Tag: Post-Conflict

Planning for a Post-Conflict Colombia: Emerging Public Health Leaders Develop Health Interventions for IDPs

Post author By Jay Snyder, Chairman and Founder of Open Hands Initiative
Post date January 22, 2016

This post first appeared on the Huffington Post. Fifty-five years ago this week, braving the cold winds of a winter’s January, U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his inaugural address imparting upon the American people words still true today: “In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure […]

Tags Diplomacy, displacement, Health, health diplomacy, health equity, health exchange, IDPs, Post-Conflict, Public Health, refugees

Colombia Public Health

Health Diplomacy: A Step Towards Peace

Post author By Jody Sadornas
Post date January 5, 2016

This post first appeared on the Huffington Post. Following the attacks in Paris late last year, Somali-British poet Warsan Shire’s poem, What they did yesterday afternoon, flooded the Internet in response. The poem read:

Tags Colombia, Conflict, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, IDPs, Internally Displaced People, Post-Conflict, Public Health, refugees, School of Medicine - University of Antioquia, Student Exchange