Center for Refugee and Disaster Response

Center for Refugee and Disaster Response

Our Mission
The Center for Refugee and Disaster Response builds capacity to meet the needs of refugees, displaced persons, and persons affected by natural and manmade disasters.

We train the leaders of tomorrow, conduct research that improves disaster preparedness and response, and provide technical assistance to governments and relief organizations globally.

Our Project Locations:

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Reports from the Field: CRDR in Jordan
“The Jordanians are an amazingly hospitable people – who are coping with a significant refugee population.”
Dr. Gilbert Burnham, co-director, Center for Refugee and Disaster Response

Estimates are that approximately 500,000 Iraqis have fled into Jordan since 2003. While some Iraqis in Jordan are relatively self-sufficient, others fled with few resources or find their resources depleted after years away from home.

How does The Center for Refugee and Disaster Response (CRDR) help this population meet its health needs? See the entire story in the Responses/Services section.

Center News

CRDR partners with local organizations in Burma
The Category 4 cyclone that struck Burma on May 2, 2008, has profound health and human rights repercussions for millions of Burmese people. Dr. Shannon Doocy, an assistant professor at the Center for Refugee and Disaster Response, contributes to a summary of the current humanitarian situation and the CRDR response at www.jhsph.edu/burmacyclone.

Johns Hopkins Public Health Guide for Emergencies The Johns Hopkins & Red Cross Red Crescent
Public Health Guide in Emergencies, 2008, 2nd ed.
This book is organized around issues that humanitarian aid workers from international organizations must face in the field. It seeks to provide guidance in practical terms toward the solution of the many technical and management issues that challenge aid workers following natural and man-made disasters, including complex humanitarian emergencies.

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