Tag: Covid-19
From policy to practice: a qualitive study exploring the role of community health workers during the COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone
Paper which looks at the role community health workers were required to play to help their communities respond to the COVID-19 outbreak in Sierra Leone, and implications for future crises, primary health care and community resilience
Community health workers and COVID-19: Cross-country evidence on their roles, experiences, challenges and adaptive strategies
Paper on community health workers’ experiences during COVID-19 in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Kenya and Ethiopia
The gendered experience of close-to-community providers in fragile and shock-prone settings
Presentation by Lansana Kallon on the gendered experience of close-to-community providers in fragile and shock-prone settings: implications for policy and practice during and post COVID-19 in Sierra Leone
Community health workers involvement in COVID-19 response: Understanding their roles, experiences, challenges and adaptive strategies across six countries
Community health workers’ experiences and innovations during the COVID-19 pandemic in six countries
Sustaining health system resilience in extreme circumstances: insights from key informant interviews with UNRWA staff across Gaza and Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic
Video from Giulia Loffreda on what sustains health system resilience and how effective and equitable UNRWA service delivery was during COVID-19 in Gaza and Lebanon
Poster on health sector policy responses and health workforce management during COVID-19 in Nepal
Poster on health sector policy response and workforce management in Nepal during COVID-19
The gendered experience of close-to-community providers in fragile and shock-prone settings – Myanmar
Report from Burnet Institute Myanmar on the gendered experiences of close-to-community providers during COVID-19
Health sector policy responses and health workforce management during COVID-19 in Nepal: Lessons for building resilient health systems
Brief on health workforce management in order to address the surge in demand for services during COVID-19 in Nepal
Leave no one behind: ensuring access to COVID-19 vaccines for refugee and displaced populations
Paper looks at internally-displaced persons and refugees in LMICs with poor access to COVID-19 vaccines and considers the impact on and behaviours of those seeking immunisation
Understanding health system resilience to respond to COVID-19 in a federalised context: a case study of health workforce management at sub-national level in Nepal
A study focused on understanding the health workforce management system in this federalised context as a tracer for the wider health system
Responsive Fund round two
Responsive fund projects in Yemen, Nepal, Lebanon, Cameroon & Sierra Leone – from ReBUILD for Resilience health system research programme
Cross-country learning on health system resilience: synthesis of OPM findings on the role of community health workers in COVID-19 and on governance for health system responses to emergencies
Research from OPM on cross-country learning on health system resilience, looking at community health workers and governance – from ReBUILD for Resilience
Understanding health system resilience to respond to COVID-19 in a federalised context
A report – Understanding Health System Resilience to Respond to COVID-19 in a Federalised Context: a case study of health workforce management at the sub-national level in Nepal during the COVID-19 pandemic – by HERD International
Gendered experience of Sierra Leone’s close-to-community providers during COVID-19: a study report
Report on the Sierra Leone strand of the study ‘The gendered experience of close-to-community providers in fragile & shock-prone settings: implications for policy & practice during & post COVID-19’
Gendered experience of close-to-community providers in fragile and shock-prone settings – global document review
Review examines relevant literature on close-to-community providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in fragile and shock-prone settings, applying gender, equity & justice lenses.
Executive summary: the gendered experience of close-to-community providers in Lebanon
A brief summarising work by American University of Beirut on the gendered experience of close-to-community providers in fragile and shock-prone settings during the COVID-19 pandemic
Close-to-community providers, gender and COVID-19 webinar
Video recording of the webinar ‘Close-to-community providers in fragile settings and vulnerable communities during crisis: Gender and COVID-19’
The gendered experience of close-to-community providers in Sierra Leone
This brief explores the roles of close-to-community health care providers in Sierra Leone and their gendered experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic
Health system resilience during COVID-19: understanding sexual and reproductive health service adaptation in North Kivu
This report examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health services in North Kivu, DRC
Maintains programme: Research supporting social services’ adaptation to external shocks
A summary of the Maintains programme (2018-21) and its outputs: research supporting social services’ adaptation to external shocks
Understanding health system resilience to respond to COVID-19
A presentation from HERD International on understanding health system resilience to respond to COVID-19: a case study of COVID-19 policy response and health workforce management in Nepal
The comparative agility of the community health worker cadre in fragile & conflict-affected contexts
Presentation on ReBUILD’s research into the agility of community health worker cadres in four fragile settings during Covid-19
COVID-19 and fragile settings – UHC2030 International Health Partnership Policy Brief
A UHC2030 report from December 2020 on health priorities for COVID-19 response and recovery in fragile settings
Reflections from fragile and conflict-affected settings
Presentation from Professor Sophie Witter at the ‘Health financing priorities in the time of Covid-19?’ session at the Institute of Development Studies in October 2020
Resilience and inclusion in health (emergency and longer-term approaches with reference to COVID-19)
A UNHCR webinar on refugees’ inclusion in health systems and health system strengthening during the COVID-19 pandemic. Features Professor Sophie Witter.
Responsive Fund round one – COVID-19
Covid-19 responsive fund projects in Myanmar, Nepal, Lebanon & Sierra Leone – from ReBUILD for Resilience health system research programme
Health Systems Resilience
ReBUILD and health systems resilience – about the research programme, predecessor of ReBUILD for Resilience
Principles of Health Systems Resilience in the Context of COVID-19 Response
A research brief which outlines the key principles for promoting resilient health systems in the face of the challenge of Covid-19