International Public Health

  How long does one remain a refugee?  Imagine abandoning your home over fear of losing your life, and then […]

  The emergency phase of refugee care requires immediate shelter, nutrition, and medical intervention. If the displacement extends beyond a

  Despite skilled negotiation when conflict appears imminent, the pre-emergency phase, diplomatic forces often fail. Conflict irrupts. Civilians are threatened

  This winter I am teaching the INMED International Refugee Care Course. In January and February, we explored the notable crises

Why do we still have refugees? As critical as is this question, a thoughtful inquiry begins with still deeper questions:

  Is the COVID-19 Pandemic simply a once-in-a-lifetime threat? Or rather, is this a warning of health emergencies to come?

  700,000 Americans are now documented dead from COVID-19, making it the deadliest disease event in American history. This grim

  “Turbulence in Afghanistan – people fleeing their homes from the Taliban – is already provoking worldwide migration,” report my

Mother and children during the Great Depression. Elm Grove, Oklahoma, USA.   Many people live on the margins of United

  I have a small scar on my left arm – a reminder of the smallpox pandemic that killed as