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Worshippers arrive for Sunday mass at St. Peter's Church in Kamakwie, Sierra Leone.

Following conflict, a turn to the divine

Study shows that many who experience the trauma of war become increasingly religious

Science|

DateMarch 5, 2019

The Partners In Health advance Ebola response team visits the Martha Tubman Memorial Hospital in Zwedru, Liberia.

Confronting Ebola

Nonprofits with Harvard ties launch collaboration to fight epidemic

Health|

DateSeptember 30, 2014March 29, 2019

The fight to end the Ebola epidemic is not just about saving lives, it’s also about heading off a potentially broader humanitarian crisis, according to a Harvard Kennedy School panel, which included (seated from left) moderator Sheila Burke, Michael VanRooyen, director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and Dyann Wirth, Richard Pearson Strong Professor of Infectious Disease at Harvard.

Ebola’s ripple effects

With economy already damaged, food shortages and migration may increase

Health|

DateSeptember 10, 2014

A team of researchers from the Broad Institute, Harvard University, and elsewhere has sequenced and analyzed dozens of Ebola virus genomes in the present outbreak. Their findings could have important implications for rapid field diagnostic tests.

Ebola genomes sequenced

Speedy analysis reveals mutations, insights into outbreak, along with clues to origin, spread

Health|

DateAugust 28, 2014

Prior Ebola outbreaks were relatively small because they were identified early and managed with effective quarantines, said Gregory Ciottone (head of table, left), director of the Disaster Medicine Division at Beth Israel Deaconess. “How long is it going to be? There’s no way to predict." Ambassadors and officials from West African nations came to Harvard for a discussion organized by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. It allowed officials to ask questions of medical experts and exchange views about strategies to ease the crisis.

Fewer clinics, less care

In Sierra Leone, shortage of gear to protect health workers from Ebola has closed many clinics

Health|

DateAugust 15, 2014June 14, 2019

"The disease spreads through very close personal contact, blood and feces," explained Harvard Humanitarian Initiative Director Michael VanRooyen (left).

Understanding Ebola

Harvard’s VanRooyen explains how disease works and how to make headway against it

Health|

DateAugust 13, 2014May 31, 2019

Senior Ablorde Ashigbi's work with Students Taking on Poverty and the African Development Initiative has helped to improve public health and business opportunities in Africa, and has given him and his classmates a chance to explore different approaches to education reform here in the United States.

A world traveler, at work

Graduating student straddles Western, developing worlds to make a difference

Campus|

DateMay 19, 2011July 19, 2019

“Here in America we learn about the revolution from the winners’ side,” said Maya Jasanoff, “and little attention gets paid to the loyalists.” Jasanoff has just published "Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World.”

Fleeing America

Historian chronicles exodus of loyalists in ‘Liberty’s Exiles’

Arts|

DateApril 7, 2011July 24, 2019

Former child soldier gives stirring talk

World|

DateMarch 22, 2007