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Donations of diapers, clothing, and bottled water have streamed into Texas and Louisiana from across the country for residents whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Harvey. But despite the generous intentions of their donors, experts say these…
Recovery from Harvey could take years
Richard Serino spoke about the response to Harvey so far and the long recovery ahead in Texas and Louisiana.
Responding to tropical storm Harvey
Experts say the recovery from Harvey is likely to take years.
After disaster, social ties may help elderly stave off cognitive decline
Among older adults whose houses were damaged or destroyed after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, those who maintained stronger connections with neighbors and friends after the disaster experienced less cognitive decline.
Unregulated economic growth could lead to irreversible environmental destruction
Unchecked economic ambition could result in irreversible environmental destruction and disastrous economic and health consequences, according to a new landmark report issued by a group of world-leading health and environmental experts, including two Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Attacks against aid workers add complexity to disaster response training
At annual disaster simulation, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative stresses personal safety May 9, 2017 – Amidst unprecedented levels of violence against civilians and humanitarian aid workers in conflict settings around the world, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is taking a…
FXB Fellow Satchit Balsari receives honor in India
Satchit Balsari receives award from Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India Satchit Balsari, an FXB Center for Health and Human Rights Fellow and, until recently, chief of the Global Emergency Medicine Program at Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital,…
Stories from Aleppo: Medical workers under siege
March 23, 2017 – The stories told by health workers from Syria were heartbreaking. They spoke of making desperate attempts to save people injured in a chemical attack on a hospital… of struggling to save people’s eyesight after…
National Preparedness Leadership Initiative trains TSA executives
Leonard Marcus, lecturer on public health practice in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) that he co-directs, were mentioned in a December…