COVID-19: useful online resources for humanitarians

This page provides some useful online resources about COVID-19; it will be regularly updated with new content as the situation develops. Get in touch with us at info@humanitarian.academy with any questions or suggestions.

(Last updated 6 July 2020)

World Health Organization

Kaya – Free online courses

COVID-19 Learning Pathway – ENGLISH – FRENCH – SPANISH – ARABIC
Wellness and Resilience for Frontline Workers and Managers
Psychological First Aid for Children
Introduction to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Emergencies – ENGLISH – FRENCH
Staff Care and Wellbeing
FIELD programme (Field Managers In Emergencies, Learning & Development Programme)
Guide for the media on communicating in public health emergencies
STOP COVID-19 – course (BIOFORCE) – ENGLISH – FRENCH – ARABIC

Working remotely

Online events

Tuesday 7 July (4pm BST): The future of skills in the humanitarian sector
Friday 19 June: Making sure online learning is inclusive for all (Webinar 10 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Thursday 11 June: Making it official: Badging online learning (Webinar 9 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Friday 5 June: Adapting face-to-face training materials to online (Webinar 8 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Friday 29 May: Tips and tools to plan for uncertainty (Webinar 7 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Friday 22 May (9:30am BST): How to create an online game for humanitarians (Webinar 6 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Friday 15 May (10am BST): Creating the conditions to help your online communities thrive (Webinar 5 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Wednesday 6 May (10am BST): How to produce digital content for on demand online learning (Webinar 4 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Friday 24 April (10am BST): Your role as an online facilitator (Webinar 3 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Friday 17 April (9:30am BST): Concept building in online learning (Webinar 2 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Thursday 9 April (9AM Geneva time): Reducing COVID-19 Vulnerability Amongst Displaced Populations and Migrants (UNDRR)
Monday 6 April (11am BST): COVID-19 and disability: virtual Q&A on Twitter (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine)
Friday 2 April (10am BST): Designing and facilitating your online learning (Webinar 1 – Humanitarian Learning Webinar Series)
Tuesday 24 March (2pm CET): Webinar – Protection of Children during the COVID-19 pandemic (The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action)
Monday 23 March: Boma COVID-19 Virtual Summit
Monday 23 March: Massive Open Online Course (3 weeks) on COVID-19: Tackling the Novel Coronavirus (FutureLearn and The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Thursday 19 March (2pm CET): Watch the recorded webinar: How will COVID-19 impact crisis zones

Additional resources

John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Daily podcasts – Public Health On Call

CERAH Geneva

COVID-19 Humanitarian Platform: CERAH Geneva, Johns Hopkins Center and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have created the COVID-19 Humanitarian Platform to share adapted guidance and collect solutions created by the field.

ALNAP

COVID-19 response portal: This portal holds a vast collection of guidelines, tools, papers and lessons learnt from across and beyond the ALNAP Membership which are relevant to responding to the current COVID-19 pandemic.