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🌍 Le 11 juin, rejoignez-nous pour le lancement Afrique de l'Ouest et Afrique centrale de notre rapport à Dakar — également disponible en ligne.

📋 Au programme : présentation du rapport, mise en perspective pour l'Afrique et dans les contextes francophones de crise, et une table ronde sur la mise en œuvre des recommandations.

🎤 Nos intervenants : Pr Karl Blanchet, Pr Nicolas MEDA, Dr Moumouni Kinda, Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall, Ian Van Engelgem

🗓️ Jeudi 11 juin 2026
🕑 14h30 – 17h30 GMT | 💻 Zoom
👉 Inscription : https://unige.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_To1uWItyTrOJwgAzPikPoQ #/registration

Notre rapport "La santé dans un monde de crises et d'impunité" appelle à transformer un système de plus en plus façonné par la politique plutôt que par le besoin.

📄 Lire le résumé exécutif en français:https://healthconflictcommission.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FRANCAIS-Exec-Summary-FINAL-May-14-2026.pdf

Merci à notre partenaire ALIMA de nous accueillir 🤝

University of Geneva, Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies Paul B. Spiegel Esperanza Martinez, Chi-Chi Undie, Chiara Altare, Benjamin Schmid, Dr. Rosie Jouhaud, Charlotte Lang

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Publication du Rapport : Conflits, déplacements forcés des populations et santé : garantir la santé dans un monde de crises et d’impunité.. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ab Le système humanitaire mondial fait face à une crise sans précédent : multiplication des conflits, déplacements massifs de populations, attaques records contre les structures de santé et financements insuffisants. Après deux ans de travaux, la Commission du Lancet, pilotée par le Johns Hopki...

🎙️ CHH-Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement, Co-Chair Prof. Paul B. Spiegel, joined Niall Boyce on The Lancet podcast to discuss the findings of our report "Health in a World of Crises and Impunity," and why the humanitarian response to conflict and forced displacement needs a radical rethink.

From policy and funding to how care is designed and delivered on the ground, it's a thoughtful conversation about one of the most pressing humanitarian health challenges of our time.

🎙️ Listen to the podcast: https://www.thelancet.com/audio-do/paul-spiegel-rethinking-humanitarian-response-conflict-and-forced-displacement
📄 Read our full report: https://healthconflictcommission.org/the-report/


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Paul Spiegel: rethinking the humanitarian response to conflict and forced displacement Do we need to rethink our response to conflict and forced displacement? A new Lancet Commission radically rethinks policy, funding, and practical approaches to humanitarian crises.

"Health is not a charity. Health is always a non-negotiable right."

In this short video, our Next Generation Scholar Dr. Awsan Bahattab cuts to the heart of what our report, "Health in a World of Crises and Impunity", is calling out: the crisis in humanitarian health is not a problem of scarcity. It is a system failure — of accountability, power, and political will.

Who decides how care is financed? Who decides how it's delivered? These are all policy choices and can be made differently.

📺 Watch Awsan's message here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XDNtQmLTRpY

📖 Read our full report 👉 https://healthconflictcommission.org/the-report/

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Lancet Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, Paul B. Spiegel Karl Blanchet, Esperanza Martinez, Chi-Chi Undie, Benjamin Schmid, Chiara Altare,

Health is rationed in humanitarian settings Read the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health–Lancet Commission on health, conflict, and forced displacement here:www.thelancet.com/commissions-do/co...

As displacement crises continue globally, strengthening civil registration systems is critical for ensuring legal identity, access to services, and protection for vulnerable populations.

Our new study among Rohingya youth in refugee camps in Bangladesh found that marriage registration significantly increased the likelihood of birth registration, while child marriage and poverty remained barriers to timely documentation.

Read here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12963-026-00480-7?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20260602&utm_content=10.1186/s12963-026-00480-7

Registration of family vital events in a conflict-induced displacement setting - Population Health Metrics Background In many low- and middle-income countries, the registration of family-related vital events (marriages and births) remains incomplete, with consequences for women’s and their children’s ability to exercise fundamental rights. In humanitarian and displacement settings, the absence of doc...

On 2 June, we gathered at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington, DC for the North America launch of our report "Health in a World of Crises and Impunity," with a full house and a strong online audience joining from around the world.

🗣️ The discussion was as urgent as the moment demands. From the Commission's findings presented by our co-chair Paul B. Spiegel to a compelling keynote by David Miliband from the International Rescue Committee, and two panels brimming with our commissioners, Next Generation scholars, and leading practitioners — the conversation was honest, rigorous, and action-oriented.

