Recent News
- Characterizing Violence in the DRC
Read our latest report on violence, community responses, and implications for the protection of women in the DRC. You can access the report by clicking here. - 2009 Humanitarian Action Summit Report Released
The report presents challenges to humanitarian response and policy recommendations. You can access the report by clicking here. - Who Will Get Treated in a Flu Epidemic?
Read HHI Fellow Sheri Fink's October 24, 2009 NY Times Week in Review article on managing H1N1 response, titled "Worst Case: Choosing Who Survives in a Flu Epidemic." - HHI Crisis Mappers Featured in AlertNet Article
HHI Co-Director of the Crisis Mapping Program, Patrick Meier, and Crisis Mapping Fellow Jen Ziemke are both featured in an October 12, 2009 article from AlertNet. The article calls crisis mapping a practice that brings "X-ray style clarity to humanitarian response." Read the article here: "Crisis mapping brings X-ray style clarity to humanitarian response." - VanRooyen named MSU Alumni of the Year
HHI Co-Director will receive the Michigan State Distinguished Alumni Award on October 15, 2009. You can read an article about this award by clicking here: "Human rights activist named alumni of year." - Sheri Fink in the New York Times Magazine
HHI Fellow, Dr. Sheri Fink published an article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine on August 30, 2009, entitled, "The Deadly Choices at Memorial". The article highlights research Dr. Fink conducted 2.5 years ago in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. - The Lancet releases an H1N1 resource center
From the collaboration of editors from 40 Elsevier-published journals and 11 learned societies comes the Lancet's newly released H1N1 Resource Center intended to inform the public about the latest research and developments on the H1N1influenza. - Gregg Greenough in the Journal Science
HHI's Director of Research was recently profiled in Science's "Science Careers". You can read his take on humanitarian aid careers here: "In the Trenches: Science for Humanitarian Aid." - HHI Holds Darfur Disaster Simulation
FromApril 24-26, 2009, HHI held a Darfur disaster simulation in the woods of North Andover, MA for over 50 aid workers-in-training. You can read an article in the Harvard University Gazette on the Simulation here: "Simulating chaos to teach order: Weekend workshop puts humanitarian students to the test." - Mihir Bhatt to join UN Humanitarain Coordination Panel
HHI Fellow Mihir R. Bhatt has been invited to join the UN's Humanitarian Coordination Assessment Panel. Congratulations, Mihir! - HHI on Twitter and Facebook
Looking for more interactive ways to follow and respond to announcements, news, and events related to HHI's work? Follow us on Twitter and become a fan of HHI on our Facebook Fan Page! - HHI holds 2009 Humanitarian Action Summit
Experts gathered March 26-28 to exchange expertise on emerging issues in the humanitarian health sector. You can read the Harvard University Gazette article on the Summit here: "Experts get down to business at 2009 Humanitarian Action Summit." - HHI Interviews Militia in eastern DRC
HHI Gender-based Violence Research Coordinator Jocelyn Kelly blogs on Change.org about interviewing militia in the DRC about rape as a weapon of war. - Eve Ensler and Dr. Denis Mukwege Raise Awareness on Violence in DRC
Playwright and founder of V-Day partners with HHI-affiliate to raise awareness about violence against women in the DRC. - HHI researchers publish in JAMA on Preventive Supplementation
HHI researchers have released a report on the effectiveness of Ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) in the population-based prevention of moderate and severe wasting - New Pediatrics article on the Impact of the WHO Growth Standards
HHI researchers have released a report on the impact of adopting the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children compared with the use of the National Center for Health Statistics growth reference. - Alex de Waal Joins HHI
Alex De Waal, a leading expert on Sudan and the Darfur crisis, joins HHI as a Fellow and Visiting Scientist. - New Report on Early Warning
HHI researchers have released a report on new approaches to conflict early warning for prevention of mass atrocities. - Humanitarian Studies 2009 Program Announced
October 2008
HHI announces the eighth year of the Humanitarian Studies Program for graduate students and medical residents. For information on eligibility and registration for the January 2009 course, please visit our course website. Read more about the program's disaster simulation in the Boston Globe. - Comment on Ahmedabad Train Blasts
July 28, 2008
HHI Fellow Mihir Bhatt comments on the Ahmedabad blasts in Kolkata's The Telegraph. - Letters to the NEJM Editors on Iraq Mortality Studies
July 24, 2008
HHI Fellows Frederick Burkle and Rebecca Grais weigh in on the controversy surrounding Iraq mortality studies in the New England Journal of Medicine. - National Public Radio Interview on Sexual Violence in Congo
January 8, 2008
Listen to Dr. Julia VanRooyen speak about HHI's response to the gender-based violence epidemic in the Congo on Public Radio International's The World.