HUMANITARIAN CRISES
Humanitarian crises are on the rise globally. With the looming threats of climate change, conflict, economic shocks, and pandemics, the prospects for the future are worrying.
Feinstein researchers are conducting pioneering research and offering unique educational opportunities that explore how the world can transform its approach to humanitarian crises to the meet the growing needs of the coming decades. Our mission is to protect and strengthen the lives, livelihoods, and dignity of people affected by or at risk of hunger or humanitarian crises.
HUMANITARIAN CRISES PUBLICATIONS
Hazard-focused anticipatory action (AA) plans that focus on drought often seek to mitigate or avoid negative impacts to nutrition and food security. The most recommended approach for AA for malnutrition is…
Waterborne disease anticipatory action (AA) plans focus entirely on reducing health impacts and rely heavily on surveillance systems. Globally, government agencies have developed elaborate surveillance and control measures to combat…
Predictive modelling, surveillance and risk mapping, early warning systems, and anticipatory action (AA) such as pre-positioned resources are all important means for preventing vector-borne diseases. The vector-borne diseases identified as…
The human health impact of storms and flooding occur during and after these weather events and include risks of injury or death as well as waterborne disease. The most common…
Extreme heat is one of the fastest-growing hazards globally. Anticipatory action (AA) is one way to reduce the negative health impacts of heatwaves alongside other adaptive strategies to reduce the…
This report provides a global review of anticipatory action frameworks and offers a typology of approaches to AA for different national contexts and health outcomes.
HUMANITARIAN CRISES PROJECTS
The PATHWAYS project focuses on how children and youth cope with climate stressors in Ethiopia.
The Youth in Syria project aims to assess the situation of youth in Afrin, Syria, who have been affected by protracted conflict, ongoing political instability, and the devastating earthquake in 2023.
The Cities of Youth project seeks to understand how climate change influences patterns of youth migration to secondary cities in Uganda.
The CORD consortium works to protect health and build resilience in climate-related disasters. We collect and analyze data on the health effects of climate-related disasters, illuminating how vulnerable populations are affected around the world.
The goal of this project is to incorporate research into practice in the WASH humanitarian response sector.
This project aims to improve the lives and livelihoods of populations in pastoral areas of the Sudano-Sahel and Greater Horn of Africa by ensuring that early warning systems and humanitarian action are better attuned and more responsive to the needs and realities of these communities.
NEWS
Featured Video
Localized Anticipatory Action: Panacea and Pitfalls
Localization aims to help those planning and executing anticipatory action better meet the needs of people affected by a disaster more quickly.
Since the 2015 World Humanitarian Summit, practitioners, funders, communities, and researchers regularly discuss the strengths and challenges to localization. To a large extent Localized Anticipatory Action (LAA) has been considered as a new panacea for effective disaster risk reduction.
In this webinar we will hear from researchers, practitioners, and local voices regarding the merits and challenges as well as practical examples of LAA.
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