Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Michael VanRooyen, Lavine Family Professor of Humanitarian Studies, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, and the founding director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, speaks about the need for strong humanitarian leadership in times of crisis while introducing the 2025 Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Awardee, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization.