READY posts updates here—news, announcements, and other updates on the initiative.

COVID-19 Communication Network

The COVID-19 Communication Network (CCN) curates high-quality communication materials, tools, and resources from global partners to address the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic. A project of READY consortium member the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, the CCN is intended primarily for social and behavior change (SBC) and risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) professionals, but is available to anyone in need of COVID-19 communication materials. Read more

4-year-olds Krishna, left, Roshni, center left and 5-year-olds Barsha, center right, and Nitesh stand outside of their early learning center on Sunday, April 29 in Saptari, Nepal.

Save the Children: Lessons Learned from Asia-Pacific

July 2020 | How the region’s societies—and their children—can emerge stronger from the crisis

This paper from Save the Children “highlights six fundamental pathways that governments and international donor and development agencies cannot ignore if the pandemic recovery is to leave the Asia-Pacific better prepared and more resilient in the face of future shocks.”

Download | Save the Children: COVID-19 Pandemic Lessons Learned from Asia-Pacific (28 pages | 5MB .pdf)

A healthcare worker at a Save the Children-supported health facility during the 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image credit: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham / Save the Children

Available Technical Guidelines Assessment Report

June 2020 | Drawing from ten years of epidemic and pandemic events, this report is READY’s assessment of key technical guidelines across sectors and cross-cutting themes.

Download READY Available Technical Guidelines Assessment Report

(26 pages | 850KB .pdf)