Building a Better Response: Field Perspectives is a video interview series highlighting the views of various humanitarian practitioners on the...
Featured Resources
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The Signal Code: A Human Rights Approach to Information During Crisis
Visit the Signal Code Minisite
The Signal Code is the result of a six month study by the Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to...
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Negotiation with Non-State Armed Groups at the Frontlines
In many of today’s frontline humanitarian environments, access is increasingly difficult to obtain and maintain, and continued engagement with non-state armed actors is an integral aspect of ensuring assistance and protection activities and advocating for compliance with international legal...
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Data preparedness: connecting data, decision making and humanitarian response
Signal Program Standards and Ethics Series - Issue 1
Data are a central component of humanitarian response. Frequently, however, there is a disconnect between data, decision-making and response. Informed decisions need to be made in the first hours and days of an emergency, and if the...
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KoboToolbox’s Question Library
The KoBoToolbox Question Library enables users to create, store, share and re-use validated questions across surveys. This speeds up the process of creating new forms and contributes to the standardization of survey questions.
For more information, visit...
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Humanitarian Needs Assessment Training
The Humanitarian Needs Assessment E-learning program is designed to provide an overview of the Humanitarian Needs Assessment process. The process can look very different depending on the scale of a disaster, the role of humanitarian organizations involved and the resources available to any...
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Building a Better Response
The Building a Better Response e-learning course provides users with a comprehensive and practical introduction to engaging with the international humanitarian architecture. The e-learning component is publicly accessible free of charge.
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| Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course: Intro | ||||
| Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course: Overview | ||||
| Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course: Registration Information | ||||
| Urban Humanitarian Emergencies Course: Topics Covered in the 2014 Course | ||||
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Urban Humanitarian Response and Protection |
It is estimated that half of the world’s population currently resides in urban areas, and this number is expected to rise to 5 billion by 2030, with the largest cities emerging in Africa and Asia. Rapid urbanization has led to increased density, overcrowding, and strain on local... |
Sep 2014 |
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| Urban: City Fragility and Resilience Framework | ||||
| Urban: GBI and Mobility in Cities | ||||
| Urban: RCT of Business | ||||
| URBAN: Recent Publication | ||||
| Urban: Systematic Review | ||||
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Urbanization - An Emerging Humanitarian Disaster |
This paper describes the current rates of urbanization and the developing health consequences framed as a humanitarian crisis. The authors go on to analyze the current state of knowledge and policy on urban health. They lay out the priorities for future research and work and the role for... |
Aug 2009 |
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| US and International Response to the conflict (2010-2013) |
In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, dedicating U.S. support to the governments of the affected countries in central Africa, as well as the African Union (AU) and the UN. In 2011, the AU established the Regional Cooperation... |
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Usha Periyanayagam | |||
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Valerie Ann Dobiesz |
Dr. Valerie Dobiesz has expertise in medical education and women’s health and is collaborating on developing an assessment tool to evaluate challenges to maintaining medical education during conflict and insecurity. Dr. Dobiesz is an emergency medicine physician at the Brigham & Women’s... |
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Valerie Neylan | |||
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Vandana Sharma |
Dr. Vandana Sharma is Project Director for the External Evaluation of the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme at HHI and a Research Associate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is a public health researcher with expertise in maternal and child... |
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Victim Participation and the Trial of Duch at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia |
The trial of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch (Case 001), at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) was the first in the history of international criminal justice in which surviving victims of alleged crimes could participate directly in international criminal proceedings as... |
Jan 2011 |
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Vincenzo Bollettino |
Dr. Bollettino is the Director of the Program on Resilient Communities at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Bollettino served for five years as Executive Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Dr. Bollettino has twenty years... |
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| Vulnerable Populations Program: Intro | ||||
| Vulnerable Populations Program: PeacebuildingData.org |