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Shedding light on migration issues
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Using lessons from Haiti earthquake to improve humanitarian aid
After the devastating 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, relief workers and international aid poured into the country. But the humanitarian effort became a problem in itself due to factors such as a lack of coordination among aid organizations…
Humanitarian heart, analytical mind
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Report finds gender disparities in phone access, high rates of depression, in Syrian refugees in Greece
A new report from the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative finds that among Syrian refugees in Greece, men are much more likely to own a phone than women (94% compared to 67%). Researchers also found that two out of every…
Fitness apps can put humanitarian and military workers, others at risk
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