Refugees

A May 21 #WHA72 side event focused on migration and health. (Image: BWS)

Health on the Move

Goodwill ambassador for UNHCR Emtithal Mahmoud delivered a captivating spoken-word performance for the GHN LIVE at Stanford audience on April 10, 2019.

GHN LIVE at Stanford: Awakening Empathy for Refugees

A displaced Syrian girl waves to theA Syrian girl waves to the camera at a camp in Kafr Lusin near the border with Turkey in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on Feb. 17, 2019. Image: Aaref Wata/AFP/Getty camera at a camp in Kafr Lusin near the border with Turkey in Idlib province in northwestern Syria on February 17, 2019. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP) (Photo credit should read AAREF WATAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Rise with Refugees: A GHN LIVE Event with the Stanford Refugee Research Project

Australians stand in solidarity with refugees in honour of Aylan Kurdi MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 07: A woman holds a sign during a candle light vigil in honour of Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi and in protest against the Australian government's position on refugees and asylum seekers on September 07, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia.

The World Is Failing Its Refugees

Kiribati has extended a welcome to refugees in the past—including a group of Afghan refugees back on September 11, 2001—but the island nation’s residents now face displacement due to climate change, without legal protections grants to other refugees.

Is the World Ready for Climate Change Refugees?

Michele Barry (right) during a visit to Khartoum, Sudan.

Changing the Global Health Paradigm: Michele Barry

Syrian girls wash clothes outside their tent in the displaced persons camp in Atmeh, Syria in 2013.

Learn from the Pros: Public Health in Humanitarian Crises

A young refugee in front of hundreds of tents, during sunrise in a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece in March 2016.

How to Fix the Broken Humanitarian System: A Q&A with Paul Spiegel

Children look out at the sunset over the Bamarne IDP camp in northern Iraq.

The Case Against the Executive Order on Refugees

Ambulance depot near the Emergency Response Centre, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Time to Shake Up Emergency Response