5 questions with Bert Patenaude on saving lives with food and medicine
Interview by Jamie Hansen, Global Health Communications Manager
Global Health Faculty Fellow Bertrand M. Patenaude, PhD, studies the intersection of war, politics, humanitarian aid, and human health. As a lecturer in history, international relations, and human rights, his courses cover topics such as United Nations peacekeeping, genocide, famine in the modern world, and humanitarian aid. Patenaude, also a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, is the award-winning author of numerous books on these topics. In an interview with the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Patenaude discussed the lessons this story holds for effective humanitarian aid and the crucial role medical relief plays in saving lives during a famine.