Harvard Taking Care of Women in Times of Conflict, Upheaval, and Epidemics 2024
A Harvard global women’s health course focused on caring for women in conflict, humanitarian crises, displacement, epidemics, natural disasters, and limited-resource settings, with practical teaching on maternal health, refugee care, reproductive health, ethical challenges, trauma-informed care, and OB/GYN needs during crisis.
Course Details:
Harvard Taking Care of Women in Times of Conflict, Upheaval, and Epidemics 2024 is a recorded global OB/GYN and women’s health course designed to provide clinicians with knowledge and practical tools for addressing critical obstetric and gynecologic issues in limited-resource and crisis-affected settings.
Focus: Maternal mortality, respectful maternity care, women’s health in war, humanitarian response, refugee and migrant OB/GYN needs, epidemics and pregnancy care, COVID-19 lessons, natural disasters, mental health integration, trauma care in labor and delivery, surgical care in limited-resource settings, cervical cancer prevention, ethical challenges, immigrant health programs, and global women’s health partnerships.
About This Course
Women living in conflict zones, displacement, humanitarian emergencies, epidemics, and limited-resource settings face unique and urgent health challenges. These include maternal mortality, unsafe abortion, cervical cancer, female genital mutilation/cutting, poor access to reproductive services, trauma, legal vulnerability, and barriers to respectful care.
This course brings together Harvard faculty and guest speakers from multiple disciplines who work to improve global women’s health. The course focuses on clinical issues affecting women in crisis settings and explores multidisciplinary approaches to delivering safe, respectful, and effective care.
The program is especially relevant for clinicians interested in global OB/GYN, humanitarian medicine, migrant and refugee health, maternal health equity, public health, and the practical realities of caring for women during conflict, upheaval, and epidemics.
Why Choose This Course
- Harvard 2024 course focused on global women’s health during conflict, upheaval, epidemics, and humanitarian crises
- Covers maternal mortality, respectful care, refugee health, migrant OB/GYN needs, epidemics, natural disasters, and crisis pregnancy care
- Includes lectures, expert panels, clinical workshops, and practical discussions from multidisciplinary faculty
- Explores the role of OB/GYN providers in humanitarian settings and limited-resource environments
- Reviews mental health integration into maternal health services
- Addresses ethical challenges in maternal and newborn health care and research
- Useful for OB/GYN physicians, specialty physicians, psychologists, nurses, NPs, PAs, primary care physicians, and family medicine clinicians
Core Learning Areas
Women’s Health in Crisis
Conflict, war, displacement, natural disasters, epidemics, humanitarian response, and women’s healthcare needs in unstable settings.
Maternal & Reproductive Care
Maternal mortality, prenatal care, postpartum needs, respectful maternity care, reproductive health services, and pregnancy care during crisis.
Refugee & Migrant Health
Immigrant and refugee OB/GYN needs, language justice, legal concerns, clinic development, trauma-informed care, and local involvement.
Ethics, Equity & Global Practice
Gender inequality, cervical cancer prevention, mental health integration, surgical care challenges, academic partnerships, and ethical care.
Complete Curriculum
- Overview of global obstetrics and gynecologic health as a rapidly growing field
- Critical OB/GYN issues affecting women in resource-poor nations
- Understanding gender inequality as a contributor to women’s health disparities
- Approaches to improving health outcomes in limited-resource settings
- Clinical issues affecting women during conflict, upheaval, and epidemics
- Multidisciplinary models for providing care in low-resource environments
- Practical tools for clinicians working in global women’s health
- Working as a women’s healthcare provider during war
- Identifying needs in women and children during armed conflict
- Caring for women in chronic crisis settings
- Lessons from Haiti and other crisis-affected regions
- Understanding maternal and infant health needs during displacement
- Pregnancy and postpartum care during humanitarian instability
- Clinical and public health strategies for crisis-response women’s care
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on reproductive health services
- Lessons learned from reproductive health disruptions in Ghana and Uganda
- Preparing for future pandemics affecting pregnant women
- Maintaining reproductive health access during epidemics
- Protecting maternal and newborn health during public health emergencies
- Comparing the impact of recent epidemics on pregnant women
- Building resilient systems for women’s health during infectious disease crises
- Migrant and refugee crisis in the United States
- Refugee health and OB/GYN needs in migrant populations
- Managing immigrant and refugee OB/GYN needs
- Language and immigration justice in pregnancy care
- Legal concerns affecting immigrant and refugee women
- Clinical barriers faced by displaced women and families
- Improving access to respectful reproductive and pregnancy care for migrant patients
- How to start a refugee and migrant clinic or program
- How to get involved locally in immigrant and refugee health
- Developing community-based care models for displaced women
- Collaborating with legal, social, medical, and public health teams
- Creating patient-centered programs for vulnerable populations
- Practical steps for supporting local immigrant and refugee health initiatives
- Designing sustainable women’s health services in crisis-affected communities
- Responding to natural disasters as a women’s healthcare provider
- Role of OB/GYN providers in humanitarian settings
- Assessing women’s health needs during disasters and displacement
- Providing reproductive and pregnancy care during infrastructure disruption
- Coordinating clinical care with relief organizations and community partners
- Maintaining respectful care under emergency conditions
- Improving readiness for women’s health emergencies in crisis settings
