Prof Karl Blanchet

Türkiye: the threat on academic freedom, democracy, and migrants’ rights requires international attention In March 2025, Türkiye's political system suffered a severe shock, with profound implications for academic freedom and democratic norms.

Academic freedom and human rights are under threat in Türkiye.

In this powerful Correspondence, @profkarlblanchet.bsky.social calls for international solidarity as scholars, students, and refugees face growing repression.

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- Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies Apply for the Humanitarian Health Diplomacy course in Doha. Learn strategies for Reconstructing Health Systems after War in the Arab World.

I will run a new course on Humanitarian Health Diplomacy in Doha open to people from Palestine, Syria, Yemen, Irak.... humanitarianstudies.ch/education/hu...

'Do you have communist links?' US sends 36 questions to UN aid groups UN groups fear the move is a sign the US is planning to abandon humanitarian work.

Great article by @ImogenFoulkes
With my modest contribution on multilateralism threatened by America First. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Humanitarian aid’s extreme donor dependency problem in five charts A closer look at the numbers shows the perils of donor concentration, and why a wider donor base means more funding.

💸 The growing dependence on US funding has left aid sectors such as food security, nutrition and protection highly vulnerable, says HPG's Mike Pearson. The solution? Donor diversification.

Read on in this recent article for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social: buff.ly/LVYgyH8 #USAidCuts

Safeguarding healthcare workers in Gaza and throughout occupied Palestine In grave contravention of international humanitarian law (IHL), Israel has systematically attacked healthcare workers (HCWs) and health infrastructure throughout Gaza.1–5 Indeed, ‘the number of aid wo...

Our latest paper: "The absence of respect for existing safeguards for humanitarian and healthcare workers and other protected persons in Gaza is an integral aspect of the intentional disintegration of the Palestinian healthcare system." Led by Dr Khanji
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Free online course on Migration, Health and Equity. Learn from the best experts and make a difference!
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Our new paper based on a multi-country study is out: "Despite the high coverage of COVID-19 vaccines among refugees and migrants in the study countries, the process had significant barriers".
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Our CHH Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict and Forced Displacement in Istanbul to work on chapters content and recommendations!

Israël : cible du gouvernement, le quotidien « Haaretz » continue de dénoncer les exactions de l’armée à Gaza Le journal israélien est l’un des rares médias du pays à montrer la réalité de la guerre du côté palestinien. Une approche critique qui lui vaut d’être en première ligne face aux attaques du gouvernem...

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Ending the primary health care study in Afghanistan together with Shafiq Mirzazada, MD, MPH , Prof Bhutta and Dr Jai Das, the UNICEF Afghanistan team and Dr Kakar and Dr Mirwais. Many important findings on access, quality of care and management of district health systems

We are pleased to launch the first free online course on Migration, Health and Equity in Europe together with Lancet Migration Europe and University of Milano.
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Visited this morning the Kabul Emergency hospital and learned from Dejan the fantastic work done on trauma care, pre- hospital care and primary health care. Amazing organisation!

Shocked by reported ban on women’s midwifery education in Afghanistan. This terrible announcement will have devastating impact on women and newborns' life.

Executive Short courses - Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies Humanitarian short courses in Geneva and online in global health, project management, advocacy, communication and more.

How to become a humanitarian professional! humanitarianstudies.ch/executive-sh...

Free online course on operational research for humanitarians www.coursera.org/learn/resear...

Gaza : Leadership and Reconstruction for the "Day After" - Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies As Professor Sultan Barakat says: “The unprecedented destruction and dislocation of the population in Gaza...

“The unprecedented destruction and dislocation of the population in Gaza is re-defining our understanding of the nature of conflict and post-conflict trajectories"
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