Webinars

Experts from academic institutions and implementing organizations leading engaging, informative discussions relevant to COVID-19 technical areas, operations, and coordination issues

Current Webinar Series

COVID-19 & Humanitarian Settings: Exploring the Controversial Issues

October 2020–January 2021

The Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies at the University of Geneva, and the Center for Humanitarian Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health are pleased to announce the relaunch of their COVID-19 & Humanitarian Settings webinar series, produced by the READY initiative. Now occurring monthly, these webinars will examine controversial and under-explored issues affecting the COVID-19 pandemic in humanitarian settings. Each panel discussion will welcome experts from across the sector and around the globe.

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Noor* with her son Hssain*, two and a half years-old (Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh). Image credit: GMB Akash / Panos Pictures / Save the Children

Why is COVID-19 NOT Transmitting in Humanitarian Settings as Expected…or is it?

2020-10-14

Speakers: Dr. Paul Spiegel, Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian…

Community health workers raise public awareness in Mogadishu of prevention and management of COVID-19. Image credit: Save the Children Somalia

Coming Soon: Four New Webinars

2020-10-01

The following topics (subject to change) are planned for the…

COVID-19 & Humanitarian Settings: Knowledge & Experience Sharing

April–July, 2020

This series was co-hosted by READY, the Health in Humanitarian Crisis Center at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Geneva Centre for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action (CERAH), and the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health. Each week, humanitarian thought leaders, expert speakers, and voices from the field gathered to discuss a chosen topic relevant to COVID-19 and humanitarian settings and take questions from audience members from around the globe. Recordings of the series are posted below.

Ethiopian internally-displaced persons practicing social distancing while receiving shelter kits in a small rural village in the Erer district of the Somali Region, Ethiopia. Image credit: Seifu Asseged / Save the Children

Lessons Learned from the Field: Experiences from the www.covid19humanitarian.com website

2020-06-29

Mariana*, 10, shows her clean hands, after receiving a hygiene kit from Save the Children in Mexico. Mariana* is from Honduras and her and her family were displaced due to violence. She and her family are seeking a better future, and are waiting in a shelter in southern Mexico. Image credit: Marco Giron / Save the Children

Violence Against Health Care and the COVID-19 Response

2020-06-22

Caring for people with NCDs in humanitarian settings during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020-06-12

Celina* and her daughter Rose*, pose for a portrait close to Save the Children's mobile clinic in Mvepi refugee settlement. Image credit: GCCU

COVID-19 and Maternal & Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Settings

2020-06-10

Isabella* is playing with her baby Cecilia* outside their home. Image credit: Fredrik Lerneryd / Save the Children

COVID-19 Surveillance in Humanitarian Settings

2020-06-01

Tinashi* (4) is assessed during an Emergency Health Unit-supported nutrition survey in Zimbabwe. Image credit: Sacha Myers / Save the Children

The Next Crisis Wave of COVID-19: Impacts on household food security and nutrition and preparedness considerations

2020-05-26

Marium*, 11, stands near her home in a camp for Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Image credit: Jonathan Hyams / Save the Children UK Stories Team

COVID-19: Magnifying Gender Inequalities

2020-05-15

Tala*, 9 washing her hands. Image credit: GMU

WASH and COVID-19 in Humanitarian Settings: How can we improve hygiene behaviors?

2020-05-11

Dr Omnia conducts health screening in a religious school in Khartoum state, Sudan. Image credit: Mohammed Osman & Abubaker Garelnabei / Save the Children

COVID-19 Case Management in Humanitarian and Low-Income Settings: Dilemmas and Decisions

2020-05-06

Save the Children health worker Ahishakiye delivers COVID-19 prevention messages to families waiting outside a clinic. Image credit: Thacien Biziyaremye / Save the Children

RCCE: Perceptions, Misinformation, and Concerns in African Countries in the Time of COVID-19

2020-04-29

Lubabatu* , 13, walks home after collecting water from a Save the Children water point in the informal displacement camp at Musari, outside Maiduguri. Image credit: Tommy Trenchard / Save the Children

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for COVID-19

2020-04-23

Thelma (1) is assessed during an Emergency Health Unit-supported nutrition survey in Zimbabwe (held by her sister Janet, 13). Image credit: Sacha Myers / Save the Children

Program Prioritization and Adaptation in COVID-19 Times

2020-04-15

A healthcare worker at a Save the Children-supported health facility during the Ebola outbreak (DRC). Image credit: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham / Save the Children

COVID-19: Can we really learn from past outbreaks?

2020-04-09

Shielding high-risk populations against COVID-19

2020-04-01

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