Entries by READY

Maternal and Newborn Health During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Operational Guidance for Humanitarian and Fragile Settings

2023-03-30 in /by

This guidance provides humanitarian actors responsible for maternal and newborn health (MNH) programming with priority readiness and response actions to maintain the continuity, quality, and safety of health care for pregnant and postnatal women and adolescent girls and their newborns during an infectious disease outbreak response in a humanitarian or fragile setting. It is designed […]

Communicating with Children During Infectious Disease Outbreaks

2023-01-27 in /by

April 5, 2023 | 15:30-16:30 East Africa / 07:30-08:30 EST / 12:30-13:30 GMT We hope you will join our global and regional experts for the third webinar of the Child Protection and Health Integration During Infectious Disease Outbreaks series, Communicating with Children During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Key considerations for child-centered risk communication and community engagement […]

Integrating Child Protection into the Design and Operation of Isolation and Treatment Centers

2023-01-19 in /by

February 1, 2023 | 15:30-16:30 East Africa / 07:30-08:30 EST / 12:30-13:30 GMT This was the second webinar of the Child Protection and Health Integration During Infectious Disease Outbreaks series, Integrating Child Protection into the Design and Operation of Isolation and Treatment Centers: Key considerations and adaptations to health facilities during major disease outbreaks. During […]

Outbreak Coordination: Opportunities and Barriers for Greater NGO Engagement

2023-01-13 in /by

January 26, 2023 | 08:00-09:00 Washington, DC / 13:00-14:00 London Moderator: David Wightwick, CEO, UK-Med Panelists: Linda Doull, Global Health Cluster Coordinator, WHO; Emmanuel Barasa, Health Cluster Coordinator, Jonglei State, South Sudan, Save the Children; Virginie Lefèvre, Head of Program and Partnerships, Amel Association International; Dr. Paul Lopodo, Technical Lead Ebola Response, Uganda, Save the […]

Understanding the Centrality of Children and their Protection in Infectious Disease Outbreaks

2023-01-04 in /by

January 18, 2023 | 15:30-16:30 East Africa / 07:30-08:30 Washington / 12:30-13:30 London | Moderator: Sarah Collis Kerr | Panelists: Nidhi Kapur, Jean Syanda, Violet Birungi, Dr Alex Mutanganayi Yogolelo, Dr. Ayesha Kadir This was the first webinar of the Child Protection and Health Integration During Infectious Disease Outbreaks series, Understanding the Centrality of Children […]

About the Series: Child Protection and Health Integration During Infectious Disease Outbreaks

2023-01-04 in /by

Register for webinars in this series | Subscribe to READY’s email list to receive future announcements about training opportunities, webinars, and other updates Children are often the most vulnerable group in major infectious disease outbreaks, either directly from the disease itself or the indirect effects such as disruption to essential services and movement restrictions. With […]

Ethics: Key questions to ask when facing dilemmas during COVID-19 response in humanitarian settings

2022-04-13 in /by

April 13, 2022 | 9:00am EST / 15:00 CET The World Health Organization’s Global Health Cluster COVID-19 Task Team with support from the READY initiative presented this webinar on ethical dilemmas during the COVID-19 pandemic. The session, moderated by the Global Health Cluster’s Donatella Massai, refers to a new Global Health Cluster tool, “Ethics: Key […]

Demystifying Integration in Outbreak Response: Health and Child Protection—Successes, Challenges, and Action in Cox’s Bazar and DRC

2022-03-23 in /by

March 29, 2022 | 8:00am EST / 13:00 BST (GMT/UTC +1) Featuring global and country-level Health and Child Protection experts, this webinar focused on the integration and collaboration between Health and Child Protection actors during infectious disease outbreaks in humanitarian settings. Panelists discussed how the Health and Child Protection sectors in Cox’s Bazar and DRC […]

RCCE Toolkit

2022-03-01 in /by

First published in May 2020, READY’s COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement Toolkit (“RCCE Toolkit”) offers non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other humanitarian response actors a suite of guidance and tools they can use to rapidly plan and integrate Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) into their COVID-19 response.

Barriers to Gender Based Violence Health Services in Humanitarian Settings during the COVID-19 Response

2022-02-07 in /by

February 9, 2022 | 13:30 – 14:30 (Geneva, GMT +1) The Global Health Cluster and the READY Initiative hosted this one-hour webinar to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence (GBV) health services in humanitarian settings. The webinar shared findings and recommendations from the desk review of the same name (view/download the […]