A new online course introducing how WHO functions in health emergencies has just launched. This course is designed to provide an overview of WHO’s approach to emergency management, the Emergency Response Framework, and the Incident Management System, with a fictional outbreak to guide learners through an emergency response from detection to response.
Learning from Supply Chain Challenges and Strategies for Reaching the Last Mile in Fragile Settings
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience Online WebinarMOMENTUM recently conducted a qualitative assessment to better understand the way countries manage lifesaving commodities at the primary healthcare facility and community levels. It explored how those commodities are dispensed and tracked and some of the major bottlenecks to their availability at various levels. This session will be an opportunity to hear experiences from Mali, Niger, and Sudan about their challenges, interventions, and lessons learned to strengthen the resiliency of supply chains at the last mile in fragile and humanitarian settings.
IAWG Newborn Initiative: Evaluation Findings
IAWG Newborn InitiativeThis evaluation examines the progress made by the global community to advance the objectives and commitments made in the Newborn Roadmap from 2020 – 2024 and seeks to identify future MNH priorities within the unfinished agendas.
Four Years Later: Mapping Progress Made for MNH in Humanitarian Settings
Andrea Edman, SRHR Advocacy and Communications Specialist, International Rescue Committee and Co-chair of the IAWG Maternal and Newborn Health Sub-Working GroupA desk review examined documented achievements from the previous four years, including resources, tools, and advocacy work, and then mapped them across the nine objectives of the Newborn Roadmap. A short survey capturing stakeholder perspectives on global progress and the unfinished agenda was distributed through global MNH listservs across both humanitarian and development initiatives and received 85 responses. Finally, in-depth interviews were held with 19 key informants from 13 organizations inclusive of UN, donors, INGOs, and one local organization.