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Principles, challenges of offering humanitarian aid are focus of new online course
August 8, 2016 -- A new free online course from Harvard University will explore the principles guiding humanitarian response to modern emergencies as well as the challenges faced by responders when providing aid. Humanitarian Response to Conflict and…
Rebuilding health care in Nepal
Following last year’s devastating earthquake, a student commits to improving health care in his native country June 1, 2016 -- When Ramu Kharel, MPH ’16, was seven years old, his father won the lottery for an immigrant visa…
This Week in Health: Preparing for disaster
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Theresa Betancourt, Dyann Wirth honored at annual Alice Hamilton lecture
April 8, 2016 -- Theresa Betancourt discussed her research on the role of conflict, adversity, and resiliency in children at the Sixth Annual Alice Hamilton Award Lecture on April 5, 2016 in Kresge Cafeteria. Following her talk, Betancourt, associate…
Preventive measures key in planning for disasters
Earthquakes or floods can wipe out infrastructure—including health care facilities, when they’re needed more than ever. Given the risks to public health in the wake of a natural disaster, it’s important for health systems to plan ahead, according…
Cross-cultural course in Colombia boosts awareness of refugee issues
Sixteen students from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the University of Antioquia School of Medicine participated in a cross-cultural course, Health of Urban Displaced Populations in Post-Conflict Colombia, January 5-23, 2016 to study public health…
Health care providers can help communicate climate change consequences
Most people in the U.S. do not see climate change as a serious threat, according to polls. A new editorial by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor Howard Koh argues that clinicians can help the public…
Former Mass. Governor Deval Patrick on leadership during Boston Marathon bombing response
November 12, 2015 – In the hours following the detonation of two bombs during the 2013 Boston Marathon, scores of people mobilized to tend to the injured and bring the perpetrators to justice. The response required agencies over…
Physicians must play a greater role in social justice
Physicians need to step up their role in safeguarding human and civil rights because failure to do so can threaten the health and even the lives of individuals facing political persecution, social strife, racial discrimination, or other forms…
At HUBweek, experts focus on global health threats
October 8, 2015 — The roots of the current Syrian crisis may be found in the massive drought that afflicted the country between 2006 and 2009 and precipitated a migration of more than 1 million people from rural…