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Palestinian children rest in a refugee tent along the Gaza Strip

The Humanitarian Health Effects of the Israel-Hamas War Among Civilians in Gaza

October 20, 2023

The growing humanitarian health crisis in Gaza is straining an already overwhelmed global system.

From Zero to Hope

November 07, 2023

I buried my dreams when I left Afghanistan. One day I’ll return to them.

Food/Nutrition

Human Rights

International Health

Members of the press take photographs of a damaged ambulance in an Israeli army attack as clashes between Palestinian factions and Israeli forces continue in Khan Yunis, Gaza on October 07, 2023. The paramedics inside the unusable ambulance were seriously injured.

The Rules of War and Human Rights in the Israel-Hamas War

October 27, 2023

How laws governing war apply to health and human rights.

Health Equity

Human Rights

International Health

Bloomberg School

World Mental Health Day: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right

October 10, 2023

How seven researchers are addressing mental health care as a human right.

Health Policy

Human Rights

Mental Health

Bloomberg School

A diverse group of young people hold signs during a rally in support affirmative action policies outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 31, 2022. Eric Lee/The Washington Post/Getty Images

Dear Medical Schools: You Can Still Seek Diversity Without Affirmative Action

July 25, 2023

Medical schools have an ethical responsibility to produce a competent and diverse physician workforce, and there are many ways to achieve this beyond race-conscious admissions, writes Diamanta Panford-Ufere, an MPH candidate at BSPH.

Human Rights

Medicine

Activists hold a banner up before the start of the "Trans Youth Prom" outside of the US Capitol building on May 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty

LGBTQ Youth: Under Attack and Fighting Back

June 21, 2023

Human Rights

Child and Adolescent Health

Human Rights Faculty Experts

Looking for prominent public health experts in the field of human rights? They’re here at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Paul B. Spiegel

Distinguished Professor of the Practice

International Health

Paul Spiegel, MPH ’96, MD, is recognized for his research on preventing and responding to complex humanitarian emergencies and director of the Center for Humanitarian Health.

Human Rights

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The Humanitarian Health Effects of the Israel-Hamas War Among Civilians in Gaza

From Zero to Hope

The Rules of War and Human Rights in the Israel-Hamas War

World Mental Health Day: Mental Health is a Universal Human Right

Dear Medical Schools: You Can Still Seek Diversity Without Affirmative Action

LGBTQ Youth: Under Attack and Fighting Back

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