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Reclaiming childhood
Article in Harvard Magazine, November-December 2012 issue, featuring HSPH’s Theresa Betancourt
Can doing good be done better?
[ Spring/Summer 2012 ] Better-trained aid workers, closer coordination among relief agencies, and a bigger dose of humility while working in unfamiliar cultures would help ensure that the billions of dollars spent each year on humanitarian assistance are…
Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine provide new gift to expand, improve training for humanitarian aid leaders
[ Spring/Summer 2012 ] Wars, natural disasters, genocide, and other tragedies in recent years have transformed global humanitarian aid into a $160 billion-a-year industry that employs 240,000 people in thousands of organizations across more than 100 countries. But too often,…
At new Humanitarian Academy, disaster responders will learn best practices
A new comprehensive training program for humanitarian workers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) aims to help thousands around the world who work in war zones, help in the wake of natural disasters, or serve in other…
Research team corroborates Darfur abuse allegations
After reviewing and analyzing medical records, researchers say they’ve corroborated allegations by Darfur civilians who say they were tortured, sexually assaulted, or otherwise abused by Sudanese government or Janjaweed forces in the Darfur region of Sudan. The research…
VanRooyen leads Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s efforts to improve disaster response
Michael VanRooyen and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) team he directs are working hard to develop new ways to offset the miseries of humanitarian disasters. In a January 2012 Boston Magazine article titled “The Saving Game,” VanRooyen talked…
A humanitarian comes home
Coverage in the Harvard Gazette, December 21, 2011, profiling HSPH alumna and HHI instructor Stephanie Kayden
A humanitarian academy at HSPH
[ Fall 2011 ] Plans are underway to create a new Humanitarian Academy at Harvard School of Public Health, the first global center dedicated to training and teaching the next generation of humanitarian leaders. Approximately 240,000 humanitarian workers worldwide provide…
Technology boosts humanitarian efforts
August 24, 2011 -- Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Helps Aid Organizations Respond to War, Disasters Coping with humanitarian emergencies brought on by war, famine, or a natural disaster is rife with challenges. Aid workers can face armed militias, an earthquake-stricken…
So you want to do disaster relief? Simulation tests the mettle of humanitarian aid workers-in-training
May 6, 2011 “Guys, we have a kidnapping scheduled at 5:30,” Harvard School of Public Health doctoral student-turned-militia leader Mey Akashah announces. Tension has been rising over the course of the day between militia members and teams of…
