COVID-19 & Humanitarian Settings: Exploring the Controversial Issues

The READY Initiative, in collaboration with the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Health at the University of Geneva, and the Center for Humanitarian Health at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health are pleased to announce the relaunch of its COVID-19 & Humanitarian Settings webinar series. Now occurring monthly, these webinars will feature a series of panels examining some of the controversial and under-explored issues affecting the COVID-19 pandemic in humanitarian settings. Each panel will welcome experts from across the sector and around the globe.

You can find a list of upcoming dates and topics below. If you are interested in attending a webinar, please click on the registration link at the bottom of this invitation. You can view webinar recordings from the previous series here.

Wed, October 14
“Why is COVID-19 NOT transmitting in humanitarian settings as expected…or is it?”

Wed, November 11
“Which health services in humanitarian settings should we NOT provide during COVID-19?”

Wed, December 9
“The shielding approach in humanitarian settings: was it and will it EVER be fit for purpose?”

Wed, January 13
“What is the ROLE of humanitarian NGOs in the COVID-19 pandemic?”