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 First Half 2020: Featuring articles on COVID-19 and humanitarian assistance 

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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

Venezuelans brave COVID wing to bathe, feed sick loved ones

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Leaning against a hospital wall for balance,...

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Facebook Live: The Border is Here,

Family separation is not a new problem, it echoes across Indigenous American...

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A new resource for humanitarians fighting Covid-19

Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies is behind a new platform for workers in...

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CORONAVIRUS EDGE OF EMERGENCY

Almost as soon as reports began circulating earlier this year that a new...

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Refugees, asylum seekers unfairly blamed for COVID-19

Refugees and asylum seekers who have falsely been blamed for spreading...

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