- Integrating mental health into maternal health services
- Incorporating trauma care in labor and delivery
- Recognizing psychological effects of conflict and displacement
- Supporting women affected by violence, trauma, and loss
- Building trauma-informed OB/GYN care models
- Improving communication and trust in crisis-affected populations
- Combining mental health, maternal care, and community support services
- Analyzing the fundamental issues of maternal mortality
- Providing high-quality and respectful care to women in limited-resource settings
- Ethical challenges in maternal and newborn health care
- Ethical challenges in research in limited-resource settings
- Respectful maternity care in crisis and resource-poor environments
- Improving equity, dignity, and patient-centered care
- Reducing preventable harm through ethical and culturally responsive practice
- Challenges of surgical care in limited-resource settings
- Access barriers to obstetric and gynecologic surgery
- Clinical decision-making when resources are constrained
- Cervical cancer prevention strategies globally
- Screening, prevention, and care delivery challenges in low-resource settings
- Reducing preventable mortality from cervical cancer
- Integrating surgical care and prevention strategies into global women’s health programs
- Developing the next generation of women’s healthcare providers
- Academic partnerships to strengthen training
- Global OB/GYN fellowship training challenges and opportunities
- Building educational collaborations across regions
- Training clinicians for work in limited-resource and humanitarian settings
- Improving global women’s health capacity through mentorship and partnership
- Creating sustainable systems for women’s health education and service delivery
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the fundamental issues of maternal mortality
- Provide high-quality and respectful care to women in limited-resource settings
- Integrate mental health into maternal health services
- Improve care for women in times of war, conflict, and chronic crisis
- Assess the role of OB/GYN providers in humanitarian settings
- Compare the impact of recent epidemics on pregnant women
- Consider the challenges of surgical care in limited-resource settings
- Analyze ethical challenges in maternal and newborn health care and research
- Discuss cervical cancer prevention strategies globally
- Manage immigrant and refugee OB/GYN needs with practical, patient-centered approaches
Who Should Take This Course
This course is designed for OB/GYN physicians, specialty physicians, psychologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, primary care physicians, family medicine clinicians, and healthcare professionals interested in global women’s health.
It is especially useful for clinicians working with women affected by conflict, displacement, humanitarian crises, migration, limited-resource care settings, epidemics, pregnancy-related complications, reproductive health challenges, or trauma.
Delivery & Access
Recorded Course
Review the global women’s health sessions at your own pace.
2024 Edition
Focused education on women’s health during conflict, upheaval, and epidemics.
2-Day Program
Includes lectures, panel discussions, and clinical workshop-style learning.
Support
Reviews
Dr. Lisa Nguyen
A powerful and practical course for understanding the unique challenges women face during crises.
Dr. Sarah Patel
Excellent perspectives on the intersection of gender, health, conflict, and community care.
Emily Davis
A transformative learning experience for anyone working to support women’s health during difficult times.
FAQ
Who is this course best suited for?
This course is best suited for OB/GYN physicians, specialty physicians, psychologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, primary care physicians, family medicine clinicians, and healthcare professionals interested in global women’s health.
What topics are covered?
Topics include maternal mortality, respectful care, women’s health in war, humanitarian response, migrant and refugee OB/GYN needs, reproductive health during epidemics, natural disasters, mental health integration, trauma care, surgical care in limited-resource settings, cervical cancer prevention, ethics, and global OB/GYN training.
Is this course focused on limited-resource settings?
Yes. The course focuses heavily on women’s health challenges in limited-resource settings, humanitarian settings, crisis-affected regions, displacement, and public health emergencies.
Does this course discuss refugee and immigrant women’s health?
Yes. The course covers migrant and refugee OB/GYN needs, language justice, legal concerns, clinic development, and local involvement in immigrant and refugee health.
Is this a recorded course?
Yes. This product is provided as recorded course access so you can review the material at your own pace.
Does this course include CME or a certificate?
No. CME credits and certificates are not included with this course package.
Who can I contact for support?
You can contact support at [email protected].
Dr. Lisa Nguyen –
“I purchased the course from the site, and it provided essential insights into the unique challenges women face during crises. The material was both informative and impactful, helping me better support my patients in difficult times.”
Emily Johnson –
“This course exceeded my expectations! The content was comprehensive and thought-provoking, covering not just medical aspects but also social and psychological factors affecting women during conflicts. Highly recommend!”
Carlos Ramirez –
“I found this course empowering and informative. The discussions on women’s health in times of upheaval were eye-opening, and the resources provided are invaluable for anyone working in healthcare.”
Dr. Sarah Patel –
“The course offered invaluable perspectives on the intersection of gender and health during crises. It changed the way I approach my work in community health.”
Michael Chen –
“I highly recommend this course to all healthcare workers. The insights into the specific needs of women in conflict situations were enlightening and necessary for effective care.”
Emily Davis –
“This course was a transformative learning experience. It not only provided knowledge but also inspired me to advocate for women’s health in my community during times of crisis.”