the train.” Yet we can all strive to embody the values by which the Iwamuras have lived...

Ethiopia Celebrates MSH’s 40th Anniversary

MSH staff celebrate MSH's 40th anniversary with Jason Fraser, Deputy Mission Director, USAID-Ethiopia (second from right)
MSH staff celebrate MSH's 40th anniversary with Jason Fraser, Deputy Mission Director, USAID-Ethiopia (2nd from right) 

Nearly 2,000 guests gathered at the Hilton Hotel in Addis Ababa to celebrate MSH’s 40th anniversary and longstanding development work in Ethiopia, in partnership with the Ministry of Health and USAID.

MSH Celebrates 40th Anniversary in Dakar, Senegal

Family Planning Conference 2011, Dakar. L to R: Dr. Hedayetallah Mushfiq, Dr. Halida Akhter, Issakha Diallo, Dr. Faustin Yao, Marguerite Farrell, Jill Sheffield
L to R: Dr. Hedayetallah Mushfiq, Dr. Halida Akhter, Issakha Diallo, Dr. Faustin Yao, Marguerite Farrell, Jill Sheffield

At a satellite session at the 2011 International Conference on Family Planning on November 30 in Dakar, MSH asked five panelists to discuss successes in family planning, and what still needs to be done. The conversation was moderated by MSH’s Issakha Diallo and held in conjunction with a celebration of MSH’s 40th anniversary.

South Africa Celebrates MSH's 40th Anniversary

Bada Pharasi, South Africa

More than 70 regional and local partners celebrated MSH's 40th anniversary and the opening of a new office building in South Africa on November 3, 2011.

MSH Hosts Panel Discussion on Health for All; Launches New Book on 40 Years of Health Impact

Panelists at MSH panel on health for all, in honor of MSH's 40th anniversary

Over 200 people gathered in Cambridge, MA, on October 26, 2011, for "The Next Decade of Global Health: How Do We Achieve Health for All?" -- a panel discussion with international and local global health experts -- and a book launch celebrating MSH's 40 years of improving health.

MSH Celebrates 40th Anniversary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Dr. Jonathan Quick, MSH President/CEO with Dr. Garry Conille, Haitian Prime Minister.

On Friday, October 7, 2011, 150 friends and colleagues joined MSH for an evening reception at the Karibe Convention Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to celebrate the organization’s 40th anniversary.

MSH Celebrates 40 Years of Impact: Over 200 Guests Gather at Washington, DC Reception

MSH founder and current Board Member Ron O'Connor (right), Harvard School of Public Health Dean of Faculty Julio Frenk and others

On Tuesday, June 14, 2011, friends and colleagues from around the world joined MSH at the Global Health Council conference in Washington, D.C. to celebrate its 40th anniversary at an evening reception.