Author: LC

Conflict in the DRC – A Challenge to Effective Aid Delivery

Owing to the tropical nature of disease such as Ebola, developing nations and groups suffering from economic hardships are disproportionately affected. Additionally, countries with histories of Ebola outbreaks such as the DRC, Guinea and Sierra Leone have deep and varied cultural and political backgrounds. Colonial rule imposed upon many African nations and regions by Europeans […]

Gaining Long-Term Community Trust – Learning from Multiple Fields

Malaria is the disease caused by the single celled parasites of the Plasmodium genus, with five species causing illness in humans, the severest caused by P. falciparum. The parasites are spread through mosquito bites, primarily carried by mosquitos in the Culex and Anopheles genera. Together, these two genera of mosquito capable of carrying the malaria parasite are distributed globally in all but […]

How Technology is Shaping Community Engagement in Humanitarian Aid

The way humanitarians interact with the communities in which they work has changed drastically as the information age has taken hold. Reaching out to people in need was historically a very personal thing, and necessarily so, but was also one of the only means of understanding the needs and wishes of communities. The use of […]

Community-Led Aid Response – The Humanitarian Programme Cycle

It is becoming increasingly clear that effective implementation of humanitarian aid requires, first and foremost, trust of the communities in which they work.  Whilst there remains considerable value in the distribution of needed resources (e.g. food, water and medicine), the evolving needs of people in crisis means that proper communication is essential. The Global Humanitarian Overview, […]

Community-based holistic health care centres in Chicago

Homelessness, inequality, poverty, violence, and health disparities impact many Chicago neighborhoods. Many nonprofit and governmental programs, from community health services to leadership development programs, are tackling these problems through a range of individual approaches. This project seeks to integrate multiple existing services and organisations using an established holistic care model from the Brazilian NGO, Associação […]

Standards of Practice for Community Engagement During Humanitarian Aid

Humanitarian aid and research during acute and protracted crises require effective community engagement; however, at present, there is not an understanding of exactly what community engagement should entail nor are there any context-dependent, evidence-based standards of practice for effective community engagement. We are currently building an international consortium of academics, practitioners, stakeholders, and community representatives […]

Adverse childhood experiences and contextual health interventions in Brazil

Adverse childhood experiences are linked to severe negative health and social outcomes across people’s lives and are becoming recognised as a major threat to well-being and economic prosperity. Through early intervention targeting aspects of children’s social and environmental contexts it is possible to achieve a lasting impact on children’s futures. The project analyses the highly-successful, […]

Medical Research Training in Haiti

Zanmi Lasante / Partners in Health is the largest health care provider in Haiti. In collaboration with the Haiti Ministry of Public Health they run the largest teaching hospital in the country, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais (HUM). HUM provides residency training programs, including the only emergency medicine residency program in the country, as well as continuing […]