Last month, the Humanitarian Centre successfully organized this webinar called “Getting in the Access Loop” – which explores how health research from Africa can have greater representation in journals, and therefore greater influence and impact – with the support from PLoS and HIFA2015. Anne Radl, the Projects Manager of the Humanitarian Centre, wrote the first [more...]
Kirsty Smith has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer at CBM UK, the overseas disability charity. She will be leading a dedicated team at the charity based in Oakington, Cambridge which helps to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities and those at risk of disability. Internationally CBM is working in [more...]
How to participate in the PLoS/HIFA2015/HumanitarianCentre Webinar: 1 June 2012 1 June 2012, 16:00h BST (= 15:00 GMT) Duration: 120 minutes The Humanitarian Centre is grateful to HIFA2015 and the University of Iowa for their support of the webinar and the following set of instructions, from the HIFA2015 webinars page: “All are welcome. Participation is [more...]
Dr. Albrecht Hennig has been working with CBM, the overseas disability charity, since 1981. He has been changing lives in Pakistan, North India and Nepal for nearly 30 years by performing thousands of cataract operations every year and training local staff. When he began his work in Nepal, Dr. Hennig was working under the harshest [more...]
On 1 June 2012, The Humanitarian Centre will be hosting a seminar/webinar to explore real ways in which African research and researchers can have greater representation in journal publications. The discussion will take place from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, and concurrently, over the web using Elluminate Live!, so that colleagues in Africa, and [more...]
Fifty students from over twenty UK universities took part in the UK’s first Aid 4 Health Simulation in Cambridge on March 9th & 10th. The simulation, organized by the Humanitarian Centre, aimed to capture the complex dynamics of the negotiations for aid and wider aid processes. Students played the role of a multitude of [more...]
As part of its programme to help develop innovative ideas that can make a positive difference to society, Idea Transform is joining forces with the Humanitarian Centre and the Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC), to support the forthcoming Global Health Hack Day. Being held as part of this year’s Cambridge Science Festival the [more...]
Reflections on the Annual Lecture: Saving Lives, Building Resilience and the UK Words by Rose Beale, Photos by Elizabeth Wagemann Chris Austin MP -Head of Conflict, Humanitarian and Security Department – began by emphasising the deep roots of the UK’s approach to humanitarian relief: built on our ‘collective humanity’. In response to the Portuguese earthquake [more...]
The Cambridge Science Festival has a unique offering this year for anyone interested in exploring the relationship between science and entrepreneurship. The Global Health Hack Day is an “open innovation” event being run by the Humanitarian Centre, in partnerhsip with the Cambridge University Technology and Entreprise Club (CUTEC). The Global Health Hack Day is based [more...]
The 2011 UN Summit on NCDs highlighted the pressing need to address NCDs globally, particularly in developing countries which are the hardest hit but have the least resources. The Cambridge Post-UN Summit Conference on 20th January 2012 explored next steps for the UK by gathering experts from academia and civil society with representatives from the [more...]