🌍 This is only the start. We will be taking our findings to Dakar, Nairobi, Amman, Dhaka, and Bogotá in the coming weeks. Join us: https://healthconflictcommission.org/report-launch/
If you missed our event in DC, catch up below 👇

🎥 Opening, report presentation by Paul Spiegel and keynote by David Miliband: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=ENxM7opVV-T3uCOT&v=0IHqW7Gfe6I&feature=youtu.be

🎥 Panel 1 — Commissioners and Next Generation Scholars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6085NR5aqws
🎥 Panel 2 — Expert perspectives and closing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDmpMEFfY0Yr

🙏 With thanks to our speakers and panelists: Ana Mateus Richard Horton, Daniel Maxwell, Chiara Altare, Moumini Niaoné, Dr. Joanne Liu, Jeremy Konyndyk, Valerie Nkamgang Bemo, Hibak Kalfan, Ciro Ugarte

🔗 Our full report is available at: https://healthconflictcommission.org/the-report/



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Our report is out and the conversation is just beginning!

We are hosting the North America launch of "Health in a World of Crises and Impunity" in Washington, DC on June 2 — tomorrow. Featuring a keynote by David Miliband (President & CEO, International Rescue Committee), alongside our Commissioners, Next Generation Scholars, our editors from The Lancet Group and experts from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the Gates Foundation, PAHO, Refugees International, and more.

📅 Tuesday, June 2, 2026
⏰ 11:00am–1:00pm EDT, followed by a reception (1–2pm EDT)
📍 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center, Washington, DC
💻 Livestreamed — join from anywhere!

🔗 Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/health-in-a-world-of-crises-and-impunity-hybrid-4830341

🔗 Read the report: https://healthconflictcommission.org/the-report/



Johns Hopkins Department of International Health The Lancet Paul B. Spiegel
CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies

As Ebola cases continue to rise in and , global health experts are working to contain an outbreak caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, which has no approved vaccine or targeted treatment.

In this Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health feature, experts discuss the challenges of responding in a region affected by conflict, displacement, and fragile health systems.

Paul B. Spiegel, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, notes that authorities in the DRC and Uganda have decades of experience responding to Ebola outbreaks, while teams from Africa CDC, WHO, and the U.S. CDC are actively supporting response efforts on the ground.

The outbreak also underscores a key focus of the CHH-Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement: health crises do not occur in isolation. Conflict, population displacement, weak health systems, and infectious disease outbreaks are increasingly interconnected, requiring coordinated and sustained responses.

What we know about the current Ebola outbreak The risk to Americans right now is low, but sweeping cuts to public health infrastructure present challenges to handling infectious disease threats at home and abroad

Are you ready to join us on Tue Jun 2 in Wash DC
at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center for the CHH-Lancet Commission launch?

Watch this video, where the Chair of the Commission - Professor Paul Spiegel discusses what the Commission is and what are the key recommendations.

Go to our webpage to hear other voices and learn about the Jun 2 Wash DC launch and other future launches.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WmnCYift52o

Paul B. Spiegel
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The global humanitarian system is no longer fit for purpose Read the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health–Lancet Commission on health, conflict, and forced displacement here:www.thelancet.com/commissions-do/co...

A new article in The Atlantic examines the international response to the growing Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda, including the implications of changes in U.S. global health engagement.

CHH's Director Paul B. Spiegel noted that the U.S. State Department has begun rebuilding some humanitarian response capacity, including establishing a Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response and reconstituting Disaster Assistance Response Teams. However, as he said elsewhere, the loss of so many US public health experts, particularly at CDC who had so much Ebola expertise and experience, is likely negatively affecting the overall response.

The outbreak also highlights challenges that extend beyond Ebola itself. Disease outbreaks increasingly occur in settings affected by conflict, displacement, political instability, and weakened health systems.

These issues are central to the work of the CHH-Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement - which is examining how the international community can better address the interconnected challenges facing populations affected by crisis.

As the Commission has highlighted, health threats cannot be viewed in isolation from the broader humanitarian and political environments in which they occur.

Paul B. Spiegel
Johns Hopkins Department of International Health

The U.S. Is Winging This Ebola Outbreak By responding to this outbreak independently, the U.S. is showing the limits of that approach.

A Brief History of Homelessness in the U.S. | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine America’s efforts to keep people sheltered have largely failed to move past centuries-old laws and attitudes.