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#Ambulance! Partnering with ICRC’s Health Care in Danger to scale peer learning for frontline pre-hospital emergency care staff and volunteers
On Wednesday, 17 May 2017, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) convened its Health Care in Danger Annual Meeting at the ICRC Headquarters in Geneva. During the afternoon session regarding training and education initiatives related to the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) project, Reda Sadki presented the outcomes of the #Ambulance! initiative. Sadki…
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On the future of leadership
A guest blog post by Catherine Russ We recognise this is an era of radical and disruptive change in every facet of society. We wrestle with our tried and tested ways of working in the past so that they stay relevant in an increasingly complex present. Where we seek passion and purpose, work remains, more…
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How close to the village can a global, digital education initiative get?
This is the final in a series of five blog posts reflecting on what is at stake in how we learn lessons from the Ebola crisis that erupted in 2014 and continued in 2015. A new blog post will be published each morning this week (subscribe here). “Opportunities to contain the virus were lost soon after, largely because of a lack…
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Learning in emergency operations: a pilot course to learn how we learn
This is the fourth in a series of five blog posts reflecting on what is at stake in how we learn lessons from the Ebola crisis that erupted in 2014 and continued in 2015. A new blog post will be published each morning this week (subscribe here). “Continuous learning at the individual level is necessary but not sufficient to influence perceived…
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Online learning around Ebola so far
This is the third in a series of five blog posts reflecting on what is at stake in how we learn lessons from the Ebola crisis that erupted in 2014 and continued in 2015. A new blog post will be published each morning this week (subscribe here). “The responsible use of technology in humanitarian action offers concrete ways to make assistance…
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Why learning is key to the strategic shift in how the world manages health crises
This is the second in a series of five blog posts reflecting on what is at stake in how we learn lessons from the Ebola crisis that erupted in 2014 and continued in 2015. A new blog post will be published each morning this week (subscribe here). “Whereas health is considered the sovereign responsibility of countries, the means to fulfill this…
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Lessons learned from Ebola
This is the first in a series of five blog posts reflecting on what is at stake in how we learn lessons from the Ebola crisis that erupted in 2014 and continued in 2015. A new blog post will be published each morning this week (subscribe here). The unprecedented complexity and scale of the current Ebola…
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Colonialism and disease: tuberculosis in Algeria
Tuberculosis in Algeria as part of colonization: high death rates and false explanations During French colonial rule in Algeria (1830-1962), tuberculosis became a major killer disease. The French brought this deadly sickness with them when they invaded Algeria. Before the French came, tuberculosis was not a big problem for Algerian people. The disease spread quickly…
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