Webinars

READY webinars feature experts from academic institutions and implementing organizations leading engaging, informative discussions relevant to infectious disease outbreak technical areas, operations, and coordination. Subscribe to READY’s email list to receive webinar registration information.

Stand-Alone Webinars

Global Launch Webinar of New Simulation—Outbreak READY2 !: Thisland in Crisis

READY held the global launch webinar of Outbreak READY 2!: Thisland…

Launch Event: Locally Led Action in Outbreak Response

29 NOVEMBER 2023 | 08:00-09:00 EST / 13:00-14:00 BST / 15:00-16:00…
READY Guidance: Maternal and Newborn Health cover image: Trizer, three days old, with her mother Metrine outside their home in Bungoma, Kenya. Image credit: Sarah Waiswa / Save the Children

When Outbreaks Occur, the Reproductive Health Needs of Women and Girls Do Not Stop!

12 JULY 2023 | 08:00 EST / 13:00 BST / 15:00 EAT | Global Launch…
A healthcare worker at a Save the Children-supported health facility during the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. September 18, 2019. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham / Save the Children

Outbreak Coordination: Opportunities and Barriers for Greater NGO Engagement

January 26, 2023 | 08:00-09:00 Washington, DC / 13:00-14:00 London Moderator:…

Most Recent Webinar Series

Child Protection and Health Integration During Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Communicating with Children During Infectious Disease Outbreaks

April 5, 2023 | 15:30-16:30 East Africa / 07:30-08:30 EST / 12:30-13:30…

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

January 18, 2023 | 15:30-16:30 East Africa / 07:30-08:30 Washington…

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

Subscribe to READY’s email list to receive future announcements…

Past 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.

A health worker vaccinates a baby - MHC, Burao, Somalia. Image credit: Mustafa Saeed / Save the Children

Will the COVID-19 vaccine ever reach forcibly displaced populations?

Speakers: Prof. Heidi Larson, LSHTM; Colette Selman, Gavi; Dr.…
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

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

Past Webinar Series

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.

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
Isabella* is playing with her baby Cecilia* outside their home. Image credit: Fredrik Lerneryd / Save the Children
Tinashi* (4) is assessed during an Emergency Health Unit-supported nutrition survey in Zimbabwe. Image credit: Sacha Myers / Save the ChildrenTinashi* (4) is assessed during an Emergency Health Unit-supported nutrition survey in Zimbabwe. Image credit: Sacha Myers / Save the Children
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
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
A healthcare worker at a Save the Children-supported health facility during the Ebola outbreak (DRC). Image credit: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham / Save the Children
Noor* with her son Hssain*, two and a half years-old (Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh). Image credit: GMB Akash / Panos Pictures / Save the Children