June 22, 2020 – In an open letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, 24 nongovernmental organizations, including Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, express their disappointment with the...
COVID-19 amplifies the health risks of hot weather, presenting individuals and local decision-makers with new challenges on the optimal ways to stay safe from both hot weather and COVID-19...
This checklist is for local and national authorities coordinating heatwave preparedness and response measures. It provides a list of measures to consider when adapting heatwave plans and...
Public Health Measures to Safely Manage Asylum Seekers and Children at the Border The United States has the ability to both safeguard public health in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis and safeguard...
LETTER TO HHS SECRETARY AZAR AND CDC DIRECTOR REDFIELD SIGNED BY LEADERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCHOOLS, MEDICAL SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER U.S. INSTITUTIONS Alex Azar Secretary Department of Health and...
Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic. We are calling on Health...
Gender-based violence has been shown to increase during global emergencies. In a newly published paper, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers write that early evidence...
Introduction 1.1. BACKGROUND TO THE REPORT The Syrian conflict is now entering its ninth year, calling for innovative and durable solutions to address the needs of Syrian refugees and host countries...
A study in Botswana by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health scientists finds that spikes in cases of life-threatening diarrhea in young children are associated with La Niña climate...
The undersigned local, regional, and international organizations follow with great concern the military operations across Yemen and the collapsed September 2018 Geneva peace talks. The Yemen war has...