What is READY?
The READY initiative exists to augment global capacity to respond to major outbreaks of infectious disease with epidemic or pandemic potential—such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Resources for COVID-19 Readiness
Workshops
Workshop materials are now available for adaptation and use. READY’s workshops aim to strengthen operational capacities and program adaptation frameworks among humanitarian NGOs to support a holistic, integrated response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Image credit: Save the Children Uganda
Webinars
READY webinars are facilitated conversations relevant to COVID-19 planning and response, featuring experts from academic institutions and implementing organizations
Image credit: Thacien Biziyaremye / Save the Children
Curated Collections
READY’s selection of websites and repositories of critical COVID-19 guidelines and materials
Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Toolkit
The COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Toolkit for Humanitarian Actors offers non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other humanitarian response actors guidance and tools they can use to rapidly plan and integrate RCCE into their COVID-19 response.
READY Discussion Forum
A community of practice space for humanitarian actors involved in outbreak preparedness and response, READY’s discussion forum includes webinar follow-up questions, workshop materials, and working group support.
READY Updates by Email
Subscribe to READY’s email list to receive notices of upcoming workshops and other project news
This website is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). READY is led by Save the Children in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, UK-Med, EcoHealth Alliance, and Mercy Malaysia. Site contents are the responsibility of READY and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.