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Lessons from the COVID-19 response: The importance of using community-based data in emergency response
Lessons from the COVID-19 response: The importance of using community-based data in emergency response
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Length:
94 minutes
Released:
May 19, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Drawing from the experience of the Collective Service, this session will show examples of how a collective approach to community engagement coordination can make a difference in the response in communities facing multiple threats and where the same partners respond simultaneously to public health, humanitarian and other emergencies.The session will share experiences of how social data has contributed (or not) to informing and shaping epidemics response, with focus on the response to COVID-19 and Ebola, emphasizing lessons that can benefit humanitarian responses in the future. In addition, it will discuss how investments in data systems contribute to more effective preparedness programming strengthening of community resilience through better preparation, response, and learning.The session will provide concrete examples and inspiration for actors across the spectrum of humanitarian and public health crises on the benefits of collective approaches to community engagement and how they can contribute to faster, more accountable and effective responses.Read more at https://phap.org/19may2022
Released:
May 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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