This video, created by the Signal Program, uses DigitalGlobe imagery of Blue Nile, Sudan from September 2011 to highlight satellite imagery...
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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GRID: A Methodology Integrating Witness Testimony and Satellite Imagery Analysis for Documenting Alleged Mass Atrocities |
This article documents the development and initial use case of the GRID (Ground Reporting through Imagery Delivery) methodology by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI). GRID was created to support corroboration of witness testimony of mass atrocity related-events using satellite... |
Nov 2014 |
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Haiti-CNN iReport from Fond Parisien Disaster Recovery Center |
Hear from volunteer doctors at HHI's Fond Parisien Disaster Recovery Center. Take a tour as volunteers show you where surgeries are conducted, how surgeons power their tools, who changes bandages, and how lives are being saved. Video by Chris Morrow, CNN iReport (... |
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Hani Mowafi | |||
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Hanni Stoklosa |
Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, Executive Director of HEAL Trafficking, is an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital with appointments at Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Dr. Stoklosa is a well-recognized... |
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Haotan Wu |
Haotan Wu is a Ph.D. candidate at Peking University, majoring in International Politics, the Middle East in particular. She holds a M.A. (Magna Cum Laude) in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Previously, she was an exchange student to Jordan... |
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Harvard Field Study Non-Paper on Syrian Refugees |
The Syrian refugee crisis represents one of the greatest humanitarian challenges the international community has faced over the recent years, prompting record-high levels of international aid. In view of the complexity of the political and social environment in which these challenges arise and... |
Jan 2014 |
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Harvard Humanitarian Initiative 2018-2019 Annual Report |
This Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Annual Report covers the 2018-2019 period of activities. Within it readers can find an overview of HHI's humanitarian research & efforts, including HHI's role at Harvard University and finances for the time period. ... |
Apr 2020 |
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Harvard Humanitarian Initiative-Haiti CNN iReport |
From CNN iReport: Take a tour with Dr. Hilarie Cranmer, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Video by: Chris Morrow (http://... |
Feb 2010 | |
| Harvard University Winter Field Study Course in the Middle East 2019 |
Humanitarian Negotiation on the Frontlines: A Critical Review of the Regional and International Response APPLY TO COURSE: https... |
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HarvardX Course: Humanitarian Response to Conflict and Disaster |
A trailer video for the course can be found here. From the Syrian refugee crisis to the West Africa Ebola outbreak, humanitarian emergencies have reached unprecedented dimensions and proportions. As need for... |
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Haya Hamade | |||
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Health in Humanitarian Crises | Link | ||
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Health systems infrastructure in post-earthquake Nepal: Building Back Better |
Please join Mr. Mohat Manandhar (visiting scholar in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institution of Technology) and Dr. Vincenzo Bolletino (Harvard Humanitarian Initiative) for a presentation on the state of health care infrastructure... |
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Helen Ouyang | |||
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Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard | |||
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HHI Annual Report 2015 |
It is with both admiration and humility that we look back upon this year and celebrate the vision, innovation and commitment of our faculty, staff, and collaborators in the pursuit of developing better strategies for assisting communities in crisis. 2014 - 15 signified a year of tremendous... |
Dec 2015 |
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HHI Annual Report 2017 |
The HHI 2017 Annual Report provides a look into the research and educational activities of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. At a time of deepening challenges nationally, globally, and especially in the humanitarian sector, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is uniquely... |
Mar 2018 |
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HHI Disaster Relief Hub |
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative is pleased to support organizations responding to conflict and disaster globally. We recognize that due to the recent devastation brought on by hurricanes, earthquakes and ongoing conflicts around the world it is difficult to know how best to help those... |
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On this page, you will find a list of resources and publications by HHI's Senior Fellows. More information on the HHI Senior Fellows can be found here. |
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HHI in the Field: Beth Maclin in DRC |
In April 2014, Beth Maclin, the Research Coordinator for the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative's Women in War Program traveled to Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to work on a program evaluation of services to reduce the stigmatization of survivors of sexual violence in the... |
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HHI Year End Report 2013 |
2013 was another important and impactful year for humanitarianism. From Syria, to Sudan, and the Philippines, we have witnessed and responded to new global health challenges in an ever changing humanitarian landscape. We at HHI are committed to creating new ways to serve our... |
Dec 2013 |
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HHI's Humanitarian Academy at Harvard Curricular Innovation Program |
This trailer details the development, strategy and students' response to new humanitarian case modules at the Humanitarian Academy at Harvard. Each case reaches specific humanitarian learning objectives through the use of an entirely unique approach to asynchronous blended-learning,... |
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Hichem Demortier |
Hichem is the 2016-2017 Australian American Fulbright Scholar for Non-Profit Leadership, and Senior Fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), where he will collaborate with HHI experts to develop a research agenda on quality of care in humanitarian emergencies and resilience of health... |
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High Ground: Disaster Risk and Resilience in the Philippines Panel Discussion |
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and the Asia Center present High Ground: Disaster, Risk, Resilience in the Philippines. The photo exhibition by Aubrey Graham draws on themes of disaster risk, resilience, relocation, and urban community response mechanisms in the Philippines... |