Tag: Colombia

For Whom the Nobel Tolls: The People of Granizal

Post author By Open Hands Team
Post date December 22, 2016
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Caras De Granizal, Open Hands Initiative

In our first blog post in this Post-Conflict Colombia & Public Health project series, we shared our hopes for a brighter future in 2016. While the year has indeed been a tumultuous one, in some parts of the world there have been bright spots.

Just weeks ago, the Colombian Congress approved a revised peace accord between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, formally ending more than 50 years of armed conflict and earning Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, the Nobel Peace Prize.

Tags Citizen Diplomacy, Colombia, Diplomacy, Global Health, health diplomacy, public diplomacy, Public Health

Colombia Public Health

Health Diplomacy: A Step Towards Peace

Post author By Jody Sadornas
Post date January 5, 2016

This post first appeared on the Huffington Post. Following the attacks in Paris late last year, Somali-British poet Warsan Shire’s poem, What they did yesterday afternoon, flooded the Internet in response. The poem read:

Tags Colombia, Conflict, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, IDPs, Internally Displaced People, Post-Conflict, Public Health, refugees, School of Medicine - University of Antioquia, Student Exchange