COVID-19 HUMANITARIAN

COVID-19 Humanitarian is an open-access, web-based platform for use by humanitarian actors in preparedness and response to COVID-19. The many COVID-19 guidance and tools for humanitarian settings that are being disseminated require adaptation according to context.

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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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Humanitarian Health Digest

The Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and The Lancet third edition of Humanitarian Health Digest is now available. Making peer-reviewed research available to those who need it most - humanitarian health workers.

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Master of Applied Science in Humanitarian Health

An online, part-time degree providing advanced skills relevant to and focused on the field of humanitarian health. 

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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

Briefing: Coronavirus and the halting of asylum

Policies put in place by the administration of US President Donald Trump have...

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The potential impact of COVID-19 in refugee camps in...

Newly published peer-reviewed modelling by researchers based at John Hopkins...

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Experts: Global Development Decline Offers Opportunities for...

WHILE RECENT international reports indicate an unprecedented decline in...

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Venezuela: Urgent Aid Needed to Combat Covid-19

(Washington, DC) – The Venezuelan healthcare system is grossly...

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Low- and middle-income countries face up to COVID-19

The future of Zambia’s health in the COVID-19 pandemic is keeping Duncan...

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Events

The Broken Immigration System: Forcing Immigrants to Live in...

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Ending the Cycle of Crisis and Complacency in U.S. Global...

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Where We Work

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