Humanitarian Health Digest

The Humanitarian Health Digest is a biannual bibliography of published peer-reviewed journal articles on humanitarian health. The Digest is compiled by the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and The Lancet. Digest Vol. 9 Second Half 2021: Featuring articles on  the fight against Cholera and the Mental Health of Refugees during the COVID19 pandemic.

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COVID-19 HUMANITARIAN

COVID-19 Humanitarian is an open-access web-based platform promotes the exchange of field-based COVID-19 program adaptations and innovations, facilitating learning among organizations in different sectors and contexts.

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Humanitarian Lives Saved Approach (H-LiST)

H-LiST provides evidence-based recommendations on which maternal and child health, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions, at specified coverage levels, can save the most lives. 

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In Search of Safety: Stories about migration, displacement, and advocating...

At a moment when the numbers of people fleeing their countries are at the highest level ever recorded, Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health/Bloomberg School of Public Health partnerned with The Stoop and the Enoch Pratt Free Library for this special evening of stories

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Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 2

Public Health in Humanitarian Crises 2, addresses public health issues of people affected by disasters, both natural or conflict-related. It discusses the many changes that occur in people’s lives when they are uprooted by a disaster, such as when  is an epidemic a public health emergency; what do we mean with the humanitarian development nexus; what are the basics of disaster epidemiology and surveillance; humanitarian principles;...

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What We Do

Research

Undertake innovative research in humanitarian health science to discover and apply evidence-based strategies for prevention, preparedness, response, recovery and reintegration. 

Educate and Train

Educate and train individuals, governments and organizations on the latest theories and best practice approaches of humanitarian health science to allow for their evidence-based and practical application.

Empower

Empower individuals, communities, organizations and Governments to practically apply skills and expertise gained through research and education.

News

The CDC’s Title 42 order fuels racism and undermines...

America’s top physician, Dr. Anthony Fauci, had...

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Syria and Iraq facing severe drought

Climate change and conflict are driving a humanitarian emergency that threatens...

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Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health Joins...

Photo credit- Tyler J September 20, 2021 The Center for Humanitarian Health at...

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On COVID vaccinations for refugees, will the world live up...

Towards the end of May, Ali Jinnah Hussin, 20, noticed that a lot of people in...

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Undocumented and unvaccinated yet still essential

When the COVID-19 pandemic first swept through the U.S., the public learned of a...

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Events

The Goodermote Humanitarian Award Presented to José Andrés...

Dean Ellen J. MacKenzie, PhD '79, ScM '75 invites you to join the live...

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Where We Work

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