The Lancet Commission on Health, Conflict, and Forced Displacement was launched in late 2023 as a collaboration between the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health (CHH) and The Lancet. Lancet Commissions are high-visibility initiatives that dissect a topic in-depth and strive for originality, impact, and accountability.
This Commission is scrutinising the multi-faceted challenges and opportunities in the complex landscape of health, conflict, and forced displacement. Specifically, it aims to develop a set of disruptive yet realistic policy recommendations, propose mechanisms for holding institutions accountable, and create a post-publication roadmap to ensure the Commission’s recommendations have a sustainable impact.
The CHH-Lancet Commission is led by a core team, consisting of a chair, co-chairs, and a secretariat. Its work is driven by a cohort of 18 Commissioners with a range of backgrounds, including people with lived experiences of humanitarian crises, technical expertise, and geographical diversity. Each Commissioner works with and mentors a NextGeneration Scholar – an emerging researcher or practitioner. The Commission received guidance from an Advisory Committee, representing diverse humanitarian voices with extensive experience.
- Chair: Paul Spiegel, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health and Distinguished Professor of the Practice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Co-chair: Chi-Chi Undie, Senior Associate and Technical Director with the Population Council’s International Programs Division
- Co-chair: Karl Blanchet, Professor in Humanitarian Public Health at the University of Geneva and the Director of the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies
- Co-chair: Ozge Karadag, Medical doctor and Professor of Public Health at Bahçeşehir University Istanbul, School of Medicine
To achieve its objectives, the Commission is holding consultations with lived experience and technical experts, is reviewing secondary evidence, is conducting primary research with affected populations and is engaging interested members of the general public. The Commission’s final report and recommendations are expected to be published in early 2026.
The Commission receives funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Commission des Affaires Humanitaires et Coopération Internationale.
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