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ODI: Lessons learned? Responding to Ebola in the DRC

June 2, 2020

Chair

Wendy Fenton @WendyFenton1 – Coordinator of the Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI

Speakers

Linda Mobula @LindaMobula – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins and Research Associate, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Theresa Jones @Theresa_E_Jones – Clinical Psychologist and Senior Research Associate, Anthrologicacov

Bernard Balibuna – Country Representative, CAFOD, DRC

Natalie Roberts @docnat – Director of Studies, MSF-CRASH (Médecins Sans Frontières, Centre de réflexion sur l’action et les savoirs humanitaires)

Description

The world’s second largest outbreak of Ebola was declared on 1 August 2018 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 2,200 people have died and over 3,300 have been infected. The response to Ebola has been complicated by conflict between central government, local political actors and armed groups in the affected areas. Rumours about the virus and the response have also been spread and shaped by that conflict.

Attempts have been made to apply key lessons from the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, such as the need for strong surveillance and outbreak control strategies and the importance of understanding the behaviours, practices and perceptions of communities and of engaging them actively in the response. The identification and trial use of effective vaccines during the outbreak has been an important and promising development. Yet, despite these efforts, cases of Ebola continue to be reported.

Drawing on articles from the Humanitarian Exchange, this webinar will discuss to what degree the lessons learned from the West Africa Ebola outbreak have been taken into account in the DRC response and how barriers to containment of the disease could be better addressed.

https://www.odi.org/events/16704-responding-ebola-drc

 

Filed Under: *AREAS, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *ONLINE LEARNING, COVID-19, DEVELOPMENT THEMES, Ebola, Health, Issues - Rumour, Misinformation & Fake News, ODI, ORGANISATIONS & INITIATIVES, Public Health Communication, Webinar

WHO. Animated Video About COVID-19 and Kindness

June 2, 2020

WHO teamed up with Minions and Gru to encourage kindness during COVID-19.

 

Filed Under: [A] INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *VISUAL / GRAPHIC ROUTES, Animations, Children, Message - No to Stigma, Online Video, ORGANISATIONS & INITIATIVES, PEOPLE, WHO - World Health Organisation, Youth / Adolescent

Launch of the COVID-19 Digital Classroom

June 2, 2020

The COVID-19 Digital Classroom

The COVID-19 Digital Classroom is a collective of international organizations united by the belief that access to high-quality healthcare is a universal human right. And now, with the current global crisis, populations around the world need rapid, coordinated, and focused support to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients in countries with limited preparedness and response resources are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19, and sharp increases in COVID-19 caseloads are likely to overwhelm health systems in countries already facing shortages of nurses, physicians, and other health workers.

Community-based health workers have a vital role to play in preventing, detecting, and responding to the virus, while also ensuring lifesaving primary healthcare continues to be delivered – particularly in rural, remote, and vulnerable communities. These critical healthcare workers need access to high-quality and easy-to-use information that will help increase their ability to treat and support patients and to deliver health services safely.

The COVID-19 Digital Classroom was established to meet this challenge. We are dedicated to leveraging digital technologies and existing content distribution channels to ensure every health worker has the information they need to help their own communities, wherever in the world they are providing care, from city centers to the last mile.

COVID-19 Digital Classroom is a quality assured COVID-19 Library of resources for community-based health workers. It includes Key Messages/Social media toolkit

Check out the new digital classroom about COIVD-19 https://covid-19digitalclassroom.org/

Filed Under: [D] COMMUNITY LEVEL, Core Group, COVID-19, Health Workers, Last Mile Health, Medical Aid Films, ORGANISATIONS & INITIATIVES, TechChange, Translators Without Borders, Various

ODI: The Digital Safety Net: Citizens and Technology in the Age of COVID-19

June 2, 2020

“The urgency of the Covid-19 threat is increasing the demand for governments to use existing technologies in new ways and to use untested new technologies on urgent problems. The use of these technologies are part of a rapidly deployed ‘digital safety net’ aimed at saving lives and protecting citizens. Without the usual time available to test new ideas it is more important than ever that best practice is identified and shared.

This event contributes to further thinking about the role of digital technology in providing a safety net in times of crisis, the essential components of the safety net and newly designed technology being used to respond to the Covid-19 crisis.

We explore perspectives from different geographies and address critical lessons covering three aspects of the crisis response: tackling the virus, social protection and public information.”

Chair

Jonathan Tanner@Tannerjc – Research Associate, Digital Societies, ODI

Speakers

Oscar Tapp Scotting @DCMS – Deputy Director, Security & Online Harms, UK Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Maureen Stickel – Associate Director and Head of Zambia, IDinsight

Calvin Chong – Director of International Affairs, Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Singapore, @SingaporeMCI

Watch the Webinar here:
https://www.odi.org/events/16808-digital-safety-net-citizens-technology-in-age-of-covid-19

 

Filed Under: *DIGITAL ROUTES, *ONLINE LEARNING, COVID-19, ICT4D (Information Communication Technologies for Development), ODI, ORGANISATIONS & INITIATIVES, Webinar

Sony Music Latin and Global Citizen Release New “Color Esperanza” Track to Benefit PAHO’s Response to COVID-19 in the Americas

May 22, 2020

Joining forces in the fight against COVID-19, Sony Music Latin and international advocacy organization Global Citizen will release a brand new version of Diego Torres’ “Color Esperanza (The Color Hope)” out May 18, 2020.

All record label net proceeds from the song will benefit the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its COVID-19 relief efforts throughout the Americas. Fans may stream the song on all platforms and join the movement at coloresperanza.me.

Read more: https://www.paho.org/en/news/17-5-2020-sony-music-latin-and-global-citizen-release-new-color-esperanza-track-benefit-pahos?fbclid=IwAR3Onizro9hiP3t46zXSovlpqdktzTJeoYr2mDcJMYXmy5DWkSCnFo8oxEg

Filed Under: *COVID MESSAGES & ISSUES, *CREATIVE ARTS ROUTES, *REGION: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), *STRATEGY & METHODS, Audio-visual, Awareness Raising, COVID-19, Edutainment, Music, WHO - World Health Organisation

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