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Refugees in Lebanon – problems and some solutions

Aug 5, 2022

Article on the challenges facing Syrian refugees in Lebanon, eg income, health care and child labour, and some potential solutions


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The translation of the resilience framework

Jun 16, 2022

Rouham Yamout of American University of Beirut talks about the challenges of using an English-language resilience framework within a community setting in Arabic-speaking Lebanon


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Ramadan Reflections: Solidarity with Al-Sabeen Hospital in Yemen

Jun 7, 2022

Report from a celebratory event to mark the end of Ramadan and to celebrate research, fundraising and solidarity links between Yemen and Liverpool


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Building stronger health financing systems

Jun 7, 2022

Lynda Keeru reports from a WHO webinar on health financing systems


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Resilience or coping? Community health workers’ adaptive strategies in response to COVID-19

May 25, 2022

Blog post on community health workers during COVID-19, the difference between ‘coping’ and ‘resilience’ and how the health system itself impacts on workers’ abilities


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Webinar: Health system resilience – framing, debates and latest evidence as we start to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic

May 12, 2022

Webinar on the concept and application of resilience in health systems research in light of COVID-19


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Building a resilient local health system in Nepal

Apr 27, 2022

In this blog post HERD International asks what we can learn from COVID-19 and how we can develop a resilient health system in Nepal


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Contextualizing communications for better impact

Apr 21, 2022

A blog post from Shreeman Sharma of HERD International on designing impactful communications for different audiences


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Health workers on the frontline

Apr 5, 2022

Blog post for World Health Worker Week on the work of Professor Najla Al-Sonboli, a paediatrician working in difficult conditions in Yemen


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The reality of mental health and psychological support in northwest Syria

Feb 15, 2022

Report from a webinar which presented the findings of an assessment of MHPSS service delivery with a focus on frontline workers and access for and relevance to health care workers affected by attacks on health care in Northwest Syria


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