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HHI Responds to Earthquake Devastation in Haiti

In response to the Haiti earthquake disaster, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is playing a lead role in supporting the coordination of the Harvard-wide response including that of the Harvard-affiliated hospitals within Partners Health Care System. By leveraging HHI’s unique position as an academic and research center with long-standing ties to leading medical and public health personnel, HHI has been able to facilitate the deployment of more than 70 surgeons, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists and nurses to Haiti in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake.

To read more about HHI’s response to the Haiti earthquake, please visit our Earthquake in Haiti page.

To find out how to volunteer, visit our Volunteer in Haiti page.

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Burden of Surgical Disease

Led by Fellow Kelly McQueen, the 3rd annual Working Group Meeting will be held March 10-12 at Vanderbilt University.

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Burden of Surgical Disease Working Group Meeting

March 10th-12th, 2010

Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health

Nashville, TN

Save the date for the 3rd annual Burden of Surgical Disease Working Group Meeting to be held at Vanderbilt University. More information about the meeting will be released in January and available at http://site.burdenofsurgicaldisease.com/. To register for the event, visit http://bosd.vumcevents.com/.

A call for abstracts is now underway. All accepted abstracts will be presented at the poster session on March 11, 2010. Please ensure that your abstract is electronically submitted by Dec 20, 2010 to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Acceptance notifications will be sent by email by Jan 30, 2010.

Home Is Where You Find It: How an AIDS Orphan's Story Can Promote Social Change

Monday, March 29, 2010, 6:00-8:00pm
Center for Government and International Studies
South Building, Belfer Case Study Room
1730 Cambridge Street

HHI and the Cultural Agents Initiative will be hosting Dr. Neal Baer for the third seminar in their 2009-2010 series. Dr. Baer will be screening a film chronicling the story of an AIDS orphan in Mozambique. There will be a discussion and Q & A directly following the film. This event is open to the public.