Reports

By Emmanuel Tronc, Rob Grace, and Anaïde Nahikian Abstract Access obstruction in conflict settings has emerged as a critical operational and policy concern across the humanitarian sector, but there remains a dearth of analysis regarding the ways in…

C. Nicholas Cuneo, Richard Sollom, and Chris Beyrer Abstract The 2008–2009 Zimbabwe cholera epidemic resulted in 98,585 reported cases and caused more than 4,000 deaths. In this study, we used a mixed-methods approach that combined primary qualitative data…

Burundi Population-based Survey on Peace and Education, UNICEF, HHI and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2015 This report is based on a survey of 2,991 randomly selected individuals above the age of 14, including 1,484 interviews with youth…

Introduction The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has operated for more than two decades in Africa, perpetrating a campaign of terror that has destabilized communities across four countries. They are known for their brutal attacks against civilians, including…

Introduction The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has terrorized civilians in four countries across central Africa for more than two decades. The group is estimated to be responsible for the abduction of between 60,000 and 100,000 children and…

Case Study, UNICEF, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, 2015 Population-Based Survey on Peace and Education: Uganda Case Study, conducted by Harvard Humanitarian Initiative in partnership with UNICEF, assesses factors affecting resilience, social cohesion and security as elements of peacebuilding…

The Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative has released its first study, Sudan: Anatomy of a Conflict. This study is the first geospatial-based history of a conflict created primarily through a…

For immediate release: February 21, 2013 Boston, MA — The large antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up in a rural community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has led to a rapid and dramatic increase in population adult life expectancy—a gain…

WASHINGTON – The Satellite Sentinel Project, or SSP, has released a situation report, “Scorched Earth Near al Abassiya,” with DigitalGlobe satellite imagery showing the recent intentional burning of 13 villages and a 31-square-mile (82 square kilometer)…

In 2010, Ushahidi collaborated with partners to create the Uchaguzi-Kenya platform (an Ushahidi instance). It provided a channel for Kenyan citizens to communicate openly about the 2010 Kenyan referendum. The project was a success and opened…