Today, in 2020, COVID-19 has thrown the world into an unprecedented global health crisis, forcing most countries into periods of lockdown and economic turmoil. However, the crisis in Yemen is much different from the rest of the world. UNICEF describes the conflict in Yemen as 'A living hell for...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to note that children's health is being threatened on levels more than just one. Health is more than being without illness; health comprises physical, mental, and social well-being. Physical activity is something that touches on all three--it...
Biography: Dr. Mark Jordans, MSc, PhD, is a child psychologist and holds academic affiliations as Professor of Child and Adolescent Global Mental Health at the University of Amsterdam, and Reader, Child and Adolescent Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings, at the Center for Global Mental Health...
A new Transfer Project book: "Evidence for Action: The Story of Social Cash Transfers and Impact Evaluations in Sub-Saharan Africa," sheds light on the effect of unconditional cash transfers on economic empowerment in Africa. UNICEF Innocenti social policy specialist Tia Palermo explains the...
Biography: Dr. Michael Wessells is a Professor at Columbia University in the program on Forced Migration and Health. A long time psychosocial and child protection practitioner, he is former Co-Chair of the IASC Task Force on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. Formerly, he...
The Committee for Environmental Responsibility (CER) is a committee composed of Haverford staff, faculty, and students committed to making Haverford College a more sustainable environment based on the college’s socially responsible principles. I was able to communicate with two of CER’s student...
BIOGRAPHY Aaron Bernstein is the Interim Director of The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard C-CHANGE), a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr...
What is it? Browse innovations identified for their COVID-19 efforts, or view all potentially relevant COVID-19 innovations from across the globe. What is the objective? Our key objective is to celebrate, source, and supply innovations across 12 COVID-19 categories (i.e. response areas). The growing...