On Wednesday, February 26, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University will host the next event in its Work in Progress Series. At this event, Jackie Jahn, Jourdyn Lawrence, and Gabriel Schwartz, members of the FXB Doctoral Student Cohort will present on the following: Jackie Jahn: “Exposure to County-Level Fatal Police Violence During Pregnancy and Adverse Birth Outcomes Among U.S. Women” Jourdyn Lawrence: “Burden of Discrimination…

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**Update (03/11/2020): Due to Harvard University guidelines on meetings and events in response to COVID-19, this event will be rescheduled for a later date. Please check back for updates.** On Tuesday, April 7, the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and the Institutional Anti-Racism and Accountability (IARA) Project at the Shorenstein Center will host "Slavery on Trial." The event…

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On Friday, May 1, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University will host the next event in its Work-in-Progress Series. During this event, Professor Cécile Aptel will present "Is COVID-19 Redefining 'Humanitarianism?'" Professor Aptel is the director of policy, strategy and knowledge at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, a professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts…

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The Harvard University Center for African Studies in partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is hosting a series of webinars on the topic of COVID-19 and Africa. Held each Wednesday for one hour from 10am EST, CAS’ Africa and COVID-19 Webinar Series will bring together the private sector, policy makers, academics, and practitioners for a series of conversations across health, technology, and economy, among others.…

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