Tag: Mike VanRooyen

  • Nation & World

    A training lifeline for rescuers

    The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative has launched a new academy to formalize instruction in international disaster response, with the aim of saving the lives of those threatened by earthquakes, floods, wars, and other catastrophes.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Where surgery is lacking

    Authorities on global health and surgery gathered Nov. 5 to discuss how to address the lack of trained surgeons and adequate operating rooms in developing nations.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Hospital rises in the grass

    Sandwiched between mountains and a large lake, a field hospital has sprung up amid the thorny trees and dried grass at Fond Parisien, near the border with the Dominican Republic. The site has become an oasis of medical care and hope in this still-reeling nation, where many thousands died and many more have been injured.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Want to live well?

    Harvard faculty members from a range of fields give tips on how to live healthy.

    11 minutes