Lancet Series 2015: Nuclear Disaster Impacts and Response

This teaching pack on food security, developed by the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University, is designed to help undergraduate and graduate students consider food security as it relates to multi-sectoral health risks and responses, and common inequities that can compromise health due to social and economic discrimination and conflict. The pack includes an instructor’s note, four lesson plans (which offer an introduction to food security, explore food-related health risks due to…

This web portal from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) is a collection of resources focused on better understanding the impacts of displacement on specific groups: children, women, men, youth, older populations, members of minority groups, and disabled populations. Much of the current research on internally displaced peoples (IDPs), according to IDMC, is presented at the national level and clumps IDPs into one large group – often leaving behind the most vulnerable populations. These resources,…

This case study showcases the thoughts of a senior scientist at an organization focusing on a Best Practices in Refugee Health and Resettlement Services project. She seeks to understand the importance of mobilizing theoretical answers to complex issues and implementing them into subsequent action, specifically, implementing best practices to respond to urgent refugee resettlement needs. This case is most suitable for classroom discussions about refugee health and resettlement, integrated knowledge mobilization and knowledge exchange, best…