COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences

Abstract Humanitarian organizations have developed innovative and context specific interventions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as guidance has been normative in nature and most are not humanitarian specific. In April 2020, three universities developed a COVID-19 humanitarian-specific website...

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Main Authors: Neha S. Singh, Orit Abrahim, Chiara Altare, Karl Blanchet, Caroline Favas, Alex Odlum, Paul B. Spiegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Conflict and Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13031-020-00321-w
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spelling doaj-e34673a27ad24a34886ea571f61b244f2020-11-25T04:11:30ZengBMCConflict and Health1752-15052020-11-011411910.1186/s13031-020-00321-wCOVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiencesNeha S. Singh0Orit Abrahim1Chiara Altare2Karl Blanchet3Caroline Favas4Alex Odlum5Paul B. Spiegel6Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineCenter for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthCenter for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthGeneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, University of Geneva and the Graduate InstituteHealth in Humanitarian Crises Centre, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineGeneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies, University of Geneva and the Graduate InstituteCenter for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthAbstract Humanitarian organizations have developed innovative and context specific interventions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as guidance has been normative in nature and most are not humanitarian specific. In April 2020, three universities developed a COVID-19 humanitarian-specific website ( www.covid19humanitarian.com ) to allow humanitarians from the field to upload their experiences or be interviewed by academics to share their creative responses adapted to their specific country challenges in a standardised manner. These field experiences are reviewed by the three universities together with various guidance documents and uploaded to the website using an operational framework. The website currently hosts 135 guidance documents developed by 65 different organizations, and 65 field experiences shared by 29 organizations from 27 countries covering 38 thematic areas. Examples of challenges and innovative solutions from humanitarian settings are provided for triage and sexual and gender-based violence. Offering open access resources on a neutral platform by academics can provide a space for constructive dialogue among humanitarians at the country, regional and global levels, allowing humanitarian actors at the country level to have a strong and central voice. We believe that this neutral and openly accessible platform can serve as an example for future large-scale emergencies and epidemics.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13031-020-00321-wCOVID-19HumanitarianRefugeeConflictCrisisPlatform
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author Neha S. Singh
Orit Abrahim
Chiara Altare
Karl Blanchet
Caroline Favas
Alex Odlum
Paul B. Spiegel
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Orit Abrahim
Chiara Altare
Karl Blanchet
Caroline Favas
Alex Odlum
Paul B. Spiegel
COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences
Conflict and Health
COVID-19
Humanitarian
Refugee
Conflict
Crisis
Platform
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Orit Abrahim
Chiara Altare
Karl Blanchet
Caroline Favas
Alex Odlum
Paul B. Spiegel
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title COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences
title_short COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences
title_full COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences
title_fullStr COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences
title_sort covid-19 in humanitarian settings: documenting and sharing context-specific programmatic experiences
publisher BMC
series Conflict and Health
issn 1752-1505
publishDate 2020-11-01
description Abstract Humanitarian organizations have developed innovative and context specific interventions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic as guidance has been normative in nature and most are not humanitarian specific. In April 2020, three universities developed a COVID-19 humanitarian-specific website ( www.covid19humanitarian.com ) to allow humanitarians from the field to upload their experiences or be interviewed by academics to share their creative responses adapted to their specific country challenges in a standardised manner. These field experiences are reviewed by the three universities together with various guidance documents and uploaded to the website using an operational framework. The website currently hosts 135 guidance documents developed by 65 different organizations, and 65 field experiences shared by 29 organizations from 27 countries covering 38 thematic areas. Examples of challenges and innovative solutions from humanitarian settings are provided for triage and sexual and gender-based violence. Offering open access resources on a neutral platform by academics can provide a space for constructive dialogue among humanitarians at the country, regional and global levels, allowing humanitarian actors at the country level to have a strong and central voice. We believe that this neutral and openly accessible platform can serve as an example for future large-scale emergencies and epidemics.
topic COVID-19
Humanitarian
Refugee
Conflict
Crisis
Platform
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